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Peter Duniho wrote:
"Robert Bonomi" wrote in message
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I can count to more than a thousand on my fingers.

*NEAT* trick. Most people run out of _fingers_ at a binary count of 256.

I presume that he's counting his thumb as a finger, as do most people.

"Q. If you call a tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have?
A. Four. Calling a tail a leg does *not* make it a leg!"

Applies equally to thumbs/fingers.


I can just see the delivery room scene:

Doctor: "Congratulations, your baby has eight fingers!"

Mother: "Oh my god! The ultrasound showed a perfectly normal fetus!"

Doctor: "...and two thumbs."

Mother: "(*&^#$^* Okay, Dr. Idiot...why don't you just come a little closer
here..."