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November 28, 2006
Today's true math fact
"Fractions" -- it's just division for extremely lazy people.
What's 3 divided by 4? I'm too damn lazy to figure it out. In fact, I'm wiped out just forming this sentence. How about we call it 3/4 and you let me go back to sleep?
Fractions for geopolitics would look like this: "Say, what's the solution to the problem in Iraq?" "Oh, that's easy. It's problem-in-Iraq-solution."
Fractions for getting a large boat into a bottle? "In-bottle-big-boat it!"
Fractions for keeping a dog from eating your ham? "Dog-not-eat-ham him."
Please. Don't waste my time. With fractions.
1/2 sleep for me...thanks
Posted by: heroic imp at November 28, 2006 9:27 AMWell, I never thought about it that way. It is true. and makes me laugh, as almost always is the case. Not fractions. Your poems. Good one.
Posted by: lemonblossom at November 29, 2006 2:07 PMIt's nice to read something that makes you go, "Thank god I'm not the only one whose brain thinks these things!" Although mine has never gotten my head around fractions so nicely.
Is this a poem? I'm not sure. It would be interesting to hear it read aloud. I'll recruit the lug at the next desk to do so.
Posted by: Erin at December 1, 2006 5:09 PMyou must hate magicians. without factions, how could you saw a lady in half? your a magicianphobe.
Posted by: other dan at March 22, 2007 7:10 AMoh, and your posting machine changed my you're to your. it's broken.
Posted by: other dan at March 22, 2007 7:11 AMIn fact, this is basically the principle that underpins the whole mathematical method. Don't know the answer to something? No worries, we'll figure it out later and get on with other things.
The only other thing is learning that the equals sign means that two things are exactly the same and interchangeable in every way, which is actually quite a deep thing to grasp. It's pretty much all you try and do for the first 10 years of your mathematical career.
Posted by: Ed Saperia at June 5, 2007 5:15 AM
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