Finally, the maths revealed.

[DrWhat]

OK, enough is enough! Lets settle this for good.

Here is the maths you need to figure out:

As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives
Seven wives with seven sacks
Seven sacks with seven cats
Seven cats with seven kits
Kits, cats, sacks, wives
How many were going to St Ives?

And here are the calculations!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As_I_Was_Going_to_St_Ives

[DrWhat]

Sometimes the answer is staring at us right in the face!

[rlortie]

Power of observation! I believe Bessler refers to it as "discerning".

I have three similar riddles one about a bus driver, and two regarding trains,but I believe you have made the point! :-)

Ralph

[winkle]

i might more likely call that the power of confusion

that must be the perfect example of why Mr. Bessler's wheel has never been reproduced

[evgwheel]

Why do people always ask me what I mean? It’s silly. I always know what I mean

[AB Hammer]

I was going to St Ives

Thats all, the rest is the confusion of over thinking.

[DrWhat]

Hang on a minute Alan, you weren't going to St Ives, I was! ;-)

[AB Hammer]

Well then I gues that makes it 2 then.

[Bessler007]

Alan has fleas.

[AB Hammer]

Fleas???

Fleas???

OH!! crap Fleas!!! I got to take a bath!!!