...and eggs come in cartons.. (usually a dozen, but fancy organic eggs laid by free range chickens are sold in packs of 8)

Yehbut *we never said "a carton of eggs"! It was always "a dozen"... (the only reason it's 8 so the "au naturel" chicken egg carton costs as much, even though you get less... unless... since chickens have three claws and an almost missing fourth, making a carton of 8 keeping *true to the chickens' natural counting tendencies.)

I understand humans coming up with 'base ten', but why 12? What's with calling 12 a 'dozen'. Was the baker just trying to offer more for your money? Is this some Pythagorean conspiracy, or worse yet... an attempt to undermine all that is true and just?

Be with us next week for the chilling adventures of Count Styrofoam!