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rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
What about counting horses?
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:09,
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That would be a boring job.
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Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:10,
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I bet you'd get a lot of sleep though.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:15,
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Counting isn't maths
My Daughter can count but she can't do multiplications
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Peej, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:11,
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Yes but when you say to the horse "what's 2 X 2"
It taps it's hoof 4 times. I've seem it, it was dead impressive.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:12,
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Trained to do it I bet
Like when that bloke in that film taught his kid to spell really long words but she couldn't spell cat. I bet the horse couldn't spell cat either!
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Peej, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:26,
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but we are all trained to do Maths
it's not like it's innate.
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CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:29,
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Of course he couldn't.
He's a mathmatician, not Mr Ed.
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scarpe We Stole Bikes, Wed 21 Sep 2011, 14:29,
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