What an anxious/impatient youngster would logically want to know in instances when his parent promises a certain action/food/relief/entertainment "in two shakes of a lamb's tail".
Cranky child: "Are we there yet?!"
Parent driving (cheerfully): "Oh, no worries --- we'll be there in two shakes of a lamb's tail!"
Cranky child: "But how often does the lamb shake its tail?! Oh, sure --- a NORMAL AND ALERT lamb probably "flutters its little stumpy thing" quite regularly, but if the lamb is asleep or not feeling chipper, its behind-flipper might not move much at all, and so it might take HOURS for it to jiggle even ONCE, let alone TWICE!"
Parent driving (cheerfully): "Oh, no worries --- we'll be there in two shakes of a lamb's tail!"
Cranky child: "But how often does the lamb shake its tail?! Oh, sure --- a NORMAL AND ALERT lamb probably "flutters its little stumpy thing" quite regularly, but if the lamb is asleep or not feeling chipper, its behind-flipper might not move much at all, and so it might take HOURS for it to jiggle even ONCE, let alone TWICE!"
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The question that has questionned the chess world, asked by Andrea Botez to Magnus Carlsen in the FIDE world championship 2021.
Andrea Botez: I've been dying to ask you, how does the knight move?
Magnus Carlsen: *laughs* That's a good question, it generally moves like an L and sometimes in blitz games it can be very unpredictable.
Andrea Botez: Thank you Magnus only you can answer my question.
Magnus Carlsen: *laughs* That's a good question, it generally moves like an L and sometimes in blitz games it can be very unpredictable.
Andrea Botez: Thank you Magnus only you can answer my question.
by ILikeChess July 22, 2023