Tag: joke
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Pieces of eight
For Christmas I bought Ben a book by Simon Singh called The Simpsons and their Mathematical Secrets. I think Ben is enjoying it because I’ve heard him laugh a few times, most recently this morning after reading this joke: Q: What says “pieces of seven, pieces of seven”? A: A parroty error. I didn’t get…
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What to buy a mathematician for Christmas
Men are hard to buy presents for. Mathematicians are even harder. All they really need is a pencil and some paper … and maybe a rubbish bin (unlike economists who don’t use the rubbish bin). Which reminds me of a joke: What do mathematicians do when they’re constipated? They work it out with a pencil. I…
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