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#1 2006-01-14 01:34:21
- VR Hawks
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"Classic" Joke
I found this on a message board I post at, and found it really funny.
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JOKE START
Donald Rumsfeld gave the president his daily briefing. He concluded by saying: "Yesterday, three Brazilian soldiers were killed."
"Oh no!" the president exclaimed. "That's terrible!"
His staff was stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the president sat, his head in his hands.
Finally, the president looked up and asked, "Exactly how many is a brazillion?"
JOKE END
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Did you laugh out rolling on the floor? I bet you did.
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#2 2006-01-14 04:43:26
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I woke everyone in my house up laughing...
Thanks VR...I'm going to be telling that joke all day!
:lol::lol:
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#3 2006-01-14 10:13:54
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It's funny and mathematical too! 
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
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#4 2006-01-14 10:39:34
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lol! Great joke!
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
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#5 2006-01-14 10:43:46
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:lol::lol:
good one
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#6 2006-01-14 12:37:53
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Brilliant! 
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#7 2006-01-14 17:21:17
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Good one VR Hawks! On a one to ten scale where one is least hilarious and ten the most, I'd put this one on seven!
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#8 2006-01-14 17:47:35
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Only a 7? Surely a 7.5 ... even a 7.6 would not be going too far
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#9 2006-01-15 11:02:11
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I'd give it a √60 out of 10
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
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#10 2006-01-15 11:46:49
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If we're giving it obscure maths-related scores, then I'll give it a
.Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#11 2006-01-15 12:52:41
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thats a good one
id give it on a scale of 1-10.... 8.7
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#12 2006-01-15 13:15:16
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what does that little circle with a slash through it stand for, mathsy?
A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.
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#13 2006-01-15 16:53:47
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mikau, go to this link. Approximately, mathsyperson has given a score of 7.64998. I think the 10 in the denominator was by oversight. Because that would give a score of 0.764998, less than 1, the lower limit.
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#14 2006-01-15 17:38:01
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Phi huh? Is that pronounced fie? (ryhmes with pi) or fee? (ryhmes with tea)
phi pi, pho phum!
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#15 2006-01-15 18:26:35
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Phi huh? Is that pronounced fie? (ryhmes with pi) or fee? (ryhmes with tea)
Trusty ol' Wikipedia.
It is pronounced fee by modern Greeks, or fie (depending on context and, often, personal inclination), representing the phoneme 'f'. In Ancient Greek it represented a strongly aspirated 'p'.
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#16 2006-01-15 20:10:07
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I think the 10 in the denominator was by oversight.
I put that there because we're giving it marks out of 10.
I've always pronounced phi as fie.
Why did the vector cross the road?
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#17 2006-01-15 20:24:05
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I thought that crept in by mistake. MathsIsFun, mikau, mathsyperson, firestag all have given a better grading to the joke than I did. I shall try to be more liberal :):)
I too pronounce it 'fie'.
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#18 2006-01-17 02:07:38
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I knew it was good and you all would like it.
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#19 2006-01-17 02:14:44
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Another joke....not really a joke but oh well....
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Why were there more people buying products from the company called "Bad" than the company called "Good"?
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I'll get up the answer tomorrow or so.
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#20 2006-01-17 03:15:35
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Why were there more people buying products from the company called "Bad" than the company called "Good"?
Both were sued for false advertising.
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
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#21 2006-01-17 06:38:43
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It's amusing because it's making a mockery of a complete moron.
Boy let me tell you what:
I bet you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too.
And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.
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#22 2006-01-17 22:14:51
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It's because they're both limited companies! (Of course people would go to Bad Limited rather than Good Limited. Get it?)
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#23 2006-01-29 13:00:35
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ha ha ha ha ha 
really FUNNY VR
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#24 2006-01-29 20:41:14
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Ha Ha Ha
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#25 2006-01-30 09:44:17
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well i've never heard that 1 before
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