rather, another reason why learning them (as opposed to mindlessly punching a calculator) is a good idea: On one of those house flipping shows, this woman was told that fifty gallons would be enough, so she bought fifty five-gallon buckets — thinking she was buying fifty gallons.

2 Responses to “Basic Arithmetic Operations”
  1. Dude,

    You are watching the same show I am. I thought the same thing.

    I really don’t like that Peter guy.

  2. good gravy! had that woman never bought a gallon of milk before?? what a dough head. i hope there was some poetic justice for her. did they paint her house chartreuse? turn the kitchen cabinets upside down?

    this is why it’s a good thing we don’t have cable or satellite tv. i’d get so worked up over the stupidity on the screen, i’d probably throw something at it and break the tv.

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