TonyB wrote:

> As I was walking to St. Ives,
> I met a man with 7 wives.
> Each wife had 7 sacks.
> Each sack had 7 cats.
> Each cat had 7 kits.
> How many were going to St. Ives?

How many what were going to St. Ives ? If you suggest people then
the answer is still only one. At least as far as those listed. It
is quite possible many others were on their way to St. Ives but
the criptic nature of the verse does not give rise to suffecient
data to confirm or deny the implication otherwise.

-- 
Ken Tyler

mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

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