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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives. Each wife had 7 sacks, each sack had 7 cats, each cat had 7 kits. Kits, cats, sacks, wives; how many were going to St. Ives?

[–] feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

This is a stupid riddle, because maybe they were walking in the same direction. I'd expect the guy with all the wives and cats to be making slower progress, you know?

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

1+ (7 * 7 * 7 * 7) = 2,402

+1 doe 2,403 for anyone who wants to count the teller of the story

[–] lordmauve@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You've only counted kits, not cats and wives.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He's still wrong. The answer is 1.

[–] lordmauve@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

Well, the answer is "at least 1". We don't know the destination of the polygamist or whether there were other travellers with less remarkable entourages.

St. Ives is a popular tourist destination, but stupidly remote and takes a long time to reach. It's likely that there are several people travelling to St. Ives at any given moment.

[–] n0clue@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

You and your mum...