8.) Comedy Central. A good comedian armed with strong material can really kill an audience, Bad comedians, on the other hand, are caught
and brought to Comedy Central Correctional (CCC), where they do
their timing, But moving C and D-list comedians to lockdown is not
as casy as it may appear. One day, in the outback of Los Angeles, three
comedy correctional officers were escorting three bad comedians,
who had just bombed at the Laff Stop, to CCC. Suddenly, along their
march to CCC, they came upon the banks of the mighty Los Angeles
River and needed to cross its turbulent and deep waters. None of the
six could swim, but all could row. Fortunately, on the river's shore
was a small rowboat available for use,
Since the boat was small and the officers and comedians were all
on the portly side, it was clear that only two persons could cross at
one time. The problem was: While each comedian was not particu-
larly great, if ever there were a moment when the comedians out-
numbered the officers, then the comedians-together-were funny
enough to kill their audience (ie, the officers), Given this reality,
the officers decided that being prudent was better than being dead,
so they agreed that at no time would they allow any group of off-
cers to be outnumbered by comedians during the crossing For their
part, the comedians did not fear being outnumbered by the officers
because they realized that an excess of officers would result only in
more discussion among the officers, thus relieving the comedians of
the burden of being "on"
How do the officers and comedians all cross the river using only
the one boat yet at no time letting the comedians outnumber the
officers on either side of the river?