Maths

Sitting around the dinner table in our house can be a dizzying exercise in the absurd. But never so much as the day Otto started to recite tidbits of mathematical wisdom from his bespectacled nut.

Here are a few...

The Rule of Eights:

Any number can be made eight by minus-ing or adding.

The Rule of 5 + 12:

Every number under five can equal twelve in different ways.

The Rule of Steps:

Every person is between one step and a million bajillion steps away from each other at any given time.

p + p = s + 1 +/- milbajil

The Rule of Brussels Sprouts:

There are 5 brussels sprouts in the world.

The Law of Biggest Loser:

If someone on the biggest loser lost a million pounds, and another person lost one, then a million divided by a million equals zero.

I mean one.