When it came to Rudy Giuliani's claim that he made "hundreds of thousands" of decisions as mayor, one of our readers just couldn't help himself ...

I'm sorry, I can't help it.

Rudy was mayor for 2,920 days. There are 24 hours in a day. Because Rudy is a dedicated public servant, he works 14 hours a day as mayor; that gives him eight hours to sleep and two hours to shower and dress, and for quiet contemplation (because Rudy is also a very deep guy).

So:

If he made 200,000 decisions as mayor, that's 68.4 decisions every day, or 4.9 decisions every working hour. That's a decision every 12 minutes, 15 seconds.

If he made half a million decisions as mayor, that's 171 decisions every day, or 12.2 decisions every working hour. That's a decision every four minutes, 54 seconds.

And if he made 900,000 decisions as mayor, that's 308.2 decisions every day, or 22 decisions every working hour. And that, of course, would be more than one decision every three minutes; actually, a decision every two minutes, 43 seconds.

Amazing.

Okay, I'm done now.