The total number of different combinations of the 26 letters of the
alphabet is 403291461126605635584000000. All the inhabitants on the
globe could not together, in a thousand million years, write out all
the combinations, supposing that each wrote 40 pages daily, each page
containing 40 different combinations of the letters.
“10 INTO 9 MUST GO.”
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33.
Ten weary footsore travellers, all in a woeful plight,
Sought shelter at a wayside inn one dark and stormy night.
“Nine rooms-no more,” the landlord said, “have I to offer you;
To each of eight a single bed, but the ninth must serve for two.”
A din arose; the troubled host could only scratch his head,
For of those tired men no two would occupy one bed.
The puzzled host was soon at ease (he was a clever man),
And so, to please his guests, devised this most ingenious plan.
BOBBY (just from school)--“Mamma, I’ve got through the
promisecue-us examples, an’ I’m into dismal fractures.”
34. Find the expense of flooring a circular skating rink 30 feet
in diameter at 2s. 3d. per square foot, leaving in the centre a space
for a band kiosk in the shape of a regular hexagon, each side of which
measures 24 inches.
35. Gold can be hammered so thin that a grain will make 56
square inches for leaf gilding. How many such leaves will make an
inch thick if the weight of a cubic foot of gold is 12 cwt. 95 lbs.?
School Inspector: “What part of speech is the word “am”?
Smart Cockney Youth: “What? the ‘’am’ what you eat, sir,
or the ’am‘ what you is?”