I'll be upfront with you guys: I had no idea what to write about this week. So I phoned a friend, AKA asked the person next to me what I should write about, to which she replied "how about, 'can I fit inside a vending machine?'" In hindsight, I see that she probably was just being facetious, but at the time I thought, "That's a fantastic suggestion, thank you so much; this is what I will write about."

So here we are.

Can I fit inside of a vending machine? This is a question I've secretly asked myself since I was just a small child growing up in Western Pennsylvania. But today is the day I uncover the truth. So, to preface, math is not my strong suit. But I'll try my best for my fans, and if I get something wrong, I implore you to let me know in the fan mail letters you guys send me every week. Let the calculations begin.

The Cold, Hard Facts:

-A standard soda vending machine measures 72"H x 39"W x 33"D.

-I am 5'7.5", and *mumble mumble* pounds.

-If we take into account the dimensions of the vending machine, we must also account for the soda within.

-The US standard can is 4.83 inches high, 2.13 inches in diameter at the lid, and 2.60 inches in diameter at the widest point of the body.

-The average vending machine holds about bout 12 cases of soda (24 per case) or roughly 300 items.

The Calculations:

-Multiply 72 x 39 x 33 to get a total of 92,664 cubic inches of free space available in an empty vending machine.

-Multiply 4.83 x 2.13 x 2.60 to get the volume of an average can, 26.74854 cubic inches, then multiply this by 300 to get 8,024.562.

-If we subtract 8,024.562 from 92,664, in theory we should be left with 84,639.438 cubic inches of free space.

The big question we're all wondering now: How many cubic inches am I though?!

I Googled "how many cubic inches am I?" and shockingly found no helpful results. This part is a little tricky, but because I am crunched for time and don't have a measuring device anywhere near me, I am going to have to guess my width and depth in order to figure out how many cubic inches I am.

-Multiply 67.5"H x 11"W x 7"D to get 5,197.5 cubic inches of me.

I think I did something wrong, because according to my calculations, I would fit into a vending machine full of soda with 79,441.938 cubic inches to spare.

*Shrug*

I guess I can, in fact, fit into a vending machine!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you learned something valuable today. I know I didn't.