![]() ![]() "But with all the problems there are," said Pooh, "common sense doesn't seem very common." ""Perhaps I should have said that your experience with other problems," said The Stranger, "and common sense should help you." "Like when you're having honey and condensed milk," said Pooh stickily, making sure that the honey The Stranger brought was really honey all the way to the bottom and not honey-coloured cheese of the kind his uncle had mentioned, "and it doesn't come out right and you have to have a little more milk to even out the honey and then a little more honey because now you've not got enough."" ""One of the interesting things about questions," continued The Stranger as they all enjoyed their lunch, "is that sometimes the answers to questions require more questions to be asked." And he was much more easily confuzzled when he was hungry, he told himself." Pooh understood the words "education," as it was something he didn't have "often," as it was how frequently he became hungry, like right now and "or" and "of" but the rest of what Owl said only served to confuzzle him. ""Education often utilizes an interrogatory or Socratic forum for dispensation or transference of intellectual or pragmatic erudition," said Owl. Perhaps you could bring a Little Something to eat, just in case."" ![]() "That sounds twice as hard as just learning by itself," said Pooh. ""Perhaps we can meet again if you'd like to learn about Learning." "They travel in threes, or so I've heard."" ![]() "A third Heffalump might come along," said Eeyore. "The problem with procrastination is that while you are avoiding facing up to the problem, it might get worse." "Many individuals do just that when they are faced with a problem," said The Stranger. "I thought he said 'poohcrastination.' Thank you, Owl." "It means putting off doing something that you should do," said Owl, seeing the puzzled look on Pooh's face. "That's called procrastination," said The Stranger. I'd wait until there were no Heffalumps around before I'd try to find the way home." Winnie-the-Pooh on Problem Solving - Roger E. ![]()
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