I thought that too, 9 is like a halogen, it wants to resolve to 10 anyway it can like fluorine wants one last electron. So allow the 9 to rip one off of the neighboring numbers and then perform the calculation.

My wife is wayyyyy more forgiving than my mother lol.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the murder of Phil Hartman had a lot to do with it. He was frequent on the show up to that point.

I’d guess Metroid.