Ahem. I think you missed a couple...Due to the compounding of gifts. Don't forget:
On the second day of christmas my true love gave to me two turtle doves AND a partridge in a pear tree.
So you'd end up with:
12 partridges (don't know if there are 12 pear trees as well)
22 turtle doves
30 French Hens
36 Calling Birds
40 gold rings
42 Geese a-laying
42 swans a-swimming
40 maids a-milking
36 ladies dancing
30 lords a-leaping
22 pipers piping
12 drummers drumming
I'd be a bit miffed, to be honest - where the hell am I going to keep all them?
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Fri 14 Mar 2008, 20:08,
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On the second day of christmas my true love gave to me two turtle doves AND a partridge in a pear tree.
So you'd end up with:
12 partridges (don't know if there are 12 pear trees as well)
22 turtle doves
30 French Hens
36 Calling Birds
40 gold rings
42 Geese a-laying
42 swans a-swimming
40 maids a-milking
36 ladies dancing
30 lords a-leaping
22 pipers piping
12 drummers drumming
I'd be a bit miffed, to be honest - where the hell am I going to keep all them?