Pure maths

[Airspeed]

I don't know why folks have trouble with maths, it's quite simple really -
1 has 3 letters in it
2 has 3
3 has 5
5 has 4
6 has 3
7 has 5
8 has 5
9 has 4
0 has 6

And the sum of 1 to 0 is 41, which is the answer to life.

[Tako_Kichi]

And the sum of 1 to 0 is 41, which is the answer to life.

Hmmm, I could have sworn the answer to life, the universe and everything was 42.

[Airspeed]

Probably so, Larry, but I forget things easily.
Maybe they dealt me one short at the start of my life!

[speedbird591]

Maybe they dealt me one short at the start of my life!

I think they did, Mike. You missed out 4 in the list

And if you add the number of letters together you do get 42, not 41.

And it still adds up to a rubbish theory, however you do it

Ian

[Airspeed]

Extracted from post to Adage topic;


Possible reasons for omitting 4:
An ex-bean counter, I often answered "How much profit did I make?" with "How much would you like to see in your accounts?"
It also pained me that 4 has four letters. If I'd really thought about it, I would have discovered the 42 thing, but making sense is not really my thing nowadays.

We live once, are a long time dead, so I stumble along the paths less travelled in the hope of entertaining myself.

[speedbird591]

We live once, are a long time dead, so I stumble along the paths less travelled in the hope of entertaining myself.

Well, you certainly entertain us, Mike and that's what 'counts'!

Ian

[Vancouver]

Since when has Zero had 6 letters? Am I missing something?

[speedbird591]

Since when has Zero had 6 letters? Am I missing something?

No, you're missing nought!

[GHD]

Since when has Zero had 6 letters? Am I missing something?

No, you're missing nought!

[Vancouver]

Ahh not used so much in the colonies.