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CURB

And can I wear my lipstick? Put lipstick on a pig etc etc

whoops, Forgotten all about this. Wish I had the story-telling ability of the other contributers, but THTIWFSTLR

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Packers ++ Giants - Eagles - Atlanta Falcons - 21 Carolina Panthers - 20 Dallas Cowboys - 18 New Orleans Saints - 16 Seattle Seahawks - 16 Washington Redskins - 15 Detroit Lions - 15 St. Louis Rams - 15 San Francisco 49ers - 15 Chicago Bears - 15 Arizona Cardinals - 14 Green Bay Packers - 14 New York Giants - 14 Philadelphia Eagles - 10 Minnesota Vikings - 5 Knocked Out 16. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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so what were the other 485? If you're claiming that they're boys, then that makes 485*2 boys = 970 + (244 out of your 515 families) which leaves 786 children of whom 271 are girls.and the other 515 are ???. Or are you taking it that the girl you've been introduced to is the eldest child?

OK here we go _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (9 letters) Edit...oh, yeah. Nice scoring ,Thal.

Apart from 1 thing...........If one of the 2 children is a boy, the chance of the other being a girl is 2/3

HAPPEN

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1st red. You're missing the fact that there is twice as much chance of a GB combination (as BG also comes into this category) 2nd red. Surely Vice-versa? 3rd red. No. As two - 2 child families have, by definition, 4 children, the chances are that there are going to be 2 of each gender. If family A has (at least) 1 girl, the chances of the other child is a girl is one in 3. ie of the 2 boys and 2 girls, 1 girl is accounted for, leaving 1 girl and 2 boys.

This is getting ridiculously obtuse. benjer - you were right. Now extend your program to show the percentage of 2 child families who had 2 boys. and you'll find .... well see what you find.

bugger me that was hard work.... edit. I'm surprised that got through....... 2nd edit ...I'll have to call it a night(sorry) c u in a while

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Oh good grief.

NIGHTINGALE

That's a very clever answer , you cunning minx, but that's just how I found you out in the first place . plus the catnip.

If you have 2 children, both girls, and 1 of them is a girl, then the 'other' child is also a girl. I really don't see your point. I have 2 daughters. If someone says to me "Do you have at least 1 daughter?", I say "Yes". If they then ask what the gender of my 'other' child is, I don't say "what other child?"

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Does the timezone not go down E 12th? (Yeah OK, I admit to googling that)

Thanks, Hirk. I got called away and clicked on 'Post' before completing.

I'm bringing some catnip (with no additives!) .

Packers ++ Saints + Cardinals - Where are the colts?! Yep. In the South division. Bengals in the North. Ambrose Bierce was onto something.....

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