Genius is present in every age,
but those carrying it within them remain benumbed,
unless extraordinary events occur to heat up
and melt the mass so that it flows forth.
-- Denis Diderot (1713-1784)

1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321
 

1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

 

9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

Brilliant, isn't it?

And look at this symmetry:

1 x 1 = 1
11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 1111 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
111111111 x 111111111=12345678987654321

A woman awakes during the night to find that her husband was not in bed.

She goes downstairs to look for him.

She finds him sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee in front of him.

He appears to be in deep thought, just staring at the wall. She watches as he wipes a tear from his eye and takes a sip of his coffee.

"What's the matter, dear?" she whispers as she steps into the room. "Why are you down here at this time of night?"

The husband looks up from his coffee, "Do you remember 20 years ago when we were dating, and you were only 18?" he asks solemnly. "Yes I do" she replies.

The husband pauses; the words were not coming easily. "Do you remember when your father caught us in the garden?"

"Yes, I remember" said the wife, lowering herself into a chair beside him.

The husband continued.. "Do you remember when he showed the shotgun in my face and said, 'Either you marry my daughter, or I'll send you to jail for 20 years?"

"I remember that too" she replied softly.

He wiped another tear from his cheek and said, "I would have been released today!"

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This is a computer generated image issued by the University of Bristol in England released on Tuesday Nov. 20, 2007 showing a size comparison between a human an ancient sea scorpion. A fossil found in Germany indicates the ancient sea scorpion was once 2.5 metres (8 feet) long, making it the biggest bug ever known to have existed. (AP Photo/University of Bristol, HO)

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People walk past the ice sculpture "Cariboo" by Dmitry Postnikov and Alexander Suvorov from Izhevsk after the closing of Russia's first open competition for snow and ice sculpturing in the arctic city of Salekhard, about 2000km (1242 miles) northeast of Moscow, November 25, 2007. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (RUSSIA)

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Artist William Burge from Houston Texas sits in his art-car 'Phantoms' at a presentation prior to the Essen Motor Show 2007 in the city of Essen, Germany, Monday, Nov. 26, 2007. The car is based on a 1968 Volkswagen Beetle and will be shown at the automobile fair in Essen from Dec. 1 to 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

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Must not eat the hat... : A model presents in a hat partially made from chocolate during a food show in Moscow. (AFP/Dima Korotayev)

English Teacher:
  Make a sentence using "Neither-Nor"
Naughty boy Student:
  When girls wear tight fitting dresses,
  "Neither" are they comfortable, "Nor" are we!

Q: What did the gangster's son tell his dad
when he failed his examination?
A: Dad they questioned me for 3 hours
but I never told them anything."

When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use;
When diet is correct, medicine is of no need.

Defeat is not when u fall down,
  it is when u refuse to get up!