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Sunday, July 25, 2010

LaLa is Smarter Than Me or Why I Am Eating Humble Pie

For weeks now LaLa has been telling me that the largest number in the world is "gram" and I kept saying "No, the largest number is infinity" and then she would go on to insist that it was "gram". Well, tonight I thought I would prove her wrong and show her that I was right and "gram is a unit of measure not a number" by using Professor Google. Have you ever seen a woman eat humble pie? Let me paint you the scene of what happened at the Bungalow.

As I was all high and mighty, I Googled, "what is the highest number in the world?", only have "Graham's number" pop up on my screen and my jaw HIT THE GROUND. Apparently the word infinity is not actually a number at all, just a describing term. Also apparently, Graham's number is not actually the largest number (since you could technically just add one) but it is the largest number that can mathematically be calculated (but not by us mere mortals only superhuman mathematicians).

So, she was as right as a six year old can be and I was wrong. Now, I must go finish my humble pie.

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God there is nothing worse than being shown up by your kid, is there?
Aaarrgh! Hate that!!
When my little one comes out with genius stuff I always ask where he got it from - and it's always Sponge Bob!
Been there.... so done that....

Being a Mom and finding out the kids ARE smarter than you you just have to be more evil with your brain...

M
ps - you read BigMamaCass too! She's funny
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Dawn (Bee and Rose) · 766 weeks ago

Yep! You got served a big old slice of that pie! (I feel your pain...it happens here all the time!)
Ah, Humble Pie, the worst tasting pie in the whole pie world. Still, you got to be happier that the next generation is smarter than this one. :-)
Lol. Smart kid! Mine is always correcting my English and her dad's French. We just quit pretending we knew better.
Too funny!! This happens at my house too!!!
Wow, I learned something there. I thought it was Googolplex, but I assume Google threatened to sue the subject of Maths.
My kids do this to me all the time. They spell better and do math better.

its very sad. Forces me to eat things like chocolate and ice cream in front of them with out sharing so that I will feel better.

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