. "Too Many Halves"@en . . "A person or object is described in some way that involves fractions. Oddly, those fractions don't add up to one. The most common form this description takes is \"half [one thing], half [another thing], and half [something else]\" or extended versions thereof -- hence the name -- but it can also involve more complicated addition problems. Another common variation is to have a character refer to splitting something \"fifty-fifty,\" then realizing there are more people to split it among, and adjusting the proposed split to \"fifty-fifty-fifty,\" etc. Examples:"@en . . . . . . . . . . "A person or object is described in some way that involves fractions. Oddly, those fractions don't add up to one. The most common form this description takes is \"half [one thing], half [another thing], and half [something else]\" or extended versions thereof -- hence the name -- but it can also involve more complicated addition problems. Another common variation is to have a character refer to splitting something \"fifty-fifty,\" then realizing there are more people to split it among, and adjusting the proposed split to \"fifty-fifty-fifty,\" etc. Sometimes this is used to suggest that the described thing is paradoxically larger (or smaller) than itself. It is almost always Played for Laughs, unless it's a really bad example of Writers Cannot Do Math. Examples:"@en . . . .