There's a Bill Bailey joke on the theme.
An infinite number of mathematicians walks into a pub. The first mathematician walks up to the bar and asks for one pint of beer, the second goes up and says "I'll have half of what he's having." The third walks up before the bartender interrupts, "Hold on, I'm not having any of that," he says, before pouring two pints.
The flea will never be able to leave the circle if it can jump only half as far on subsequent jumps.
It's like saying a person wants to walk 100 feet. How can he get there when there is an infinite amount of measurements he has to cross (99.9 feet, 99.99999 feet, 99.9999999999999999 feet and so on.)
That's right, it's based on Zeno's dichotomy paradox.