How do you solve a problem like Maria?

Answer 1

You kick her out of the convent and marry her off to a captain with seven children!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

How do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
How do you find a word that means Maria?
A flibbertijibbet! A will-o'-the wisp! A clown!

Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her
Many a thing she ought to understand
But how do you make her stay
And listen to all you say
How do you keep a wave upon the sand

Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?

When I'm with her I'm confused
Out of focus and bemused
And I never know exactly where I am
Unpredictable as weather
She's as flighty as a feather
She's a darling! She's a demon! She's a lamb!

She'd outpester any pest
Drive a hornet from its nest
She could throw a whirling dervish out of whirl
She is gentle! She is wild!
She's a riddle! She's a child!
She's a headache! She's an angel!
She's a girl!

How do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
How do you find a word that means Maria?
A flibbertijibbet! A will-o'-the wisp! A clown!

Many a thing you know you'd like to tell her
Many a thing she ought to understand
But how do you make her stay
And listen to all you say
How do you keep a wave upon the sand

Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?

Answer 3

Do you mean Malaria?

When the US Corp of Engineers built the Panama Canal the first thing they did was to eradicate Malaria from Panama. It took a lot of insecticide, draining a swamp, and an entire year. But, they did it, and then they started to dig the canal.

Malaria is a virus that lives in the gut of the mosquito, and Malaria is a serious problem in Africa. One of the top 3 reasons that prevents Africa from developing (from the PBS 3-part series "Guns, Germs, and Steel." You can find the book at: http://www.bestprices.com/cgi-bin/vlink/0393317552BT?source=GBase)

We can try to exterminate the mosquito (which will deprive a lot of creatures their dinner), or the virus. We should engineer a genetic virus that kills the malaria virus, but this is expensive and takes time. Meanwhile a lot of people are going to get sick and possibly die from malaria. And for every person that gets sick, a family has to pay for the medication, and watch the sick person; which is a big drain on their economy.

Answer 4

The best known method to solve a problem like Maria is to set out a Von Trapp. For bait, it is highly recommended that you use a spoonful of sugar.

Answer 5

María's not the problem. YOU'RE the problem. Maria's just the solution. Stop being such a stuck up captain! You've got children to love and take care of! And leave that stupid chick behind, she's only after your money. PICK MARIA. SHE'S THE SOLUTION!!!

Answer 6

Put her on top of a mountain and let her sing her little heart out. But she'd better enjoy the freedom while she's there because when she climbs back down, she'll never be alone again!

To Dan S: Dude, lighten up! You must be the only person in the world who's never seen "The Sound of Music"!

Answer 7

You talk to Maria and iron whatever it is between yourselves, background music should be the song from Sound of Music. That way you give her an impression that although something is bothering you about her, you still want to see it through because you went to all that trouble to do so. :)

Answer 8

Ask Julie Andrews

Answer 9

Throw her out of the convent, make her get a job as a nanny for a wealthy aristocrat with many children who can sing until she and the aristocrat fall in love and get married. Yeah.

Answer 10

Oh, Mother Superior, perhaps you could send her to the Von Trap family. Those children drove their governess away again!

Answer 11

Give her 7 children and a bachelor to take care of. See if her habits change.