How many fingers?

[Victor Steinbok]

It's difficult to do otherwise with 4 fingers. With 3, on the other hand...
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     VS-)

On 11/2/2010 11:12 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> At 11/2/2010 12:04 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>> Yet, in context, he had no trouble telling me "how many fingers"
>> I was holding up.
> Just which one finger did you hold up?  :-)
>
> More seriously, I assume one at least was a non-finger (thumb or pinkie)?
>
> Joel

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