>>> Clarence Hogan on Riddle 
 WE> Let D = dozen.
 WE> Half dozen = D/2
 WE> Half dozen dozens = (D/2) * D = D^2 / 2
 WE> According to my calculations a half dozen dozens is half a squared
 WE> dozen. 
 CH> Ok so you mean seventy-two?
Maybe I do, and maybe I don't.
 
 WE> So what a dozen dozen?
 CH> At last count it was a gross, unless I missed one, then it would be
 CH> a gross error!  :)
Yes, yet you still missed just how gross a baker can be. -)
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