Since reading The Hobbit as a child I’ve had this riddle ingrained in my brain.
*Thirty white horses on a red hill*
*First they champ*
*Then they stamp*
*Then they stand still*
I never paid much attention to the detail, but last night it dawned on me. *Thirty teeth*.
We don’t *have* 30 teeth. We have 32.
Security Writer :donor:
npub187…aawd9
2026-01-29 09:16:59 UTC
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2026-01-29 09:16:59 UTCEvent JSON
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