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But he didn’t say why!! WHY WAS IT FORTY!?!
posted by Katie D. on 4-19-2008 at 8:14 pm
A few of the solvers defined it as well, but here’s the explanation:
< < Be it days or nights >>
40 days and 40 nights
< < It measures our slumber >>
the proverbial 40 winks
< < But with letters in order
It is THE only number >>
“Forty” is the only integer which, when spelled out, has its letters in alphabetical order. (In the alphabet, F comes before O comes before R comes before T and then Y.)
posted by Sandy on 4-20-2008 at 8:27 am
I did too explain it! Look at comment #4!
posted by Jack da Bomb on 4-20-2008 at 11:43 pm
Yes, Jack, YOU explained it (and were the first to do so), but I hadn’t done so here, so I figured I’d put it here for conevenience’s sake after Katie’s note. My bad for not being clear.
posted by Sandy on 4-21-2008 at 8:52 am
Sorry I only checked the first response! I guess I should have read them all!
posted by Katie D. on 4-21-2008 at 3:43 pm