my speed is as the speed of ten

[Jonathan Lighter]

Sci-Fi Channel's 2007 film _Grendel_ begins with a voiceover explaining that
Beowulf of the Geeks ( he says /gits/ but few will hear it that way) had the
"strength of ten and the speed of a hundred."

So if you line up a hundred fat guys who can barely move and have them race,
that's _at least_ how fast Beowulf was.

With a small head start Beo could beat the Flash, because by the time the
Flash could make up half the distance, Beo would have moved ahead even
farther, _ad infinitum_.  That's just logic!

_Ad infinitum_ -- and beyond!

JL

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