QUESTION:  How many feet do mice have?

ORIGINAL REPLY:  Mice have four feet.
MANAGEMENT'S COMMENT:  Elaborate!


REVISION 1:  Mice have five appendages, and four of them are feet.
MANAGEMENT'S COMMENT:  No discussion of 5th appendage!


REVISION 2:  Mice have five appendages; four of them are feet; one is a
             tail.
MANAGEMENT'S COMMENT:  What?  Feet with no legs?


REVISION 3:  Mice have four legs, four feet, and one tail per unit-mouse.
MANAGEMENT'S COMMENT:  Confusing -- is that a total of 9 appendages?


REVISION 4:  Mice have four leg-foot assemblies and one tail assembly per
             body.
MANAGEMENT'S COMMENT:  Does not fully discuss the issue!


REVISION 5:  Each mouse comes equipped with four legs and a tail.  Each leg
             is equipped with a foot at the end opposite the body; the tail 
             is not equipped with a foot.
MANAGEMENT'S COMMENT:  Descriptive?  Yes.  Forceful NO!


REVISION 6:  Allotment of appendages for mice will be:  Four foot-leg
             assemblies, one tail.  Deviation from this policy is not 
             permitted as it would constitute misapportionment of scarce 
             appendage assets.
MANAGEMENT'S COMMENT:  Too authoritarian; stifles creativity!


REVISION 7:  Mice have four feet; each foot is attached to a small leg
             joined integrally with the overall mouse structural sub-system.  
             Also attached to the mouse sub-system is a thin tail, 
             non-functional and ornamental in nature.
MANAGEMENT'S COMMENT:  Too verbose/scientific.  Answer the question!


FINAL REVISION APPROVED BY MANAGEMENT:  Mice have four feet.