The Library of Lazy Thinking

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Woodchuck riddle finally solved

Thoughts on Question 7 by Richard Flanagan

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Glenn Fisher
Dec 30, 2025
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Sorry.

It’s clickbait.

How many chucks would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood remains an unanswered question—or at least one to which I have not yet received a satisfactory answer.

It is definitely not the seventh question that acts as the title for this book.

Given the title is a reference to questions offered by Russian story scribbler To…

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