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justlookingforthemoment

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Mathematician Joke

Q: How does a mathematician pick his nose?

A: He works it out with a pencil...!

Zach

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Re: Mathematician Joke

... Dude, that was lame.

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justlookingforthemoment

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Re: Mathematician Joke

Why, thank you...

Roraborealis

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Re: Mathematician Joke

Got any more?

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Zach

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Re: Mathematician Joke

Don't ask! He may tell them!

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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.

Roraborealis

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Re: Mathematician Joke

But, we can call them lame, and he'll like it.

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MathsIsFun

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Re: Mathematician Joke

lame is better than mute, then

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"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..."  - Leon M. Lederman

NIH

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Re: Mathematician Joke

If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants.-Albert Einstein

Wasn't this Newton?  In a letter to Robert Hooke, I believe.  Hooke was reportedly a short man, so the remark may have been partly a joke at Hooke's expense!

There's also the crank scientist's version of this quotation: "If others have seen further than me, it is because giants have stood on my shoulders."

Last edited by NIH (2005-06-17 09:45:47)

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2 + 2 = 5, for large values of 2.

MathsIsFun

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Re: Mathematician Joke

Oh NO! I think you may be right!

I have just done a little research, and Einstein is sometimes credited with saying it, but Newton said it first - so "Isaac Newton" would be the correct attribution.

Thanks NIH.

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justlookingforthemoment

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Re: Mathematician Joke

Got any more?

I'll tell you when I find another one just as lame as that one!

stewie

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Re: Mathematician Joke

Why did the orange go to the doctor?

Because he wasn't peeling very well!

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wcy

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Re: Mathematician Joke

Physicist joke

There was a serious case of a bird flu and three scientists were called to investigate.

The biologist dissected the chicken and checked for any virus in the chicken.

The chemist went to the neighbouring river and checked for any poisonous chemicals in the river.

The physicist just looked at the chicken and said, "Assuming that the chicken is a perfect sphere..."

MathsIsFun

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Re: Mathematician Joke

LOL!

The Lawyer sought to represent the birds parents in a wrongful death suit.

And the Businessman started "Bird Culling Inc"

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Zach

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Re: Mathematician Joke

"And Zach started Insomnia Culling Inc."

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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.