Tuesday, February 26, 2008

As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with 7 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?


That's an old one, and it's still used from time to time.

In fact, they used it in Die Hard With a Vengence.

Can any of you get the answer?

I'm not going to put it in the post, but feel free to put your guess in the comments.

Buenos con queso,

T.

6 comments:

Princess Sparkle Pants said...

Well... YOU are the one going to St. Ives, right? It doesn't say that all the rest are... and since I don't want to do any math (too early- no coffee yet), I am going to suggest that only one is going to St. Ives. I love stuff like this.

Kelwhy said...

19,216? did i do my math right? augh - my brain is fried...

Andie Pandie said...

Ditto, I say one. :)

Kelwhy said...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_I_Was_Going_to_St_Ives

hmmmm....
Don't you love wikipedia?

T.J. said...

Yeah, 1 is the answer I was looking for...

Thanks for playing.

T.

Beth said...

Heh. I read WAY too much into that. Not paying attention at midnight. :D
My answer was going to be 2,401. But I am taking that back and saying, only one. Duh.

:D