Friday, May 14, 2010

N is for number

(n. 1. the sum, total, count or aggregate of a collection of units
or any generalisation of this concept  2. the particular numeral
assigned to anything in order to fix its place in a series  3. a word
or symbol, or a combination of words or symbols, used in counting
or to denote a total  4. a quantity [large or small] of individuals  
vb.  - to ascertain the number of; to mark with or distinguish by
a number; to amount to ...)

Well-known numbers
six million Jews
nine eleven
two thousand and ten

Less well-known numbers
twenty-four million more boys
than girls in India due to gendercide
(imagine the population
of Australia being all male)

Well respected numbers
two is company
one hundred dollars
x amount of profit

Numbers incomprehensible
six billion people
uncountable millions of stars
how many birds constitute
a flock?

Numbers not respected
"Roadworks Ahead"
eighty
sixty
forty

Rules
You can only add numbers
of the same things.
Subtraction is good as long as
it isn't yours
or you didn't want it.
A tumour for example.
Multiply yourself (but if
you're a woman, don't
make more women)
Divide to conquer? More often
divide to maintain what you think
you have that is better.

And
how many birds
do constitute a flock?

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