Some of you may remember doing things like counting on your fingers or drawing little dots on the numbers to learn how to add and subtract. I was a little different. When I saw numbers, they had personalities to them, and their sums and differences were a result of the combinations of personalities and I didn't realize it at the time, but when I had to memorize my times tables the personalities carried over matched. Ya that's right I was that kid who owned you in 3rd grade when we played around the world with math flash cards (“Oh yeah, I'm on a roll, I might make it this time! UGH THAT FREAK IS IN THE NEXT DESK, THERE GOES MY STREAK”).

8? He's a pretty cool guy, I mean 8+8 is 16, so he just has to be awesome, he's like the Fonz of numbers. 7 is kind of weird though, 7 might mess with your numbers (he's like the number bully). Sure he's only one off from being 8, but if you get your 7's and 8's together, you get 15, and no one likes a 15, he's just kind of is there, stalking all the other numbers and breathing loudly like that kid from Hey Arnold.

Now 5 is a pretty consistent guy 5+5=10 and you just can't get an easier number than 10. Even without addition, just try multiplying him with a whole number, I dare you, you aren't going to get him to change that last digit from either 0 or 5. So 5's a pretty good guy, sure he's predictable, but he's just trying to help you out. 6 is pretty good too, I mean he takes in two 3's and sets them straight (3 is just a baby, but he's a baby with a mean streak and he might go bad and hang with a 4 and become that 7 who pushes around your numbers).

So you take two good guys and mix them together, 5+6=11, WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE! 11 isn't a good number, sure he looks innocent, I mean he's just two 1's (1 is just a harmless infant), how bad can he be? Don't let that disguise trick you, he likes to bump up your numbers a little. I mean 6 would love to go hang with 10, become the double Fonz, 16. 6 is just strolling towards 10, then BAM out comes 11, HA YOU'RE A 17 WHAT NOW BITCH! You aren't a cool number. You're just some loser prime number loser without any factors besides 1 and yourself, all because of 11. Again lets carry this over to multiplication, 11 seems harmless at first. I mean its so easy, 11, 22, 33, 44, 55....keep going then you get to 110. Oh what's that you wanted 111? Too bad sucker, enjoy your false sense of security as I start popping out these funny numbers all over the place.

Of course there's tons of numbers out there, so that's just a little bit of what I thought (and still do) about numbers. Imagine a clever, humorous sentence to end this on. Got one? Ok, now forget that you read these last three sentences and place that sentence over them.