Tuesday, September 20, 2005

"The number of fingers is five."

This is "What is wrong with this picture? {Part 2)"
You know if you're a lateral thinker, there is a way in which the number of fingers can be five. Think Roman.

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4 comments:

Bassman said...

I hope this isn't J's English book from school.

10:31 AM
John Naruwan said...

No, I think we bought it from a supermarket, or maybe Kelly's mum got it for him; can't remember. Anyway, virtually every page contains an error. 'He likes a ______.' is pretty common.

10:36 AM
David said...

The odd thing is the Chinese version says five as well! It is a bit clearer in Chinese though: "A person's hand has 5 fingers"

I guess they didn't think anyone would notice that two of the fingers were held up! Marvellous.

1:22 PM
Michael Turton said...

This is the teaching textbook that O'Brien used with Winston Smith in 1984. "How many fingers am I holding up?"

1:58 PM

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