[dba-Tech] 666+666=?

Wonderful!
666 + 666  is indeed 1200 (twelve hundred) + 120 (twelvety) + 12 
(twelve)  - absolutely right on!
I love it!
T

Tina Norris Fields
tinanfields at torchlake.com
231-322-2787


On 9/19/2011 11:55 AM, John Bartow wrote:
> Funny!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Breen
> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 3:37 AM
> To: Discussion concerning MS SQL Server; Discussion of Hardware and Software
> issues
> Subject: [dba-Tech] 666+666=?
>
> 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
>