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#1 2014-01-01 22:35:30
Urn
Dear Maths Teachers and Textbook writers, Could you please tell me what is an urn?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#2 2014-01-01 23:08:48
- bobbym
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Kaboobly doo! Urn is traditional. A box is a former receptacle of some unwanted piece of garbage.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#3 2014-01-01 23:13:18
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Urn is traditional.
Supposing you went back in time and observed Archimedes on a beach writing in the sand. You watched that after he did some work he would take out
his sharp chicken bone, dip it in some foul smelling substance that was dark and start writing in an old scroll.
You run up to him and say, "sir, use my pen and writing paper that I have brought for you. It is much better than parchment, sand and sharp chicken bones.
He throws your pen into the water and the paper too saying, "you can not do math unless you write in the sand and in old parchments with a chicken bone dipped in goo. That is the only way you can do mathematics! That is the only way you can achieve understanding!"
You leave and come back home saying, "boy, Archimedes is an idiot!"
Understand?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#4 2014-01-01 23:18:59
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That sounds familiar. I will still call it an urn.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#5 2014-01-01 23:20:32
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an young man gave me that story
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#6 2014-01-01 23:24:57
- bobbym
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I am not a young man. If I give you any problems, they might be urns or boxes or even baskets.
An urn is like a vase.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#7 2014-01-01 23:56:27
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That reminds me of the old joke:
Warning! Bad Joke Alert!
1st man: "What's a Greek urn?"
2nd man: " About 30 drachma a week" Boom boom!
Bob
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Sometimes I deliberately make mistakes, just to test you! …………….Bob 
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#8 2014-01-02 00:05:53
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Pretty good joke.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#9 2014-01-02 00:06:02
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Boom boom?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#10 2014-01-02 00:14:59
- bobbym
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The punchline of a joke is often emphasized with a buh duh boom or a boom boom cchhh. May have started with Henny Youngman.
Three of his greatest bad jokes were:
I take my wife everywhere, but she keeps finding her way back.
I told the doctor I broke my leg in two places. He told me to quit going to those places.
Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#11 2014-01-02 00:38:42
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Some things are better left unknown.
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#12 2014-01-02 00:43:35
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Thanks it is clear to me now
: cool:
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#13 2014-01-02 01:14:09
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When did I write that?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#14 2014-01-02 01:16:06
- bobbym
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Re: Urn
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#15 2014-01-02 01:20:51
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Than you should know that does not have a value like 3 or some number.
Post 4
Why are we looking at that thread?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#16 2014-01-02 01:24:39
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Either that was a typo or a case of nehtthanosis.
In the spirit of your quoting, I thought I would follow suit.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#17 2014-01-02 01:27:17
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nehtthanosis?
Okay; lets quote some more
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#18 2014-01-02 01:32:32
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nehtthanosis?
Check out the first 8 letters in groups of 4.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#19 2014-01-02 01:37:38
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Thanks it is clear to me now : cool:
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#20 2014-01-02 01:42:39
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gr8!!!!!!!!!
gr8!!!!!!!!!! !dea
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#21 2014-01-02 01:44:30
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Day dreaming is bad
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
I'm not crazy, my mother had me tested.
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#22 2014-01-02 01:50:53
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Hmmm, day dreaming activates the brains center for producing the amazing delta waves.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#23 2014-01-02 15:44:33
- niharika_kumar
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Re: Urn
from urn to day dreaming.
nice jump....
by the way, Bob's joke were really good (especially that boom boom made me go )
friendship is tan 90°.
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#24 2014-01-02 15:49:37
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Re: Urn
Yes, we do tend to go off every time we talk.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#25 2014-01-03 11:06:17
- ShivamS
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Re: Urn
The urn returns to Australia!
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