on 6/12/04 8:03 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> "Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, > How many were there going to St Ives?" > > The two solutions (depending on how the question is read) being either ONE, > ie the person telling the rhyme, or NONE ie the questioner means "How many of > kits, cats etc are going to St Ives". The trick obviously is that the > recipient will do the lengthy mental arithmetic of 7 times table and > additions. > > For those who are interested in recalcitrant cats, there are two very nice patterns in "Dieren in Kleur" by Sebastiana van den Herik. One is the Sitting-down Puss, and the other is the Lying-down Puss. Clearly, neither of these creatures has the slightest intention of going to St. Ives. -- Aurelia - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
