I just want my slice of the Americ...*ahem*...I mean, Fjordian Dream!

(I was told there would be no math on this test!)

So how's Your Fjordian Dream comin' along?

As I watched the talking newsmonkey this morning, I realized, he was not talking about me. That made me a little introspective. The last time I was interviewed by a major news organization was...1988 (where I was mis-quoted with disastrous consequences for Panama, and their misunderstood leader, Manuel Noriega - but that's another story.) Anyways, I think by now we all know our actions can have bizarre and unexpected side-effects. What's that line, "With great power comes great responsibility?"

Well, let's do a little logical deconstruction of those popular linguistics, howabout?

Look at it switched up in this fashion. "With great responsibility comes great power." Well, that's obviously not true. Hell, it's hard enough just to get yer ass to work on time. That's responsibility. Responsibility is making sure the kids got clean diapers and the dog's eaten his heartworm pill. IS THAT GREAT POWER? Umm, yeah, I kinda thought not.

So, where does that leave us with our Fjordian Dream? I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure it's going to take more than superhero movie-logic to get us there.

Let me make another logical deconstruction of some semantics.
The first popular catch-phrase I'll start with is this classic...
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
Then let me add "make sure you get your pound of flesh!"
So.
1 ounce of prevention = 1 pound of cure
1 pound of flesh = 1 pound of cure...
therefore
1 ounce of prevention = 1 pound of flesh.
Seems logical no?

So if you decide you'll practice prevention, considering you're a humanid weighing in at say, 145 pounds, that's 145 ounces of prevention - or nearly 9 pounds of the stuff you're going to need!

See - that stacks up. We have to make sure these linguistic equasions work. Words are a lot more slippery than say, numbers...or robots...or attack dogs. But anyways I'm getting a little off target here. The point I'm getting at, is what must occur for the Fjordian Dream to come true?

Here's the math...
Let's start with the answer first, since it's something we can all relate to.

"And I will shit the shit of the rich!"

Now, the variables...
X = Your chosen vocation in order to make your Fjordian Dream come truje.
Y = The effort and luck expended towards "X."

X(*,/,+,-,(or whatever))Y = And I will shit the shit of the rich!

I'm sure some of you mathematically inclined Fjordians can work the numbers better than I can...however, I'm sure the answer is so simple it'll shock the hell outta the talking newsmonkey tomorrow.

-Tsunami-