Just Think About Aragorn

Larkin was sitting at the kitchen table, writing out the recipe for Lara Bars to put in our box of favourite recipes.

Larkin: In one third, the one goes on the top and the three goes on the bottom, right?

Me: Yep. You know, there's a fancy word for that.

Larkin (ever a big fan of big words): What?

Me: The numerator is the number on top; the denominator is the number on the bottom.

Larkin: I'm going to have a hard time remembering which is which.

Emile: Just think about Aragorn... would he be on top or on bottom?

Me: ...

Larkin: ...

Emile: On top! You know, he's victorious and the high king and everything.

Me: Right. So Aragorn's a top...

Emile: And he's Numenorean. So the numerator is on top.

Me: ...

Larkin: ...

Emile: I am the master of mnemonic devices.

Ten minutes later, after the conversation had long since moved on:

Me: So Larkin, do you remember the name for the number on top?

Larkin: ...Aragorator?