[math-fun] Fun Moments in Mathematics

"Now, how many ticks are there between 8 o'clock at night and 5 o'clock in the morning? Le'me see. There's 60 minutes to an hour. That's 60 times 60 is uh, 3600 ticks to an hour, and 9 hours from 8 to 5 o'clock: that'll be 6 times 8 is 48, move the 7 where the 0 was and multiply the 0 by 8 times 3, and put the 0 over where the 7 was and that comes to 32400 ticks." Arthur Q. Bryan in "Tickety Tock"