I was listening to the new They Might Be Giants children's CD called "Here come the 123's" the other day, and amidst all the counting, I remembered a strange moment of clarity from my own childhood.
I don't remember how old I was, but I remember sitting down on the couch and deciding I would start to count, and I would count as high as I could.
After I got to 250 or so, I realized I knew and understood the pattern of counting by tens, hundreds, thousands and so on, and could continue counting indefinitely.
So, with that realization, I stopped counting.
I have no idea to this day how high I could really count, but I assume it to be somewhere in the trillions. I could keep going after that if I found out what comes after trillions.
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