Pet Allowance - eviltoast

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i love the quebec pet allowances they are so silly it’s like a riddle

Number of pets allowed

Usual limits

A total of 8 pets are allowed (among the allowed species), including the maximum permissible for dogs and cats.

Up to 4 pets are allowed, including a maximum of 3 dogs.

Examples:

  • You can have 4 rabbits, 3 dogs and 1 cat.
  • You can’t have 4 frogs and 4 dogs.
    • watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      26·
      8 months ago

      Lol this helped me understand the text, thanks.
      Does an aquarium of fish count as one pet, or does every individual fish count?

    • lad@programming.devEnglish
      20·
      8 months ago

      Not sure if cats + dogs ≤ 4 I read It as not dogs ≤ 4

      I guess that your ruleset comes from the mention of including the maximum for cats and dogs and maybe those are the only ones that are called pets but 🤔

      • wandermind@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        23·
        8 months ago

        Yeah, I’m very confused by the “8 pets are allowed” and “4 pets are allowed”, it reads to me like “You can have 8 pets as long as you have at most 4 pets” which obviously makes no sense.

        • anguo@lemmy.caEnglish
          18·
          8 months ago

          It’s just badly translated. In French it clearly says maximum of 4 cats and dogs, of which a maximum of 3 dogs.

          • hallettj@leminal.spaceEnglish
            10·
            8 months ago

            Vous pouvez avoir jusqu’à 8 animaux, toutes espèces autorisées confondues. Les poissons ne comptent pas dans la limite de 8 animaux.

            Sur ces 8 animaux, vous pouvez avoir jusqu’à 4 chats et chiens, dont un maximum de 3 chiens.

            My god, that’s so much less stupid!

            "You can have up to 8 animals, all (something) authorized species. Fish do not count toward the 8 animal limit.

            “Of those 8 animals, you can have up to 4 cats and dogs, with a maximum of 3 dogs.”

            Both the English and French versions are on https://montreal.ca/en/topics/pet-license

          • lad@programming.devEnglish
            8·
            8 months ago

            So it’s a trick maths question that actually requires you to know French and have seen these rules in it, seems legit

            • FiskFisk33@startrek.websiteEnglish
              1·
              8 months ago

              I dunno, I hadn’t seen them, nor do I know french. The second “pets” covering cats and dogs was the only way I could see the statements didn’t contradict.