{"id":3033,"date":"2025-04-07T16:43:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T15:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=3033"},"modified":"2025-04-12T12:54:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T11:54:24","slug":"the-trapped-arm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=3033","title":{"rendered":"The Trapped Arm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three scientists\u2014Papaia, Banani, Ravioli\u2014and their assistant Igor, who were supposed to attend the famous dark matter conference, miss their flight and end up on the other side of the world. Arriving at the wrong airport, they book a hotel for the night, but it\u2019s not exactly what they expected\u2026 meaning, it\u2019s awful. During the trip, Ravioli downloads a study on the historical reliability of the gospels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re in Banani\u2019s room, where Banani is talking on the phone with Ravioli.<br>They\u2019re talking on the phone about the gospels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Banani hangs up the phone and tries to pull his other arm, which he had stuck out through the narrow window to collect water in the empty bottle, back inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Banani: Damn! I can\u2019t pull my arm back in! It\u2019s stuck! What do I do now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He tries to rotate his arm, but the bottle starts to empty due to the angle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Banani: Oh no! If I turn my arm, I\u2019ll lose the water in the bottle! What now? Do I let it fall, or try something else?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He decides to let the bottle drop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Banani: I can\u2019t stay like this forever. If I stay stuck, I won\u2019t be able to drink the water anyway. Might as well let it fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He lets the bottle fall, and it makes a distant thud on the garden floor, ten stories below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Banani: No! I knew it! Even turning my arm, I still can\u2019t pull it back in\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Igor then suggested: Banani isn\u2019t doing well as a winner. Instead of gaining water to hydrate, he\u2019s managed to lose his freedom as well. A real talent!<\/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=3030\">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=3037\">Next<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three scientists\u2014Papaia, Banani, Ravioli\u2014and their assistant Igor, who were supposed to attend the famous dark matter conference, miss their flight and end up on the other side of the world. Arriving at the wrong airport, they book a hotel for the night, but it\u2019s not exactly what they expected\u2026 meaning, it\u2019s awful. During the trip, &#8230; <a title=\"The Trapped Arm\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/?p=3033\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Trapped Arm\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-episode"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3033"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4183,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3033\/revisions\/4183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/savedblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}