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Kickaha
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Join Date: May 2004
 
2005-08-11, 23:57

Hence 'fencepost'. "You see a fence with 11 stakes, 10' apart. How long is the fence?" Nearly everyone says 110ft. Bzzzt. 100ft. The first stake doesn't count in determining distance, it is stake number 0.

Most people seem to be able to grasp that one. If not, I try not to talk to them too often.
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