Why an arrow will never actually hit you!

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<B><FONT SIZE=7 COLOR="#ffffff"><P>Why an arrow will never hit you!!!</P>
</B></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=4 COLOR="#ffffff"><P>This is fuzzy logic if there ever was some. In <I>theory</I> if someone fires and arrow* at you, it will never actually hit you.</P>
<P>The theory runs like this</P>
<P>Say the distance that the arrow has to travel is between</P>
<P>Here&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;and here.</P>
<P>The arrow is fired and reaches the half way point between the bow and the target.</P>
<P>If it has travelled half way then it still has halfway to go, right?</P>
<P>i.e.</P>
<P>Here &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;and about here.</P>
<P>So it continues on it's merry way and then reaches half of <U>that</U> distance - leaving the other part untravelled.</P>
<P>This continues for ever and ever so that even though the arrow gets closer and closer, it still has half of the remaining distance to travel.</P>
<P>Thus it will never hit you.</P>
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<P>Note:- <I>Please</I> don't be an eejut and try and prove it's right in practice cos it ain't - theory has a lot to answer for.</P>
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<P>* or bullet or any other object is lobbed in your general direction. </P></DIR>
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