# How do I divide thee, let me count the ways ...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-divide-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/331630>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 18, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-divide-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/331630 "2005-11-18T13:50:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-divide-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/331630/1 "2005-11-18T13:50:59Z")

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There are 10 kinds of people in the world.

Those who understand binary.  
Those who don’t.  
(yeah…it’s an old one… )

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**Author:** ![BadBadger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BadBadger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BadBadger)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-divide-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/331630/2 "2005-11-18T14:29:28Z")

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There are two kinds of people in the world

Those that are belligerent and antagonistic  
and the rest can go fuck emselves.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-divide-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/331630/3 "2005-11-18T14:30:50Z")

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There are three kinds of people in the world.  
Those that can count, and those that can’t.

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**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-divide-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/331630/4 "2005-11-18T20:56:45Z")

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There’re 2 kinds of people in the world:

Us and them.

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**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-divide-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/331630/5 "2005-11-18T22:43:35Z")

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There are exactly 17 types of people in the world. You? Ah…you’re a 12, definitely a 12.

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**Author:** ![Jpeg\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-divide-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/331630/6 "2005-11-18T22:55:21Z")

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There are two kinds of people in the world:

Those who enjoy breakfast, and those who prefer lunch. And those whose favorite meal is dinner.

Three! Three kinds of people in the world:

Those who enjoy breakfast, those who prefer lunch, and those who like dinner.

And some people subsist on light snacking throughout the day.

Four! There are four kinds of people in the world.

Those who enjoy breakfast, and…

I’ll come in again.

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**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-divide-thee-let-me-count-the-ways/331630/7 "2005-11-18T23:00:11Z")

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There are two kinds of politicians in this world:  
Those who are liars, and those who are DAMN liars.

“There are two kinds of people, those who finish what they start and so on.” - Robert Byrne