Re: [math-fun] sesqui-imponderables

1. ((a (chicken)) and (a (half))), not (a ((chicken) and (a (half)))). 2. The latter. Sincerely, Adam P. Goucher Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2014 at 5:32 PM From: "Bill Gosper" < billgosper@gmail.com> To: math-fun@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [math-fun] sesqui-imponderables If a chicken and a half lays an egg and a third ... Hey, wait a minute, why isn't "chicken and a half" plural? And which came first, the chicken and a half or the egg and a half? --rwg It's "lay" because "if" takes a subjunctive! --rwg "On the first day and a half, the Lord created the chicken-and-a-half / egg-and-a-half paradox" ? --Dan (Asimov)