Comments | westbeilschmidt: As I was going to St. Ives

westbeilschmidt

As I was going to St. Ives

Jul 17, 2005 01:59

As I was going to St. Ives I met a man with 7 wives
Each wife had 7 sacks,
East sack had 7 cats,
Each cat had 7 kits,
Kit, cats, sacks and wives,
How many were going to St. Ives?

riddle

Comments 4

lijororli July 17 2005, 06:10:22 UTC

As far as we know, just you. ^_^

faithsdiary July 17 2005, 08:55:51 UTC

Only you. LOL

29crowjane July 18 2005, 07:06:04 UTC

Sorry, I saw this on Faith's Friends list and couldn't resist...I know the answer is supposed to be "one", but that's based on the presumption that you can only "meet" someone who's going the opposite direction you're going in. In my experience, you meet more people in the sense that you get to know them when you're going in the SAME direction. Yes, I've annoyed people trying to outwit me by bringing this up since I was a kid. :) Plus, we're only told the man HAS seven wives, not that they're all present or all going to the same place he is. :) Feel free to slap me at any time...

westbeilschmidt April 13 2007, 04:00:47 UTC

no worries :)