I said, "Is there! " I told him there is a Mafia school where they teach them math – if Johnny has ten fingers and they cut off two, how many does he have left?

Joan Rivers
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It’s a great story. Some people think it’s probably made up. But, here’s the thing: the story is about a child who was born in Sicily — and it’s supposed to be 100 years old. The story is that he went to school and he asked the teacher: “Is there a Mafia school where they teach them math?” And the teacher told him, “Johnny, if Johnny has ten fingers and they cut off two, how many does he have left?” And the kid thought about it for a second and he said, “If only they cut off four,” because he knew what felt like twelve.

Source: Enter Talking

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