>>> 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?
 WE> Maybe I do, and maybe I don't.
 CH> Well, ifin ya' can't make up your mind, don't expect me to do it for
 CH> ya'! 
My mind has been quantized.  72 was just one of the possible quantities.  
There are two others.
 CH> Well, some of us has got it and some of us ain't!
... UFO - Unduly Fabricated Opinion from inner space.
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