2.23.2007

F

F is for Forty

40?

Forty is one of those numbers a lot of people forget about. Who can blame them? Wedged right between 39 and 41, it's easy to overlook this dull monster. I already forgot it a couple times while I was writing this.

There are some good things we should remember this number for, though:
-the year 1940, year of Disney's Pinocchio and the first black man on a postage stamp.
-it's the number of days and nights Noah and company had to do nothing while waiting for the flood to subside.
-it's the product of 4 and 10, or conversely, the product of 10 and 4.

F is not for Fifty.

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