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Thread #140   Message #308024
Posted By: Steve Parkes
29-Sep-00 - 03:33 AM
Thread Name: Singers Title: Bible Story with Deck of Cards
Subject: RE: Singers Title: Bible Story with Deck of Cards
Jim, I expect the song's author probably thought, "I'll say 365! What kind of idiot is going to count 'em?"

NOI ... us idiots should stick together. If you add the first number (1) and the last (10) (=11) and multiply them by their average (5) you get 55. That goes for any series of consecutive numbers. The number of times that's got me out of a tight spot in a folk club ... is very small, actually, but you neve know.

I bet nobody ever thought of checking! O fcourse, as there are four suits, the number of spots has to be an even number.

In the early days of my programming career, computers still used punched cards. A bunch of cards was called a pack by some, and a deck by others. I asked my boss once which was correct, and he said, "Either will do, but remember a pack always has a couple of jokers in it!". Old programmers will know what I mean!

Steve