Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Of tens and ones

Scene: Surly, disgruntled brat, one eye on the darkening sky and second eye on clock sitting with tuition teacher who was trying hard to get concept of face value and place value into stormy little head.
So, trilled the tuition teacher, if 2 and 0 is twenty, 3 and 0 is thirty, 4 and 0 is forty, tell me what is one and zero.
Brat gives her a stormy look from under half closed irate lids. And without twitching a muscle replies calmly, "One and zero is onety."
Tuition had to be interrupted on account of laughing mamma and teacher, with tissues being pressed into service to mop pouring eyes.

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6 opinions:

Another Kiran In NYC said...

Bilkul Logical! :)

Mama - Mia said...

hahahaha!!! :)

choxbox said...

and i get asked why 10 and 0 is not tenty.

karmickids said...

Another Kiran in NY: He's the king of logic. He does have a potential career as a lawyer.

Mama Mia: :)

Chox: That makes sense too.

DewdropDream said...

Hee hee! Reminds me of the squirt who was taken out for dinner and observing the cutlery went thus:

"Mumma is this a fork?"

And then, picking up a three pronged piece: "So this is a threek?"

:D

karmickids said...

Dewdropdreams: Thats so precious, that is!!!