Why do partygoers always look forward to the midnight countdown so much?
Because every single digit counts.
During the final seconds before the new year, people shout out numbers in descending order. The punchline plays on the phrase every digit counts, shifting the meaning from mathematical importance to the literal numbers being spoken aloud.
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