Taking the short-cut. Farmer takes a few feet off his journey and lifts a wheelbarrow over 22 stiles in so doing

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Taking the short-cut. Farmer takes a few feet off his journey and lifts a wheelbarrow over 22 stiles in so doing.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd short-sightedness. · Remedies worse than the disease. · view the constellation · filed as J2119.2.1

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general Clouston Noodles 54

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Filed under Straight path not always shortest. (Cf. J21.5.)

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One contestant chooses straight path through stones; other circles about and wins

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