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August 19, 2010 3:02 pm at 3:02 pm #1069079HelpfulMember
Mazal Tov Dr. Pepper! That’s your second birth on this thread alone!
August 20, 2010 1:49 pm at 1:49 pm #1069080squeakParticipantDr. Pepper
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When my oldest went to sleep last night she had twice as many sisters as brothers. When she woke up this morning she had the same amount of brothers and sisters.
Mazel Tov!! Twin boys!
August 20, 2010 1:55 pm at 1:55 pm #1069081oomisParticipant“When my oldest went to sleep last night she had twice as many sisters as brothers. When she woke up this morning she had the same amount of brothers and sisters.”
When she worke up, she had the exact same amount of brothers and sisters as she had the night before.
August 20, 2010 2:13 pm at 2:13 pm #1069082YW Moderator-80Memberyou dont need twins
she had 2 sisters and one brother, twice as many
the mother had another boy during the night
2 sisters, 2 brothers
August 20, 2010 2:18 pm at 2:18 pm #1069083Dr. PepperParticipantSqueak-
No, Odds of twins are 1 in 90 so single births are more common. Wednesday night she had two sisters and one brother, when she woke up Thursday morning she had two brothers and two sisters.
For the answer to have been twin boys the scenario would have to have been that my oldest daughter had four sisters and two brothers. While this is possible it is not the most likely scenario.
(By the way, I took your advice and didn’t tell my supervisor “in confidence” that my wife was expecting. As you may recall from the FLT thread I’m busy at work training in some people to try and fill in for me for the days that I’ll be out. I’m also busy preparing a speech for the bris but afterwards I’ll bli neder continue with the proof.)
August 20, 2010 2:19 pm at 2:19 pm #1069084Dr. PepperParticipantoomis1105-
Thanks for catching that- it should have read “an equal number of brothers and sister”.
Enjoy the tuna bagel with your husband today!
Have a Gut Shabbos!
August 24, 2010 7:21 pm at 7:21 pm #1069085blinkyParticipantLook at this paragraph and on your first try, count every ” F ” in the following text:
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS…
How many did you get? (on your first try)
August 24, 2010 8:52 pm at 8:52 pm #1069086blinkyParticipantAnyone?
August 24, 2010 8:55 pm at 8:55 pm #1069087YW Moderator-80Member4 on first try
6 on second try
August 24, 2010 8:58 pm at 8:58 pm #1069088blinkyParticipantspooky, no? When I was doing it- i knew there was a catch so I did it really carefully…but I got 5.
Its bec. for some reason your brain doesn’t process the word “of”-
August 31, 2010 1:36 am at 1:36 am #1069089baron fritzParticipantyou peel the outside cook the inside then you eat the outside throw away the inside what am i
hint it’s a food
August 31, 2010 2:41 am at 2:41 am #1069090Dr. PepperParticipantCorn on the cob?
August 31, 2010 4:29 pm at 4:29 pm #1069091YW Moderator-80Membera plum wrapped in cellophane
if you like cooked plums
August 31, 2010 10:49 pm at 10:49 pm #1069092oomisParticipant“Enjoy the tuna bagel with your husband today!”
What a memory – – I AM IMPRESSED!!!!! (And I did, thank you…)
August 31, 2010 11:34 pm at 11:34 pm #1069093baron fritzParticipantooooohh nice one dr. thats the exact answer
September 1, 2010 12:20 am at 12:20 am #1069094baron fritzParticipantHERES A JEWISH ONE THERE ARE 2 KINDS THAT R REALLY 4
September 1, 2010 12:20 am at 12:20 am #1069095baron fritzParticipantwhere is this from
September 1, 2010 12:37 am at 12:37 am #1069096YW Moderator-80Membermoving objects from one domain to another
and whats wrong with the plum answer?
September 1, 2010 12:56 am at 12:56 am #1069097baron fritzParticipantgood answer, thats right. and the plum i dont get how; i heard corn and it makes sense.
September 1, 2010 1:12 am at 1:12 am #1069098Dr. PepperParticipantWhat about throwing blood on two corners of the Mizbayach?
(From Pesachim- shetayim she’hein arba.)
September 1, 2010 2:05 am at 2:05 am #1069099YW Moderator-80Memberyup thats also 2 that are four. its in Zevachim also
the plum thing was a half joke but it does fulfill the requirements
youll have to think about it
September 1, 2010 2:34 am at 2:34 am #1069100Dr. PepperParticipantHow did my wife convince me not to give our son a middle name of Pi? (My favorite constant.)
September 1, 2010 2:48 am at 2:48 am #1069101LAerMemberUhh… she told you that he’d be made fun of for his entire life?
September 1, 2010 4:26 am at 4:26 am #1069102smartcookieMemberCuz pple will think it’s just an initial.
September 1, 2010 11:59 pm at 11:59 pm #1069103A Real IdeaParticipantBecause his first name is “The” and you didn’t want anyone to call him The Pied Piper?
September 1, 2010 11:59 pm at 11:59 pm #1069104A Real IdeaParticipantMy favorite constant is e, by the way
September 2, 2010 12:41 am at 12:41 am #1069105Dr. PepperParticipantMy wife reminded me that Pi is the product of at least one irrational. Being that women are never irrational (sorry, don’t know the source) that would mean that I am the irrational one.
Radical Two didn’t go over to well either.
September 2, 2010 2:08 am at 2:08 am #1069106oomisParticipant“Uhh… she told you that he’d be made fun of for his entire life? “
More likely she pointed out that it might not be pronounced with the long “i” sound, but more likely as “ee.” Dr. Pepper – would you REALLY want your child to have to get beaten up in the playground every day?
September 2, 2010 2:08 pm at 2:08 pm #1069107Dr. PepperParticipantoomis1105-
Like “Al Pi Halacha”? I never thought of it that way since I just assumed everyone knows what Pi is.
A Real Idea-
I also like e but I like Pi better as it’s more mystical. Think about a small penny you find on the street. Pi is buried in it. All you have to do is measure the circumference and divide by the diameter. e on the other hand is the limit of (1 + (1/X))^X as X gets closer to infinity. Of course you expect that to produce something that never ends.
Anyway, his middle name includes both Pi and e.
September 2, 2010 9:34 pm at 9:34 pm #1069108oomisParticipantAnyway, his middle name includes both Pi and e. “
So we are back to pie again.. What it is about 3.14, that is so interesting?
September 2, 2010 9:47 pm at 9:47 pm #1069109MoqMemberActually –
3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510
5820974944 5923078164 0628620899 8628034825 3421170679 8214808651 3282306647 0938446095 5058223172 5359408128 4811174502 8410270193 8521105559 6446229489 5493038196 4428810975 6659334461 2847564823 3786783165 2712019091 4564856692 3460348610 4543266482 1339360726 0249141273 7245870066 0631558817 4881520920 9628292540 9171536436 7892590360 0113305305 4882046652 1384146951 9415116094 3305727036 5759591953 0921861173 8193261179 3105118548 0744623799 6274956735 1885752724 8912279381 8301194912 9833673362 4406566430 8602139494 6395224737 1907021798 6094370277 0539217176 2931767523 8467481846 7669405132 0005681271 4526356082 7785771342 7577896091 7363717872 1468440901 2249534301 4654958537 1050792279 6892589235 4201995611 2129021960 8640344181 5981362977 4771309960 5187072113 4999999837 2978049951 0597317328 1609631859 5024459455 3469083026 4252230825 3344685035 2619311881 7101000313 7838752886 5875332083 8142061717 7669147303 5982534904 2875546873 1159562863 8823537875 9375195778 1857780532 1712268066 1300192787 6611195909 2164201989 3809525720 1065485863 2788659361 5338182796 8230301952 0353018529 6899577362 2599413891 2497217752 8347913151 5574857242 4541506959
Is very interesting. And it goes on forever…
September 2, 2010 9:48 pm at 9:48 pm #1069110KashaMemberMoq, you’re a year late, and a bit short… see:
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/the-riddle-thread/page/5#post-12885
September 2, 2010 9:56 pm at 9:56 pm #1069111MoqMemberMea Culpa!
To think that the greeks figured out the basic concept without help of modern geometry is fascinating. Well, actually, the egyptians. Which makes you wonder about Yosef. but, onward. The Gemara in succah…area…but not now!
September 7, 2010 10:42 am at 10:42 am #1069112triplehMembergive me a break: lol u read harry potter and percy jackson?
September 8, 2010 5:38 pm at 5:38 pm #1069113I can only tryMemberMay the next year bee a sweet one!
My first is in dog and also in dole.
My second in able but not in pole.
My third in bridge and also bright.
My fourth in brass and also sight.
My last in yellow, yes and yea.
My whole a flower like a sunny day.
(from a puzzle calendar)
September 8, 2010 6:11 pm at 6:11 pm #1069114YW Moderator-80Memberdaisy
September 8, 2010 7:05 pm at 7:05 pm #1069115I can only tryMemberModerator-80-
Nope!
It’s Obrse.
Just kidding, of course – you got it.
Have a gut yom tov.
Back next year, IY”H.
September 8, 2010 7:14 pm at 7:14 pm #1069116oomisParticipant“Have a gut yom tov.”
After all the honey cake we will be noshing for three days, a gut is exactly what we will have for Yom Tov .
September 12, 2010 2:45 am at 2:45 am #1069117I can only tryMemberoomis1105–
Gut point.
I’ll B”N skip eating tomorrow (at least until nightfall).
[English is inconsistent. “Gut” in this case should be pronounced like “put”, not “putt”. It can also be spelled “Goot”, in which case “took”, “book” and “brook” would be correct – not “food” “boost” or “loot”.]
Dr. Pepper–
This one had your name written all over it:
Finally, some love for a perfect number
The Giants have an upcoming promotion in which they will give away Buster Posey replica jerseys, featuring the name and number 28 of their impressive rookie catcher. Posey’s number has a uniquely unremarkable history in baseball: it is the only number between 1 and 37 that is not retired by any major league club. Go ahead, try to name the most famous number 28 in baseball history. Bert Blyleven? (Alas, he also wore number 22, with Pittsburgh.) Rip Repulski? Andy Stankiewicz?
Why such a bland history for such a perfect number? That’s right: the only perfect numbers available to ballplayers are 6 and 28 — numbers that are the sum of its divisors. Football has four retired 28s: Abner Hayes, Willie Galimore, Curtis Martin and Marshall Faulk. Who knows, maybe Posey is the perfect guy to wear the perfect number.
(from a well-known online sports columnist)
September 12, 2010 5:02 pm at 5:02 pm #1069118Dr. PepperParticipantI can only try-
Thanks, I used to be very interested in Perfect Numbers when I was growing up. I still find it amazing how closely Perfect Numbers are related to Mersenne primes.
When I was younger there were only 31 Perfect Numbers known and each one was closely related to a Mersenne prime. I used to go to the library to look at the newest editions of the Guiness Book of World Records to see if any new Perfect Numbers were found. (This was before Al Gore invented the Internet.) In the early 90s there was another one found and it was also related to a Mersenne prime.
There were 15 more found since then and it’s been proven that Perfect Numbers and Mersenne primes are one-to-one.
September 14, 2010 8:45 pm at 8:45 pm #1069119Dr. PepperParticipantWhat was the first name of Joyce Kilmer?
September 14, 2010 8:52 pm at 8:52 pm #1069120YW Moderator-80Memberalfred
September 14, 2010 9:02 pm at 9:02 pm #1069121Dr. PepperParticipantWhy did he go by Joyce and not Alfred?
September 14, 2010 9:09 pm at 9:09 pm #1069122YW Moderator-80MemberAndrogen insensitivity syndrome ?
September 14, 2010 9:31 pm at 9:31 pm #1069123YW Moderator-80Memberhe was embarrassed to be named after a butler?
September 14, 2010 11:04 pm at 11:04 pm #1069124baron fritzParticipantheres a riddle
a father and son are drivig and a drunk swerves from the other lane and crashes into them. the father dies instantly and the son is taken to the hospital. while he is on the operating table the head surgeon walks in looks at him and says i cannot operate on this boy he is my son and walks out. WHO IS THE HEAD SURGEON?
September 15, 2010 12:45 am at 12:45 am #1069125Dr. PepperParticipantThe mother.
September 20, 2010 8:28 pm at 8:28 pm #1069126Dr. PepperParticipantI can only try-
Back to perfect numbers:
The highest known perfect number is (2^43,112,608)*((2^43,112,609)-1).
Without looking it up, how many digits are in this number?
(If you cheat I’m going to make you list all the divisors that add up to the number.)
September 20, 2010 8:33 pm at 8:33 pm #1069127blinkyParticipantDr. Pepper- do you like love riddles???? When its already off the rcent post list, I can always count on you to bring it up again….( just my observation)
September 20, 2010 8:41 pm at 8:41 pm #1069128KashaMemberblinky – Where have you been for the past 2 years?? Take a peek at this entire thread…
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