Attempts to resolve the Quandary:
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The Russian whale-men, who spent years on the seas in search of the Leviathan, grew increasingly vexed with the Stakhanovite, until one night they tied a rope around him, filled his pockets with lead and threw him overboard; but, he, never one to quibble with a difficult assignment, earned their eternal respect, and awe, when he surfaced five minutes later and reported: “4 fathoms, Captain.”
(by fdrisc)
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I cannot fathom how someone with such a leviathan presence can quibble so much and still think of himself as a well-to-do, stubborn Stakhanovite!
(by Elijah Shiffer)