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Originally Posted by alex1699
the only number that not in there is 8,...
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Discworld fans will recognize twice four, or the sum of six and two, as the one number that must never be uttered by wizards. The cube of two represents the magical number, and its forms (octahedrons, octagons, etc) are considered very sacred. The eighth son of the eighth son is unavoidably a wizard (unless of course the eighth son of the eighth son turns out to be a daughter).
We can only hope that Bergholt Stuttley Johnson (aka Bloody Stupid Johnson) isn't designing the field....