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by curiousdannii 4627 days ago
"How many children/pigs/dogs are in the house? Did we forget any?"
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petsos 4627 days ago
Did we forget any to our way to the mall maybe? Animals seem to be able to handle their young ones without counting them too.
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adamnemecek 4627 days ago
Yeah, or alternatively how many wolves are approaching? It seems like it would be advantageous to be able to communicate whether 5 or 50.
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apostlion 4627 days ago
Fuzzy buckets are wonderful for exactly this kind of case. If you're alone, it doesn't matter whether there are 5 or 50 wolves - you're fucked anyway.

On the other hand, if you're a scout for an armed band of hunters, 5 are no longer “a lot”, it is “some” - and 50 is a lot.

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petsos 4627 days ago
What would you do differently if it was 5 or 8 wolves? Having concepts like "a few" and "a lot" seems to be enough for this case.
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prof_hobart 4627 days ago
Decide whether to send one or two of your group of 8 hunters after each of the wolves?
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pavel_lishin 4627 days ago
That seems to be where the distinction between hói and hoí would come in.
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Theodores 4627 days ago
Three.

You must be referring to the legendary 3 Wolf T-Shirt available on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Original-Three-Wolf-Adult-T-Shirt/dp...

Just get the T-Shirt and read the reviews - famously funny.

There aren't any wolves in the Amazon rainforest - not enough bins for them to go through, apparently.

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