Arithmetic Teacher:    How many tanks did you destroy yesterday,                   Robert? Robert:       Eight, teacher. Teacher:    How many persons were in each of those tanks,                   Robert? Robert:       Five, teacher. Teacher:    Now the multiplication problem for today                   is this: How many persons were destroyed                   yesterday? Robert:       8 x 5 = 40 Teacher:    Very good, Robert. That is the correct answer.                   The next problem is this: if every person                   in every tank had two surviving parents?                   40 x 2 = 80                   and one loving spouse?                   40 x 1 = 40                   and three children?                   40 x 3 = 120                   and only one friend in the whole world?                   40 x 1 = 40                   but one brother,                   40                   two sisters,                   80                   one grandmother?                   40                   Can you add those figures, Robert?                   480, teacher.                   How long to heal the grief, Robert?                   I don't know.                   How long for the rage to rest?                   I don't know.                   How long for you to forget yesterday?                   I don't know.                   That's the lesson for today.                   But, teacher …                   Yes?                   I don't think the last question was fair.                   Oh?                   Because it was really just like Nintendo.                   Oh … Robert. Grand Junction, CO, 1991