Re: [lojban] Triple number

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

On Sat, 9 Dec 2000, Ivan A Derzhanski wrote:

> (2) numbers large than 3 (especially 7, 100 and 1000) are mentioned
> in many Hungarian proverbs, idioms and the like, so it is hard to
> imagine how anyone, even a nobleman, can fail to have heard of them;

Ah, but it's essential that it be a nobleman. Anyhow, that's only
half the anecdote: there are two noblemen, who have a bet on who
can name the number of greatest magnitude. The first thinks for
period N and names 3; the second thinks for period 2N and concedes.

This anecdote was retailed by George Gamow.

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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
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