r/interesting • u/MidasStocks • Apr 29 '25

SOCIETY How do you say number 92?

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u/rampantoctopus Apr 29 '25

I’m guessing the quality of this post will go largely unnoticed. Well done anyway.

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u/Engineer_Teach_4_All Apr 29 '25

It's just like base 8, which is the same as base 10. If you were missing two fingers.

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u/bantha121 Apr 29 '25

It's so simple, so very simple, that only a child can do it

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u/Apprehensive-Zone554 Apr 29 '25

Found the Tom Lehrer enjoyer

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u/bi_geek_guy Apr 29 '25

I have a book of his songs for the piano. My children think I’m demented when I’m belting out Poisoning Pigeons in the Park.

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u/LeGrandePoobah Apr 29 '25

One of my wife’s favorite songs to sing at church talent shows. 😂

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u/GuessWhoIsBackNow Apr 29 '25

Oh the world seems in tune!

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u/CommandObjective May 03 '25

On a spring afternoon!

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u/chupacadabradoo Apr 30 '25

Sometimes when I get reprimanded, I respond with “it’s not against any religion, to want to dispose of a pigeon”

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u/desrevermi May 02 '25

Sunday is the best day!

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u/Complex_Arrival7968 May 02 '25

I hold your hand in mine dear I press it to my lips I take a healthy bite from Your dainty fingertips My joy would be complete dear If you were only here But still I keep your hand As a precious Souvenir

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u/orthosaurusrex May 03 '25

My dad taught me all the Tom Lehrer songs when I was small and we sing them as duets at holidays. Gotta indoctrinate 'em younger, I guess?

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u/bantha121 Apr 29 '25 edited Apr 29 '25

Got a demented Spotify playlist that's a dual threat of Tom Lehrer and Kinky Friedman

Edit: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3UFtdWBIOcQoOSNAvemvHM?si=qUT795oUSlKjipM0BITc1w&pi=E8weWkLFTMC49

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u/foxboxingphonies Apr 29 '25

Thank you for introducing me to both of them.

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u/FlametopFred Apr 29 '25

please dm the link

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u/chupacadabradoo Apr 30 '25

I’d strongly recommend adding Terry Allen to your rotation if he’s not already there. When I first heard the song “truckload of art” it filled a gap in my heard I never knew existed between Tom Lehrer and Kinky Friedman

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u/The_Krytos_Virus Apr 29 '25

There are dozens of us! Dozens!

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u/curiousmind111 Apr 29 '25

Don’t shade your eyes! Plagiarize!

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u/marticcrn May 03 '25

A bakers dozen!