<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414208" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Mental Arithmetic</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Twice two is four twice four is eight.<br>I do not need to calculate.<br>I learnt my tables long ago.<br>I need not think because I know.<br>The check out girls rely on tills<br>because they do not have the skills<br>Which I was taught in junior school.<br>They’ve always been a useful tool.<br>Without the till they would be lost<br> they cannot calculate the cost<br>of groceries I want to buy.<br>I think I know the reason why.<br>They don’t learn tables any more<br> and consequently can’t keep score.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Friday,16 July 2010<br>http: // blog.myspace.com/poeticpiers</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414208" data-title="Mental Arithmetic de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="Twice two is four twice four is eight. I do not need to calculate. I learnt my tables long ago. I need not think because I know. The check out girls rely on tills because they do not have the skills Which I was taught in junior school. They’ve a..."></div> </div> </div>

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