What are you loungers doing for Pi day?

KitchenWitch

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Tue Mar-03-09 05:46 PM
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What are you loungers doing for Pi day?

I will probably bake some sort of pie. Maybe have both chicken pot pie for dinner and a fruit pie for dessert.

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NYC_SKP

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Tue Mar-03-09 05:55 PM
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1. I'll be in prep all day for the really big following day, the "Ides of March"

That 3/15 also happens to be my birthday has no bearing on my plans. :P

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PBS Poll-435

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Tue Mar-03-09 07:02 PM
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12. My BD is within 6 days of yours

Go figure.

:P

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NYC_SKP

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Tue Mar-03-09 07:06 PM
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17. That explains a lot.

You ARE a Pisces, no? :P

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PBS Poll-435

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Tue Mar-03-09 07:48 PM
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25. Nope

Aries

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NYC_SKP

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Tue Mar-03-09 07:57 PM
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28. Ahhhhhggggg.

That's cool, too. My sister, mother, and grandmother are all Aries, too, in March and April.

:toast:

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geardaddy

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Wed Mar-04-09 03:36 PM
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59. Aries rock.

:thumbsup:

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BeachBaby

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Tue Mar-03-09 07:07 PM
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18. Hey - when is your birthday?

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PBS Poll-435

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Tue Mar-03-09 07:48 PM
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27. Think countdown!

3..2..1

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BeachBaby

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Tue Mar-03-09 07:04 PM
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13. My son's birthday is the 15th, too.

Hmmmmmm. Scary. :rofl: :hi:

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NYC_SKP

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Tue Mar-03-09 07:27 PM
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20. Yeah, like, what are the odds?

must be, oh, something like one in 365! :silly:

Will there be a :party:?

Give him a wassup for me...

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One_Life_To_Give

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Tue Mar-03-09 06:01 PM
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2. Eat 3.1415927 pieces of Pie nt

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Lionel Mandrake

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Wed Mar-04-09 01:30 AM
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50. More precisely, that should be

3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862\
089986280348253421170679821480865132823066470938446095505822317253594081284811\
174502841027019385211055596446229489549303819644288109756659334461284756482337\
867831652712019091456485669234603486104543266482133936072602491412737245870066\
063155881748815209209628292540917153643678925903600113305305488204665213841469\
519415116094330572703657595919530921861173819326117931051185480744623799627495\
673518857527248912279381830119491 pieces of Pie.

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Kali

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Tue Mar-03-09 06:31 PM
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3. when is it?

I just made this:

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KitchenWitch

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Tue Mar-03-09 06:54 PM
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6. March 14

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Kali

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Tue Mar-03-09 06:56 PM
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7. I get paid the next day - I will probably be paying bills.

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EastTennesseeDem

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Tue Mar-03-09 06:37 PM
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4. Recovering from Friday the 13th

Edited on Tue Mar-03-09 06:38 PM by EastTennesseeDem

Returning all my garlic to the cabinet, putting all the salt back into their containers, and putting mirrors back onto the walls.

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HopeHoops

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Tue Mar-03-09 06:48 PM
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5. Well, that's Saturday, so probably just kicking back and maybe watching a movie.

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ThoughtCriminal

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Tue Mar-03-09 06:56 PM
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8. Do I have to eath it at approximately 2:13 PM?

.59265*24

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NYC_SKP

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Tue Mar-03-09 07:34 PM
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21. Closer to 3:49 am.

.159265 x 24 =3.82 hours. :P

And yes, set your alarm and have your slice and glass of milk bedside.

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ThoughtCriminal

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Tue Mar-03-09 07:41 PM
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22. Doh! - missed a digit

No wonder my wheels wobble!

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Dr. Strange

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Tue Mar-03-09 06:58 PM
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9. Wishing 3.14158675309 a Happy Birthday.

Here's a math question for you:

Is pi the root of a nonzero polynomial (of whatever degree)?

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KitchenWitch

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Tue Mar-03-09 07:10 PM
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19. !

:banghead:

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3.14158675309

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Tue Mar-03-09 08:02 PM
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31. Thanks, doc!

As for the answer to your question: No. Pi is the root of all evil. :evilgrin:

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suninvited

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Tue Mar-03-09 08:42 PM
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35. That's a true pi day !

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BeachBaby

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Tue Mar-03-09 06:59 PM
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10. So many ways to answer this question.....

and none of them are suitable for the Lounge. :rofl:

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Dr. Strange

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Tue Mar-03-09 07:01 PM
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11. Tease!

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Tue Mar-03-09 07:05 PM
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15. aw come awn

I know you have plenty of imagination. Use it :evilgrin:

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BeachBaby

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Tue Mar-03-09 07:06 PM
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16. Hahahaha!

A tease by any other name.....is still a tease. Or something like that.

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Dr. Strange

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Tue Mar-03-09 08:43 PM
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36. By the way...

the title of the thread starts with, "What". Just in case you might have misread.

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trof

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Tue Mar-03-09 07:04 PM
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14. Our sweet, liberal librarian has an annual Pi Day celebration.

In her kitchen, where else?
Everyone has to bring some kind of pie.
It's a hoot.

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FarLeftRage

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Tue Mar-03-09 07:44 PM
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23. I'll be having some Boston Cream Pie...

Today, because it's my b'day!

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hellbound-liberal

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Tue Mar-03-09 07:45 PM
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24. Did you realize today was "square root day"?

some math teachers are celebrating the fact that the month and the day are both the square root of the year. Next one occurs April 4, 2016. I just learned about it today or I would have planned something. We usually "allow" students to bring pie to class if they want to bake enough for the whole class. So far we haven't had any takers!

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pokerfan

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Tue Mar-03-09 07:48 PM
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26. What did you do for Square Root Day?

http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-science/post.cfm?id=square-root-day-3309-is-upon-us-2009-03-03

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3.14158675309

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Tue Mar-03-09 07:59 PM
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29. I'm going to get baked

and then hopefully someone will eat me.

:hide:

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Dr. Strange

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Tue Mar-03-09 08:02 PM
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30. You're not my type.

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Tue Mar-03-09 08:04 PM
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32. BWAH!

Nice post Pierre Suave

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Dr. Strange

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Tue Mar-03-09 08:44 PM
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37. Suave post, Pierre.

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3.14158675309

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Tue Mar-03-09 08:05 PM
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33. You've told me that numerous times

but I still don't believe you. Letter ride!

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Dr. Strange

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Tue Mar-03-09 08:45 PM
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38. I will not be lectured to by a member of the 700 club.

Get back to me in 59 posts.

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3.14158675309

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Tue Mar-03-09 08:50 PM
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39. God said to me that you would say that

Pat told him to! :rofl:

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Dr. Strange

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Tue Mar-03-09 08:52 PM
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40. Really?

So God listens to Pat Sajack? I did not know that.

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3.14158675309

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Tue Mar-03-09 09:14 PM
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41. Actually, he watches the Wheel just to ogle Vanna

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Dr. Strange

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Tue Mar-03-09 11:38 PM
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42. Whoa.

I don't know about you, but I want to buy a vowel!

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Lucian

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Wed Mar-04-09 12:08 AM
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46. Pi = 3.14

:hide:

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malta blue

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Tue Mar-03-09 08:39 PM
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34. Hadn't made any plans yet other than ordering my

Dalai Lama tickets :bounce:

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DarkTirade

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Tue Mar-03-09 11:40 PM
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43. I can think of a few things...

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SeattleGirl

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Wed Mar-04-09 12:05 AM
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44. Why, having pie, of course!

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Tom Kitten

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Wed Mar-04-09 12:08 AM
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45. When is Pi day again?

Is it (just guessing) the Ides of March eve?

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struggle4progress

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Wed Mar-04-09 12:16 AM
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47. I decided years ago that celebrating Pi on 3/14 involved immoral capitulation to

an irrational American style of writing dates as m/d/y -- and resolved that I myself, to promote the more rational European style of writing dates as d/m/y, would celebrate Pi only on 31/4

Do it my way: it saves time and energy

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Lionel Mandrake

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Wed Mar-04-09 01:21 AM
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49. European Pi Day should be 22/7

because 22/7 is a better approximation to Pi than 3.14 (or 3,14 if you prefer).

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struggle4progress

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Wed Mar-04-09 11:49 AM
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53. Actuallly, 3.14 is closer to the true value than 22/7. But 22/7 is a continued

fraction convergent to pi, so it is in some sense a closest fractional approximation with such small numbers

The next continued fraction convergent 333/106 is correct to four decimal places, and the following one 355/113 is in error by only 0.000000267

But my real objection is that celebrating Pi on 22/7 involves much more work than celebrating it on 31/4

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Dr. Strange

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Wed Mar-04-09 02:06 PM
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54. Nuh-uh.

The difference between pi and 22/7 is about 0.00126448925.
The difference between pi and 3.14 is about 0.0015926536.

22/7 wins.
Never doubt the convergents.

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struggle4progress

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Wed Mar-04-09 03:17 PM
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55. OK. You're right. But don't expect me to admit it

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3.14158675309

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Wed Mar-04-09 03:21 PM
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56. That's mighty white penis of you to say!

:rofl: :hi:

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Dr. Strange

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Wed Mar-04-09 03:30 PM
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57. Nice post, 22/7.

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3.14158675309

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Wed Mar-04-09 03:31 PM
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58. I can be relevant if I get around to it.

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Wed Mar-04-09 03:42 PM
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61. I thought you were irrational?

:shrug:

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3.14158675309

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Wed Mar-04-09 03:44 PM
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62. I feel like we are going around in circles on this issue!

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Lionel Mandrake

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Wed Mar-04-09 04:11 PM
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64. Pi is not only irrational;

Pi transcends mere irrationality.

But 3.14158675309 is rational, if mysterious. The significance of this particular quantity is not immediately obvious. He is not a very close approximation to Pi. Maybe he's not intended to be.

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Wed Mar-04-09 04:21 PM
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66. well take away pi

and you have yourself an 80's pop hit 867-5309. I guess he wants to call Jenny? ;)

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qwertyMike

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Wed Mar-04-09 04:16 PM
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65. April

Has only 30 days
ergo there is no 31/4
ergo you get no Pi
:)

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struggle4progress

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Wed Mar-04-09 04:29 PM
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69. "Do it my way," I said. "It saves time and energy," I said. But did any listen?

It takes less work to celebrate "pi day" on 31 April than on March 14

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Lionel Mandrake

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Wed Mar-04-09 05:04 PM
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70. May Day! May Day!

31/4 is the same as 1/5 (Eurostyle).

But wait a minute, isn't that a Commie holiday?

It sounds like an attack on our precious bodily fluids.

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DeepBlueC

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Wed Mar-04-09 12:44 AM
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48. I think I'll do SAT math questions that evening!

Or maybe just have some pie...yeah, pie.

:D

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Lionel Mandrake

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Wed Mar-04-09 01:35 AM
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51. I'll probably watch "Saturday the 14th"

which is a really bad movie, but it has one great line:

"That's like closing the barn door AFTER the horses have eaten the children."

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Kali

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Wed Mar-04-09 01:41 AM
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52. OMG

7 or 8 hours later, I finally get it. 3.14..... :think: :crazy: :blush: :rofl:

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geardaddy

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Wed Mar-04-09 03:41 PM
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60. This?

Pork pie

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3.14158675309

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Wed Mar-04-09 04:24 PM
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67. Dood. The pic. Remove it.

:puke:

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old mark

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Wed Mar-04-09 04:27 PM
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68. Exactly the same - chicken pot pie, but our own

Pennsylvania dutch way, not really a pie, but a thick chicken stew with large homemade noodles. The PA Dutch 3 basic food groups are starch, fat and sugar.

Maybe an apple pie or frozen peach pie for desert.

mark

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