GinAndTonicAllTheWay
101629
2083
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Math limerick
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Mar 4, 2020 10:19 PM
GinAndTonicAllTheWay
101629
2083
64
FP edit: ermahgerd you people rock! Thanks a lot! Be excellent to each other!
evildeadtwo
I don't ge tits
ComicUpgrade
2 + 2 is 4 -1 that's 3 quick maffs.
Badwolf09
DiaryOfAFatKid
Does anyone else love the limerick challenge on NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me? I look forward to it every Saturday morning.
Betterbecauseofthem
Bloody brilliant. I love it
SteadyRedRanger
Using it!
Delathi
There once was a lady from Crewe // Her limerick stopped at line two.
numbersaboutaircraftcarriers
Twelve plush one forty four / plush twenty plush three square root four / over seven plush five / times eleven is nine / squared,
numbersaboutaircraftcarriers
, your mothers a whore
Ajdamus
Limerick is in Ireland right?!:)
notimporant
yes and until now I had no idea it was also a form of poetry
chaylar
BEDMAS makes this not work.
LameMemesAndSomething
I know what 9² is, but let me put it on the calculator just to be sure.
RodgerRodger
Yeah? Well I once knew a man from Nantucket...let's just say stories about him were greatly exaggerated.
YouModeratorsNeedToReadMail
I knew him!! With the.. oh.. that thing.. anyway.. it was supposedly so big he could... uh huh
RodgerRodger
LayzeeBones
The math of the limerick is wrong. Must read all divided by 7 or all over 7. The current wording implies that only 3sqrt4 is divided by 7
TheSwampAngel
No it doesn't imply that. You simply incorrectly inferred it.
LayzeeBones
Yeah it does. Math is very precise, which is why it generally isn't written in English. 3 plus 4 divided by 7. Whta does this mean?
PinkSheep4Lyfe
Christ
downvoteacct
Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally
RedPhenix754
The math is correct
LayzeeBones
Not in the limerick it isn't
MKyeti
And no one touched his penis again
BlancheTuttle
Math checks out: 81=81
LayzeeBones
No it doesn't. It needs to read "all divided by seven" or else it implies that only 3sqrt(4) is divided by seven.
SimoVonKikkel
9=9
xtreampb
Was going to ask this. Thx
RabidDingo
Now, the limerick work. Does the math check out?
LayzeeBones
The math of the limerick is wrong. It has to read "all divided by seven." As it is now it implies 3sqrt4 is divided by 7
AdmJota
Give it a go! Google has a built-in calculator if you don't want to leave your web browser.
kruug
Yes.
superbob201
integral z squared dz, from one to the cube root of three, all times the cosine of three pi over nine, equals log cube root of e
sindail
Alfadorfox
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Ferlin7
The meter doesn't fit a limerick, unfortunately.
TotallyNotSociallyAwkward
Bravo
KiwiChickenz
I was confused because z doesn't rhyme with three.
WardSharlow
Just pronounce the other words "thred" and "ed" and it still works fine.
JohnnyTwoStreams
Found the non-American.
0plus1plus0
"zed" lmao....
Rapturr
I'm Canadian and pronounce it 'zee'.
JohnnyTwoStreams
Well, how a-boot that.
OnePostCloserToAHappierLIfe
Still technically North American.
WardSharlow
Had to check it, and it's correct. 2/3 * 1/2 = 1/3.
Ferlin7
Unfortunately, it doesn't work rhythmically. It has the wrong meter.
Alfadorfox
Add a "the" at the beginning and change the last line to "is nat'ral log cube root of e" and it works better.
Ferlin7
The middle lines are off too. I think "over" changing to "o're" gets it close. Then the syllables are right but the rhythm is slightly off.
Ferlin7
Got it! Change "all times" to "times by" and the rhythm works too!
Ferlin7
*o'er