Ren Allen

""Two and two is always four. What good is that? No matter
if you do it or I do it or someone else does it, two and two will
always be four."

You know, being who I am, I used to try and think of ways to make that
statement untrue!
Like two hungry snakes and two mice does NOT equal four animals.;)
Or 2 cups of yeast and 2 cups of warm water does not equal four cups
of goo.....
I'm sure we could have fun with that one. Just my warped way of thinking.

Ren
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Pamela Sorooshian

On Aug 6, 2006, at 6:22 PM, Ren Allen wrote:

> You know, being who I am, I used to try and think of ways to make that
> statement untrue!
> Like two hungry snakes and two mice does NOT equal four animals.;)
> Or 2 cups of yeast and 2 cups of warm water does not equal four cups
> of goo.....
> I'm sure we could have fun with that one. Just my warped way of
> thinking.

No wonder I adore you, Ren.

Thanks for this - I laughed aloud.

-pam

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Michelle/Melbrigða

On 8/6/06, Ren Allen <starsuncloud@...> wrote:
>
> ""Two and two is always four. What good is that? No matter
> if you do it or I do it or someone else does it, two and two will
> always be four."
>
> You know, being who I am, I used to try and think of ways to make that
> statement untrue!


There is a tribal culture (can't remember which it is right now) that I read
about years ago that didn't believe that numbers were absolute. They would
keep count of things by tying knots. When two cords with knots were tied
together, you would end up with a different number than the one that our
cultures deems correct. So therefore 2+2=5 because a cord with 2 knots tied
to another cord with 2 knots gives you a cord with 5 knots. :-) Not sure
how that correlates to sheep or goat or momey management, but I loved it
that they didn't think in absolutes.





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Michelle
aka Melbrigða
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