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camarillobrillo  ·  3481 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Thenewgreen is in my garage.

As I was going to St. Ives

I met a man with seven wives

Every wife had seven sacks

Every sack had seven cats

Every cat had seven kittens

Kittens, cats, sacks, wives

How many were going to St. Ives?





mk  ·  3481 days ago  ·  link  ·  

By my calculation, 400 are going.

1 man, 7 wives, 49 cats, 343 kittens.

But the final question omits the man, so 399, I suppose.

camarillobrillo  ·  3481 days ago  ·  link  ·  

mk  ·  3481 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh shit, just me. 1.