"Not a player? A pity." She thought for a moment. "I do have a nice little riddle for you. This is how it goes:
"If there is none in infinity, yet tiny a is one already, and if in iota there are two and in alpha three, then how many in this room must there surely be?"
The sphinx yawned and settled in a comfortable position to wait. "I hope you can write", she said. "That skill will work wonders with this one."
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(The answer would be two.)
Date: 2007-10-11 03:26 pm (UTC)"If there is none in infinity,
yet tiny a is one already,
and if in iota there are two and in alpha three,
then how many in this room must there surely be?"
The sphinx yawned and settled in a comfortable position to wait. "I hope you can write", she said. "That skill will work wonders with this one."