One third of twelve if you divide
By just one fifth of seven,
The true result (correctly tried)
Exactly is eleven.

How is this possible?

(In reply to Nitpicking by Iain)

English is more dependant on word order than many other languages, but there is some flexibility. It is clear enough that the doggerel means to present this "equation":

("twelve)/3
("seven")/5   =  "eleven"

Posted by TomM on 2004-03-25 11:37:33