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Jim Elbrecht Jim Elbrecht is offline
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On Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:30:22 -0400, Ed Pawlowski > wrote:

>On Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:31:57 -0700, "Cheri" >
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>>I like the timeless classic that was asked at a restaurant where I worked
>>when a whole pie was sold "How many pieces of pie can I get out of this
>>pie?"
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>>Cheri

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>I always cut it into six. NO way can I eat eight pieces.


Shame on you-- We were taught that pies got cut into seven pieces no
matter what.

I don't remember the *why* on that- 6 or 8 makes a lot more sense. Was
it 'because you can'?

Jim