Inspirational Math
"I read something today that claims to be a Japanese proverb," I said."What is it?" Eli 16.3 asked.
"Fall seven times, get up eight," I said. "Pretty inspirational."
"Hmm," Eli said, thinking. "That doesn't make sense."
"Why?"
"Well, if you fall down seven times, and get up seven times--"
"You're already standing," I said.
"Exactly," he said. "So what's the extra 'get up' for? How do you get up when you're already standing?"
"Maybe you have to stand up first?" I said. "So falling down isn't the first move here, possibly. It's standing up."
"Too confusing," he said.
"Inspiration withdrawn," I said.
Have to get the math right if you want to inspire, proverbs.
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