{"id":2464,"date":"2025-03-29T19:31:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T19:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=2464"},"modified":"2025-04-12T16:05:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T15:05:53","slug":"how-many-bags-do-you-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=2464","title":{"rendered":"Episode 9: Counting Trolleys."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How many bags do you have?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Three renowned scientists\u2014Papaia, Banani, Ravioli\u2014and their assistant Igor work at the NASAL observatory.<br>Papaia remembers that their flight for the conference is in two hours.<br>With their bags, too many, open and broken, they create chaos wherever they go.<br>The scientists have arrived at the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are at the airport, where the four are in line for check-in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, it\u2019s Papaia\u2019s turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant: Good morning! Passports and tickets, please.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Papaia hands over the documents to the assistant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant: How many bags do you have?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Papaia: Uh\u2026 we haven\u2019t counted them yet\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Papaia (counting the bags): There should be twenty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Igor: &#8220;Wait a minute! Papaia, the illustrious scientist who should be able to calculate the distance between galaxies, is having trouble counting to twenty!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026Imagine what happens when he has to do complicated calculations like those for the shuttle launch!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026Maybe NASAL should reconsider Papaia&#8217;s role and cancel a couple of missions for a check-up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026That\u2019s why, as a kid, I never saw myself as a future astronaut!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant: I&#8217;m sorry, but I can&#8217;t check in twenty bags for four people!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Papaia: We can pay for the excess!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assistant: Let me see the ticket, let\u2019s see what I can do\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Papaia: Here you go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Igor: Papaia, why don\u2019t you try putting them one inside the other?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026 Oh, I forgot\u2026 the bags don\u2019t have an \u201cinside\u201d because they\u2019re\u2026 open!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=2461\">Previous<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=2470\">Next<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many bags do you have? Three renowned scientists\u2014Papaia, Banani, Ravioli\u2014and their assistant Igor work at the NASAL observatory.Papaia remembers that their flight for the conference is in two hours.With their bags, too many, open and broken, they create chaos wherever they go.The scientists have arrived at the airport. 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