Originally posted by Jay Peatea
A very tall young englishman went to live in a monastery in ireland, to learn to be a monk.
He got used to the life after a while, but there was one thing he just couldn't bear. His feet were always cold.
You see he was so tall that when he lay on his bunk at night, the blanket (and there was only one) just wouldn't stretch as far as his toes. Finally ...[text shortened]... t to the bottom?!
The Englishman thought the old Irish monk must be barmy.
What do you think ?

I posted a solution but it got lost:
just make a single line cut diagonally to make a triangular section
then sew it on the other end to turn the blanket into a trapezoid,
then turn the blanket a few degrees and now its longer than 6 feet
to cover the monks toes. Simplest solution.

Originally posted by sonhouse
I posted a solution but it got lost:
just make a single line cut diagonally to make a triangular section
then sew it on the other end to turn the blanket into a trapezoid,
then turn the blanket a few degrees and now its longer than 6 feet
to cover the monks toes. Simplest solution.

Yes yes how could I forget, sonhouse "inventor of the trapezoid blanket"! but only 3rd place for you I'm afraid, due to the potentional logistic problems of using such a blanket (cold shoulders at the top)😉

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Was the second line you blasting a fart out of your provocatively shaking bum?

lol 😉