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Writer. Poet. Essayist. @ Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta.
How Many Holes Are There in a Straw?
<p style="text-align: justify;">I encountered this question while surfing the internet. Does a straw have one hole or two holes? Think about it.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">You could say it has two holes; one at the top and one at the bottom. But if that were the case, and you slice the straw breadthwise all the way through so that you just had a sliver that may resemble a rubber band or wedding ring, would you still consider it as having two holes? With that logic, would you say a donut has two holes? Probably not.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/1000587603.jpg"/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Some would say a straw has one hole; a single hole passing through the straw, like the donut I mentioned. What if I pinched the bottom side of the straw closed, would it still have one hole? If I dug a hole in the ground, that would count as one hole too but if a straw and a hole in the ground are considered as having one hole, that would be an absurd thing to say. The straw has got to have two holes and the ground has one hole. The same way a bottle has one hole…. until you puncture it. The conclusion of all this ballyhoo?</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">By my logic, a straw has one hole, but two ends: the top and bottom. This also applies to donuts. The hole starts from one end and passes through the other. And yes, a hole dug in the ground has one hole and one end, just like a bottle. But here comes the tricky part.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">A bottle with a hole at the side or bottom has two holes and two ends. This goes against my whole theory (or should I say law!), but not quite, because a hole has to be singular for it to count as one. And for the most part, it should have a straight path. If the hole is branching out to have multiple openings, then each branch counts as a new hole. Ergo, if there were a tiny hole at the side of a straw, the straw would have two paths: one going down the straw the normal way and the second going out the side, making two holes and three ends.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">But who cares about holes anyway, besides the fact that we’re put in one when we die and when we are born, we… - don’t you dare finish that sentence. But there you have it- an unprofessional guide on the arithmetic of holes. That being said, I am on the side of the two-holers.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br/></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br/></p>
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