10 x 4 = 40

20 x 2 = 40

But in the middle, 15 x 3 does NOT = 40

And nobody knows why not

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That Math for you. Makes no sense.

Numbers are all made-up anyway

Numbers are arbitrary markers in the limitless sea of space-time.

This is my first draft of a letter to HMRC

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What’s in a number? That which we call a 40 by any other number would number as sweet.

Fuckin’ Shakespeare

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He really was the funniest mathematician

Even funnier if you read it in Ye Bard’s Tan(g)

Oh my

Sorry, that was truly awful. I confess my sin.

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I forgive you, but only cos it’s you

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