Getting dressed this morning, the girls decided to put me on the spot with some rapid-fire arithmetic.
Lauren: Daddy, what makes three and three?
Me (blearily): What…?
Hannah: Six!
[Much chuckling and cackling ensues because they beat me to it and I am a dunce.]
Hannah: Daddy, what makes… four… and four?
Lauren: Eight!
[Shrieks of laughter at expense of village idiot.]
Lauren: What makes… nine and nine?!
[Pause.]
Hannah: Daddy, what makes nine and nine?
Me: Eighteen.
Hannah: Oh.
[They chuckle for reasons best know to themselves.]
Hannah: What makes… ten and ten?
Lauren: Infinity?
Me: No, twenty.
Lauren: So, what makes a hundred and a hundred?
Hannah: Infinity?
Me: No, two hundred.
Lauren: Is two hundred and two hundred inifinity?
And so on. I can see this taking some time.
Let me know when you reach one googol. I’ll ship you some sort of care package.
I just discovered your blog today and had a great time reading back through the archives. Still chuckling at many of them, and the Star Wars one was the work of genius. Thanks for all the laughs.