N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 1 Wanted: A Few—or a Lot of—Good Men and Women with Fingers and Toes
First, the good news: My little daughter, all of 4.8591 years old, is
showing great interest in the field of mathematics and is now doing
additions and subtractions involving numbers going all the way up to almost
100. Now, the bad news: With that development, we are running out of
fingers and toes in the family as study aids. Anybody with countable
fingers and toes are hereby cordially invited to come over and lend us a
hand, so to speak.
As a matter of fact, we once ran into a similar situation before, when the
bigger numbers in the math questions exceeded 20—or 10 when she had shoes
and socks on. Being a natural problem-solver, however, she managed to
overcome the obstacle back then when she discovered that her big brother,
with full sets of fingers and toes of his own, comes in very handy for
digital reinforcement.
As she ventures deeper and deeper into multi-dozen territory, the family has
finally reached its numeric limit as far as human capacity goes. We have
thought about enlisting the canine and feline members of the family, but
that has turned out not to be very practical because, as you can imagine, it
is rather difficult to get those guys to sit still and stick out the
required number of digits for any meaningful duration of time.
So, if you are able and willing to help, please drop me a line and specify
the total number of digits you can contribute to the cause. At this point,
I am inclined not to limit the number of volunteers we will be enlisting;
after all, we do want our little munchkin to be able to calculate up to the
thousands and millions some day.
Now, what is really important here is for all of you to take this
announcement very seriously. For God's sake, the future prowess of a whole
new generation of human beings in mathematics is on the line, and that ain't
no laughing matter! | s*******s
发帖数: 5087 | 2 haha，好可爱啊，都能想象小狼女掰着（别人的）手指脚趾数数的情景
almost
【在 N****f 的大作中提到】
: Wanted: A Few—or a Lot of—Good Men and Women with Fingers and Toes
: First, the good news: My little daughter, all of 4.8591 years old, is
: showing great interest in the field of mathematics and is now doing
: additions and subtractions involving numbers going all the way up to almost
: 100. Now, the bad news: With that development, we are running out of
: fingers and toes in the family as study aids. Anybody with countable
: fingers and toes are hereby cordially invited to come over and lend us a
: hand, so to speak.
: As a matter of fact, we once ran into a similar situation before, when the
: bigger numbers in the math questions exceeded 20—or 10 when she had shoes
| N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 3 莫非十四妹当年也用过这招？
【在 s*******s 的大作中提到】
: haha，好可爱啊，都能想象小狼女掰着（别人的）手指脚趾数数的情景
:
: almost
| c****e
发帖数: 9482 | 4 fun to read :) I will be a volunteer | T****B
发帖数: 5845 | | N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 6 That'll be 20 digits, presumably? :-)
【在 c****e 的大作中提到】
: fun to read :) I will be a volunteer
| N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 7 糖小包！几个月没见，变懒虫了？:-)
【在 T****B 的大作中提到】
: 懒得读了
| d***e
发帖数: 13568 | 8 is there a ceiling for the maximum number of fingers u can borrow?
almost
【在 N****f 的大作中提到】
: Wanted: A Few—or a Lot of—Good Men and Women with Fingers and Toes
: First, the good news: My little daughter, all of 4.8591 years old, is
: showing great interest in the field of mathematics and is now doing
: additions and subtractions involving numbers going all the way up to almost
: 100. Now, the bad news: With that development, we are running out of
: fingers and toes in the family as study aids. Anybody with countable
: fingers and toes are hereby cordially invited to come over and lend us a
: hand, so to speak.
: As a matter of fact, we once ran into a similar situation before, when the
: bigger numbers in the math questions exceeded 20—or 10 when she had shoes
| m*******o
发帖数: 10944 | 9 哈哈哈哈哈，狼兄写得幽默
almost
【在 N****f 的大作中提到】
: Wanted: A Few—or a Lot of—Good Men and Women with Fingers and Toes
: First, the good news: My little daughter, all of 4.8591 years old, is
: showing great interest in the field of mathematics and is now doing
: additions and subtractions involving numbers going all the way up to almost
: 100. Now, the bad news: With that development, we are running out of
: fingers and toes in the family as study aids. Anybody with countable
: fingers and toes are hereby cordially invited to come over and lend us a
: hand, so to speak.
: As a matter of fact, we once ran into a similar situation before, when the
: bigger numbers in the math questions exceeded 20—or 10 when she had shoes
| N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 10 I don't know...some day we'll have to deal with questions like
800,000+50,000, and we may need to borrow the 101st Airborne
and the 7th Cavalry from the U.S. Army for that.
【在 d***e 的大作中提到】
: is there a ceiling for the maximum number of fingers u can borrow?
:
: almost
| | | N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 11 How about some fingers and toes for the cause if you enjoyed it so
much? :-)
【在 m*******o 的大作中提到】
: 哈哈哈哈哈，狼兄写得幽默
:
: almost
| C*******g
发帖数: 9288 | 12 利率高吗？
is there a ceiling for the maximum number of fingers u can borrow?
almost
【在 d***e 的大作中提到】
: is there a ceiling for the maximum number of fingers u can borrow?
:
: almost
| C*******g
发帖数: 9288 | 13 求10个字的中文摘要，谢谢
almost
【在 N****f 的大作中提到】
: Wanted: A Few—or a Lot of—Good Men and Women with Fingers and Toes
: First, the good news: My little daughter, all of 4.8591 years old, is
: showing great interest in the field of mathematics and is now doing
: additions and subtractions involving numbers going all the way up to almost
: 100. Now, the bad news: With that development, we are running out of
: fingers and toes in the family as study aids. Anybody with countable
: fingers and toes are hereby cordially invited to come over and lend us a
: hand, so to speak.
: As a matter of fact, we once ran into a similar situation before, when the
: bigger numbers in the math questions exceeded 20—or 10 when she had shoes
| C*******g
发帖数: 9288 | 14 来了？好久不见，别来无恙？
【在 T****B 的大作中提到】
: 懒得读了
| C*******g
发帖数: 9288 | 15 掰你的手指了吗？
haha，好可爱啊，都能想象小狼女掰着（别人的）手指脚趾数数的情景
almost
【在 s*******s 的大作中提到】
: haha，好可爱啊，都能想象小狼女掰着（别人的）手指脚趾数数的情景
:
: almost
| N****f
发帖数: 25759 | 16 升兄重出江湖了？
【在 C*******g 的大作中提到】
: 利率高吗？
:
: is there a ceiling for the maximum number of fingers u can borrow?
: almost
| m*******o
发帖数: 10944 | 17 all of my fingers and toes are ready for use
【在 N****f 的大作中提到】
: How about some fingers and toes for the cause if you enjoyed it so
: much? :-)
| e*a
发帖数: 4733 | 18 读不懂的怎么办
【在 T****B 的大作中提到】
: 懒得读了
| e*a
发帖数: 4733 | 19 陈升最近来我们这里开演唱会了
【在 N****f 的大作中提到】
: 升兄重出江湖了？
| d***e
发帖数: 365 | 20 德克萨斯？
陈升最近来我们这里开演唱会了
【在 e*a 的大作中提到】
: 陈升最近来我们这里开演唱会了
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