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Sunday, November 21, 2010What’s seventy minus seven?
Sixty-three.
What’s fifty minus seven?
Forty-three.
What’s ten minus seven?
Three
What’s one.hundred minus seven?
Eighty-three. No. Wait. Ninety.three.
(This kid was smart.)
Now, (said his dad), explain long division to me.
(what?? I could not explain long division any more than I could do it. Well, maybe I could do it. But I would need a piece of paper and some time. And an Easy One. No way could I explain it).
But the kid.sitting.behind.me.on.the.train explained it.
(and Killed Me in the process.)
Top Notch.