The Week contest: Counting chronicle

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A Nigerian woman set a new Guinness World Record for the highest number counted out loud after spending 14 hours a day for 70 days counting to 1,070,000. If Favour Ogechi Ani were to write a book about her quest for numerical glory, what should she title it?

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SECOND PLACE: “I Count”

THIRD PLACE: “The First Million Is Always the Hardest”

 “Make Me a Countess”

 

“Down for the Count”

 

“Add Nauseum”

“Sum Kind of Wonderful”

 

“Numb and Number”

 

“Number-crushing”

 

“1,070,000 is the Loneliest Number”

 

“Blessing My Counts”

 

“To Infinity and Beyond”

 

“One is Not the Loneliest Number”

 

“Counter Intelligence”

 

“The Book of Numbers”

 

“Next Goal: Doing It Backwards”