Mark Breen
marklbreen at gmail.com
Mon Sep 19 03:37:04 CDT 2011
Hello All, I wanted to share a little humour if you do not mind. Last week my kids were practicing their mental arithmetic, initially doing sums like 11 + 7 etc. Then they started getting excited because they noticed they could add 111+111 I gently lead them along doing 222+222 and 333+333. Of course, the answer is Six Hundred and Sixty Six We then got to 444+444 and both Max and Rowena (they are nine) shouted out Eight hundred and Eighty Eight. There was glee in their voices at that stratospheric heights they were now capable of. So next I said "OK, whats 666+666". Rowena was silent as she realised it was not so simple, but without hesitation, Max responded with "Twelve Hundred and Twelvety Twelveth" Hope you like it, Mark