On September 26, Mike Terry wrote:
> >>>>> What kind of man doesn't die of old age?
> >>>>> This is on topic, as it utilizes logic, which is foundational to math.
>
> >>>> A young man.
> >>> Try this one:
> >>> Inept Irving is determined to commit suicide. He goes
> >>> to a cliff edge, ties a noose around his neck, the other
> >>> end around a tree. He loads a gun, drinks arsenic, and
> >>> sets his pants afire.
> >>> Clues:
> >>> He dies.
> >>> He isn't killed by hanging, bullet, poison, or fire.
> >>> What happened?
> >>
> >> Sounds like a job for rec.puzzles!
> >> (It's OT for sci.math, despite your valliant attempt at justifying it... :) )
>
>> You're just mad cuz you didn't solve it.
>
> Not at all! Your post was off topic for the group, so I thought maybe you didn't know about
> rec.puzzles and would appreciate knowing a more appropriate group you could use in future.
>
>> Here's a chance to redeem yourself:
>> A poem:
>> Now I, even I, would celebrate
>> In rhymes inapt, the great
>> Immortal Syracusan, rivaled nevermore,
>> Who, in his wondrous lore,
>> passed on before,
>> left men his guidance how to circles mensurate.
>
> Pi (digits in base 10 encoded as length of words).
Too easy, eh? Of all transcendental numbers, I had to pick
THAT one. Hold the phone, I chose a single point, with measure
zero, from an infinite uncountable set... refuting probability
theory! Do they hand out Nobels for that?
Try this:
There's a holiday, which may or may not qualify as religious,
opinionistically speaking, celebrated in USA, but not Europe. What is it?
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Rich