Reality Check by Dave Whamond for July 14, 2023

At first I thought they were playing a jumbo game of Battleship. I don’t get why the numbers are in the jumbled order they are—I’m sure there’s a reference here which I’m not getting.

3 × 8 = 24

Got it! Times Square, play on words!

The illuminated block should be a square (1×1, 2×2, 3×3...). 3×8 isn’t a square.

9x-7>3(3x-7u) = coffee before math jokes!

(… it could be wrong, I’m not fully caffeinated yet.)

It’s not adding up.

Tee hee.

Tomorrow Red Square, then Saint Peter’s Square. Trafalgar might be a reach though.

So that’s where it is!

LOL! I have a chart just like this for Multiplications….well not quite…

I’m having flashcard flashbacks even after 51 years.

That doesn’t look like a.a Wil Shorts crossword puzzle.

24! Yes, that’s my final answer.

OK, Dave. I get the pun. You used a multiplication table versus a geometric square. However, highlighting the 3×8 square seem to have no meaning. Your multipication table is functional but not in the normal format. You created a 11×11 table. Normally, the numbers 1-11 would be in order in both the top row and first column. You used the numbers 2-12 randomly for your row and column. Having bored everyone with this long comment, it would had added another laugh if you had a 14 in top row and placed the yellow highlight on the intersection of 7 × 14 for the current date! :-)

The Times they are a changin’.

QUICK! 11 X 12 in 3 seconds …?

( times up )

That’d be handy!

What mysteries do cell 3, 8 contain?…

3 down, 5 over for today’s date.

Ralph prefers an abacus.

You sank my battleship!

You sank my battleship!

If that were a piece of furniture, would it be a multiplication table?