@moonbus saidWith the notable exception of "0".
Then there is nothing 'magical' about the digit 3, since the same argument applies to every other digit as well.
@Ponderable saidWhat's 'magical' about zero? There's nothing there.
With the notable exception of "0".
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@moonbus saidWe can write each and any number in a way that it contains a zero. That is special (01 or 1,0 or 1)
What's 'magical' about zero? There's nothing there.
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@Ponderable said2A: That is the meaning of life. Now there is a magical number for you!
We can write each and any number in a way that it contains a zero. That is special (01 or 1,0 or 1)
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As I was going to St Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St Ives?
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@Paul-Martin saidI was going to St Ives, if I met them on the way, then they were all going the other way, so only one was going to St. Ives. Same trick as the one which starts out "You are the pilot of a commercial airliner. It holds 320 passengers and 9 crew. The plane will take a course from Miami to Oslo, nonstop, and cruise at 32,000 thousand feet, and 750 mph. The sun will rise and set on the same side of the plane. The passenger in seat 24 is drunk and will forget his hand luggage in the overhead compartment. The passenger in seat 37 is allergic to peanuts and will have a seizure over the Atlantic Ocean shortly after dinner is served. Fortunately, there is a doctor on board, in seat 126, who will save the patient with emergency medication which he keeps for just such situations. Fifteen of the passengers are traveling to a conference in Oslo which, however, will be cancelled, so twelve will return on the next flight back; the rest of the group will stay on in Oslo for a week's holiday. What color are the pilot's eyes?"
My dad recited this every bloody year on the way down to Cornwall from London.
Never once told me the answer in 12 years.
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@moonbus said" if I met them on the way, then they were all going the other way, so only one was going to St. Ives."
I was going to St Ives, if I met them on the way, then they were all going the other way, so only one was going to St. Ives. Same trick as the one which starts out "You are the pilot of a commercial airliner. It holds 320 passengers and 9 crew. The plane will take a course from Miami to Oslo, nonstop, and cruise at 32,000 thousand feet, and 750 mph. The sun will rise a ...[text shortened]... t of the group will stay on in Oslo for a week's holiday. What color are the pilot's eyes?"
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I hate to be pedantic but, I could be going faster than them so simply caught up with them on the way.
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@Martin saidOf course, I knew that you figured that out long ago. It merely reminded me of the "You are driver of a bus" riddle.
" if I met them on the way, then they were all going the other way, so only one was going to St. Ives."
I hate to be pedantic but, I could be going faster than them so simply caught up with them on the way.
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Getting back to the video you posted:
Baa baa black sheep,
have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
How many bags full?
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There are few exceptions though:
Fifteen men on a dead man's chest.
fee, fi, fo fum,
I smell the blood of an Englishman
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish
spring to mind.