[greymule]

Teenagers "love" that number, and giggle when it comes up in math class.

Good point, Welsch. However:

i always thought it was a gender thing

Sound like the words of a middle-schooler?

I am thinking about going into middle-school sports

Is that what a middle-schooler would say? Or would she say, "I'm thinking about going out for softball"?

And nobody at the school—not even one of her girlfriends—can tell her what size ball they use?