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From: Bill Taylor on 3 Aug 2010 01:44 Gerry Myerson <ge...(a)maths.mq.edi.ai.i2u4email> wrote: > > What's the difference between mathematics and water polo? > > Mathematics minus water polo. Next? Hey, this reminds me of a true anecdote! I've told it before, but what the hell. A small crowd of Mathies and Fine Arties were gathered around the fireplace with drinks, and one of the gushier artists produced the standard "apparent-self-deprecatory" but really self-serving line of "Oh I was always hopeless at math." "In geometry I never even learned the difference between the radius and the diameter!" Quick as a flash, my jokey colleague responded... "It's the radius!" It was amusingly ironic to see all the mathies chuckling, and the arties looking vaguely puzled... ______ Possibily an example of a genuinely MATH joke, rather than a joke set in a mathy background. (An occasionally-seen thread here.) -- Backchatting Bill
From: William Elliot on 3 Aug 2010 04:04 On Mon, 2 Aug 2010, Bill Taylor wrote: > Gerry Myerson <ge...(a)maths.mq.edi.ai.i2u4email> wrote: > >>> What's the difference between mathematics and water polo? >> Mathematics minus water polo. Next? > > Hey, this reminds me of a true anecdote! > > A small crowd of Mathies and Fine Arties were gathered around the > fireplace with drinks, and one of the gushier artists produced the > standard "apparent-self-deprecatory" but really self-serving line of > > "Oh I was always hopeless at math." > > "In geometry I never even learned the difference > between the radius and the diameter!" > > Quick as a flash, my jokey colleague responded... > > "It's the radius!" > > It was amusingly ironic to see all the mathies chuckling, > and the arties looking vaguely puzzled... Since it took a second reading to get it, does that mean I could take an art class?
From: Gerry Myerson on 3 Aug 2010 18:26 In article <20100803000704.L10291(a)agora.rdrop.com>, William Elliot <marsh(a)rdrop.remove.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2 Aug 2010, Bill Taylor wrote: > > Gerry Myerson <ge...(a)maths.mq.edi.ai.i2u4email> wrote: > > > >>> What's the difference between mathematics and water polo? > >> Mathematics minus water polo. Next? > > > > Hey, this reminds me of a true anecdote! > > > > A small crowd of Mathies and Fine Arties were gathered around the > > fireplace with drinks, and one of the gushier artists produced the > > standard "apparent-self-deprecatory" but really self-serving line of > > > > "Oh I was always hopeless at math." > > > > "In geometry I never even learned the difference > > between the radius and the diameter!" > > > > Quick as a flash, my jokey colleague responded... > > > > "It's the radius!" > > > > It was amusingly ironic to see all the mathies chuckling, > > and the arties looking vaguely puzzled... > > Since it took a second reading to get it, > does that mean I could take an art class? Yes, so long as it's a proper class. -- Gerry Myerson (gerry(a)maths.mq.edi.ai) (i -> u for email)
From: bacle on 3 Aug 2010 17:10
> In article <20100803000704.L10291(a)agora.rdrop.com>, > William Elliot <marsh(a)rdrop.remove.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2 Aug 2010, Bill Taylor wrote: > > > Gerry Myerson <ge...(a)maths.mq.edi.ai.i2u4email> > wrote: > > > > > >>> What's the difference between mathematics and > water polo? > > >> Mathematics minus water polo. Next? > > > > > > Hey, this reminds me of a true anecdote! > > > > > > A small crowd of Mathies and Fine Arties were > gathered around the > > > fireplace with drinks, and one of the gushier > artists produced the > > > standard "apparent-self-deprecatory" but really > self-serving line of > > > > > > "Oh I was always hopeless at math." > > > > > > "In geometry I never even learned the difference > > > between the radius and the diameter!" > > > > > > Quick as a flash, my jokey colleague responded... > > > > > > "It's the radius!" > > > > > > It was amusingly ironic to see all the mathies > chuckling, > > > and the arties looking vaguely puzzled... > > > > Since it took a second reading to get it, > > does that mean I could take an art class? > > Yes, so long as it's a proper class. And it is taught by someone called Art. > > -- > Gerry Myerson (gerry(a)maths.mq.edi.ai) (i -> u for > email) |