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Horseplay

I just found this in a 1950 issue of Pi Mu Epsilon Journal:

Question: How many legs has a horse?

Answer: Twelve; two in front, two behind, two on each side, and one in each corner.

Later in the same volume, Marlow Sholander shows that in fact every horse has an infinite number of legs.

That’s to say nothing of color. And see Chasing Leo.

April 14, 2025April 13, 2025 | Humor · Science & Math

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