Reply to: Interesting number thread

[Ignis Fatuus]

Add 1 to the last number posted in the thread and say something interesting about the new number. When the thread ends we will have found the first uninteresting number.

The first uninteresting number, eh? That would be quite interesting, wouldn't it?

[SimonMac]

Four is a number of harmony.

Four corners of the globe.
A lucky four leafed clover.
Four quarts in a gallon
Four horsemen of the apocalypse

Erm, my globe is round?

[TimberWolf]

20

Also referred to as a score. Apparently because the ancients sometimes marked 20 on tally sticks by scoring the twentieth scratch more deeply, and nothing at all to do with how many fingers and toes they could point to as they did 'complex' addition. Oh no.

[EternalOptimist]

Awwww, I think I luv ya!

18 then.

ok , here is an interesting 18 trick.


ask someone to think of a number , 1 to 10
ask them to multiply it by 9
ask them to add the resulting numbers together
ask them to subtract 5
ask them to name a country that begins with that letter
ask them to name an animal that begins with the second letter of the country
then ask them to name the colour of the animal

then show them your note that says 'Grey elephant from Denmark'


and thats the 18 trick

[mudskipper]

nnnnnn-19

In 1965 Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war,
but it wasn't.
It was different in many ways, as so were those that did the fighting.
In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was 26...
In Vietnam he was 19.
In inininininin Vietnam he was 19.


(Paul Hardcastle. Number 1 when my eldest was born)

[d000hg]

18:

[mudskipper]

except ----- It takes 17 muscles to smile'

Awwww, I think I luv ya!

[EternalOptimist]

17: "Since 17 is a Fermat prime, regular heptadecagons can be constructed with compass and unmarked ruler."

So there

I didnt know that.

I was going to post this

'The interesting thing about the number 17 - is that there is nothing interesting about the number 17. geometric, logical , historical, philosophical or biological

except ----- It takes 17 muscles to smile'

[mudskipper]

17: "Since 17 is a Fermat prime, regular heptadecagons can be constructed with compass and unmarked ruler."

So there

I think we just hit the boring number.

[NickFitz]

17: "Since 17 is a Fermat prime, regular heptadecagons can be constructed with compass and unmarked ruler."

So there

[EternalOptimist]

16 then.

16 is interesting to a developer (like me)

if you want a boolean construct, then 16 is a must have. imagine you have pages of yes/no questions

then its possible to store it all as one number. honest.


and thats where 16 comes in

[mudskipper]

No, I realised MF wasn't worth the effort.

Still, thanks for the -rep. Will be sure to respond.

Must be that rep bug thing.

to you too.

[nomadd]

Why the edit? Afeared of offending the Scots amongst us?

No, I realised MF wasn't worth the effort.

Still, thanks for the -rep. Will be sure to respond.

From the response you gave you seem to be saying that your wanking figures are included in the numbers?

[mudskipper]

ho ho. right thats enough hilarity. can we have 17 now pleeeese

We need 16 first. 16 is a boring number. Legal, but everyone's done it already.

[mudskipper]

Technically, I don't think sex with your sister/mother/grandmother should really be counted.

Why the edit? Afeared of offending the Scots amongst us?