{{{If a cow and a half and a calf and a half can eat a bale and a half of hay in a day and a half, how many waffles does it take to shingle a dog house?}}}
You say, "a cow and a half and a calf and a half..." How are this mysterious "half-cow" and "half-calf" divided into halves? Lengthwise? Either way, it doesn't seem plausible that half a cow could eat anything, let alone be alive for more than several minutes. And how do you determine when a bale of hay is half a bale of hay? Is there some standard for measuring bales of hay that is kept from the general public? And who is this general public? Is it different from the public? Is it some war veteran, "General Public"?