We got ourselves a good-ol-fashioned blizzard today. I'd say its about a 4 on a scale of 1-10 but it still qualifies. School is closed. Kids are home. Unfortunately I still have to work.
Andy woke me up this morning with this:
*Andy crawls into bed with me*
Andy: Dad, are you awake?
Me: Ughhh, what time is it?
Andy: Mmmmm, abouuuut... 6:29
Me: Awesome, what's up?
Andy: I just named a new number!
Me: Really, what's it called?
Andy: Secondteen!
Me: Cool, where does it go, what is it's value?
Andy: It comes in place of twelve. And I want to rename eleven to Firstteen too.
Me: Excellent, can I go back to sleep now?
Andy: OK
While I was unable to really appreciate the value (no pun intended) of these new number names at the time, I think they make a lot of sense now. I mean, who was the donkey that invented eleven and twelve...? They make no sense when compared to all the other 1s and 2s in the rest of the number system.
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