“By now, it’s probably true that at least some people have eaten 162,329 potato chips in their lifetimes. That’s even less novelty and challenge than carving 162,329 table legs.”
Nitpick: it takes much less time and mental energy to eat a potato chip than to carve a table leg, so the total quantity of sphexishness is much smaller.
“By now, it’s probably true that at least some people have eaten 162,329 potato chips in their lifetimes. That’s even less novelty and challenge than carving 162,329 table legs.”
Nitpick: it takes much less time and mental energy to eat a potato chip than to carve a table leg, so the total quantity of sphexishness is much smaller.