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minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 hours agoAs 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 kits Kits, cats, sacks, and wives How many were going to St. Ives?
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 hours agoFuck bud you lose me after the man.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·13 hours agoIt’s a trick question; the answer is 1, the person going to St. Ives. 2,801 are going the other way.
minus-squareSatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoBut if you’re only counting the Kits, cats, sacks, and wives Wouldn’t that be zero? Or is that just a distraction in the riddle?
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours agoIt’s just a reiteration of some of the elements of the riddle rather than a comprehensive list.
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 kits
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives
How many were going to St. Ives?
Fuck bud you lose me after the man.
It’s a trick question; the answer is 1, the person going to St. Ives. 2,801 are going the other way.
But if you’re only counting the
Wouldn’t that be zero?
Or is that just a distraction in the riddle?
It’s just a reiteration of some of the elements of the riddle rather than a comprehensive list.