Seventh PSI

[a_gentle_boy]

Um.

 . . .

Carry the . . . 2, right?  And then . . . Hm.  That's not right.  Maybe I have to do long division . . . Or calculus?  I heard someone mention calculus before, but I don't know how it's any different from calculation . . .  Is that when I put the 4 underneath the bracket  . . . ?  And make it so that there are enough 4s to go into 9394 . . . And if there aren't enough 4s . . . . . . . . . . . Um.  You take them from here.  And erase it and use the numbers over here because of the . . . Principle of Something Equality  . . . Which means . . . And I am under 18 years of age and I don't know what the rest mean so I check all these boxes . . . . . And multiply by this number . . . . . . . . . . .........  Oh.

Gosh.  It looks like the government owes me $39,918,285.  Maybe I should go buy some more popcorn after all. 

Comments

[windmill.livejournal.com]

I think your math's a little off.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

Really? So I'm not getting that much money after all?

[windmill.livejournal.com]

Nah. You owe them money, not the other way around. Sucks, doesn't it? It's part of being an adult.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

. . . You don't mean I owe them $39,918,285?! I can't even come up with 20! . . . But I'm not an adult yet, so it's OK, right?

[windmill.livejournal.com]

Yeah. It'll be your parents that have got to pay it. [no point in trying to correct the number.] So don't worry.

[a-gentle-boy.livejournal.com]

OK. Then I'll just let them take care of it. Gosh, I hope they've got that much. Who knew money was such a big deal . . .