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by rightbyte 1571 days ago
I thought the example was convincing until I got a child myself. The hard part is getting the legs and arms in. The 10 buttons are easy.
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> The 10 buttons are easy.

Yes, until you reach the 9th buttonhole, but you've already used up all the buttons.

Status: CLOSED

User error.

Really though, where does the last button hole go? You count buttons - 10. You count holes - 10. You put the buttons in the holes - one is no longer 10.

Usually another thread is to blame.
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