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The longest in the U.S. is the Verrazano Narrows Bridge at 4260 feet (measured by length of main span or distance between towers). The Golden Gate Bridge has a main span of 4200 feet. The Verrazano Narrows Bridge lost the title of longest suspension bridge in the world in 1981 but remains the longest suspension bridge in the U.S.
I posted a riddle some time ago as to why the towers are further apart at the top than at the base. Anyone remember that?
squeak-
Tilt the barrel until it is almost about to spill. Now look into the barrel, if you can see the bottom it is less than half full.
Correction- There is no elevator access to the top floor of the Empire State Building. The highest floor served by an elevator is the 101st floor (which is incorrectly advertised as the 102nd). The plan was for passengers arriving on dirigibles to take a gangplank from the airship to the actual 102nd floor, walk down to the 101st floor and then take an elevator to customs on the 86th floor. Being that there is no elevator service to the actual 102nd floor the management just labeled the 101st floor as the 102nd.
kapusta-
Another political fact-
Former President Gerald Ford was never voted into office. He became vice president when Spiro Agnew resigned in 1973 and he became president when former President Nixon resigned.
Two more empire state building facts-
On July 28, 1945 a B-25 Mitchell bomber crashed into the Empire State Building. One of the workers in the building at the time was a newly engaged young woman who thought she was going to perish. This young woman took off her engagement ring and tossed it out the window hoping that at least some one else will find it and use it. She survived, got married and slightly less than 4 years later had a son George. When George (Willig)was 27 he scaled the south tower of the WTC using some home made clamps.
Originally the top of the Empire State Building was supposed to be a mooring mast for blimps. The plan was for passengers to exit the airship, walk along a gangplank (1,250 feet above New York) to a landing platform on the 102nd floor. For many reasons this did not work.
Management hoped to open the 102nd floor for tourism but decided it was too unsafe and chose to open the 101st floor instead. What is now called the 102nd floor is really the 101st (they probably assumed that no one would figure it out anyway and it sounds better for one to say that they went to the top floor of the Empire State Building rather than the second to top floor).
The floor that is open to the public, albeit for an extra fee, is fully enclosed whereas the one above (reached by staircase or elevator) has an indoor and outdoor observation deck (where the passengers were supposed to disembark). The indoor observation deck has a much smaller perimeter (too small for tourism) than the floor below, and they didn’t want anyone on the outside deck so it was never opened to the public.
The first Jewish mayor of New York City was Fiorello Laguardia. (His parents were Italian but his mother was Jewish.)
This one I heard from the guy himself. He was actually shocked that she took him seriously (that he wanted to introduce her to his friends) and that she said “no” because he wasn’t “frum enough”.
This happened to a friend of mine while on a date in Baltimore. I didn’t quite understand how he did this until I followed it on a map.
This guy has a date in Baltimore so he drives down and stops by some friends in the yeshiva there to change and get ideas of places to go. One guy gives him an idea of a park at the end of I-70 and gives him directions there.
“When you get to the highway (I-695) get off on the right. Look for I-70 and stay to the left. When you reach the end of I-70 there is a park there”. Sounds pretty easy right?
The problem is that the girl was boarding by a family on the other side of the highway so when he came to the highway he was coming from the other direction. He took the entrance ramp on the right side anyway. I-695 circles the whole city so he did end up reaching I-70 but about 50 miles later instead of 5. When they reached I-70 he remembered to get off on the left side as the instructions said- the problem again being that he was coming from the wrong direction. So they are going and going down I-70 and he keeps thinking that the guy said that it should only be two minutes on I-70. She finally realizes that they are heading towards Denver and suggests that he turn around. So he turns around and they find the park.
On the way home he managed to get onto I-695 in the right direction (getting on I-70 was a no brainer since it only goes in one direction from the park) but he got off the highway heading towards the yeshiva instead of her place of residence. She pointed out that he was heading in the wrong direction. He said, “I know, I know- my friends said that if it goes good I should bring you to the yeshiva and introduce you to them”.
They did not marry each other.
Jax-
That’s hilarious. I never forced any girl to finish their vegetables. I just refused to let them order dessert until they ate them. It always worked.
The copper sheeting of the Statue of Liberty is less than one tenth of an inch thick!
kapusta-
Originally I only posted stories that happened to me. When I ran out of stories that I was willing to repeat (and that the mods would be willing to approve) I posted stories that happened to friends. If I have doubts about the veracity of any story I tried to mention that.
After the vegetarian story I thought I should post a story that all parties involved could laugh at if they read it here, so I posted the mascot story.
Here’s one similar to the vegetarian story but with a happy ending.
The girl asks the guy if he smokes. The guy’s a heavy smoker but she’s more important to him than cigarettes. He says, “I used to smoke but I quit cold turkey and haven’t smoked since”. He didn’t mention that he quit “cold turkey” 90 minutes before but he did give up smoking for good. They ended up marrying each other.
I heard this one from a friend who said it happened to his roommate. I have no reason to doubt it.
The guy and a girl decide to go to a ball game for one date. They look for a nice quiet section of the stadium so they could talk and watch the game and end up sitting on a bleacher about one foot away from each other.
During the game the home team mascot sits down between them and puts one of his arms around each one of them. To their horror they looked up and saw their picture with the mascot wrapped around them being shown on the giant screen.
(They did marry each other.)
Mrs. Beautiful-
I wouldn’t quite say, “he was going for it anyways”. This was a major hesitation that he had. As he put it, “I felt as if I was babysitting my 8 year old sister”. However the shadchan and references reassured him that she is very mature albeit on the shorter side- therefore possibly giving off the impression that she is younger than she really is.
On one of the dates they walked by a bank that was giving out Teddy Bears as a promotion for anyone who signs up for their credit card. She asked him if he could please sign up for one and get her a Teddy Bear- he could always cancel it later on. (She didn’t bring ID, lucky for him they were out of Teddy Bears and were giving out T-shirts instead but she didn’t want one.) The guy said he was thinking, “this is acceptable for my 8 year old sister, not a girl who is ready to get married!”.
The guy didn’t either remember at first, being a vegetarian was a small detail she mentioned on the phone once.
He only realized when he was trying to figure out what would have made her act like that in front of him and his family (especially if she honestly thought she was going to marry him). In general there is nothing wrong with being seen by your date and his family while eating with friends.
If anyone out there knows her would you mind letting us know her side of the story?
A little background first-
The guy is the oldest child of an out of town family but was learning in a local yeshiva and dating a local girl. He likes the girl and her family but felt that she was not mature enough to get married (she was 19 or 20 at the time but, according to him, acted a couple of years younger).
Before the next date he told the shadchan that he was going home for bain hazimanim but would try to plan something for the interim if applicable. For the date he asked her if she would like to go to a park and have a picnic. She liked the idea but mentioned that she is a vegetarian so he should please bring bagels and cream cheese.
When he arrived home his family was all excited, they knew it “was going to happen” and decided to go to New York to buy new clothing for everyone for the upcoming wedding. He chose not to tell her that he was coming in to town since he didn’t know if he’d be able to fit her into his schedule and he wasn’t about to take her out in the family van.
After a tiring day of driving around Brooklyn and shopping he decided to take his family to Kosher Delight for supper.
Guess who’s eating a hot dog there with her friends?
The guy leads his family in and they start oooing and aaahing as they never saw any Kosher restaurant that size before (did I mention that they are from out of town?). The girl notices the guy, starts to shriek and runs towards the exit. The guy was mortified but pretends he doesn’t know her and walks right by her towards the counter. He turns around to look for his family only to see that they are still standing in front of the door looking all around- still amazed at the size of the place. The poor girl was in tears by that time and could not get by his bewildered family to make her escape.
She later called the shadchan and asked her to ask the guy if she can call and apologize. She did apologize for making a scene but she did not explain the vegetarian thing.
(They are both married now but to other people.)
Is this it?
Does anyone remember if there is a thread for “Shidduch Horror Stories” or should I just post it here?
I have the original TI-89 that came out in late 1998- early 1999.
The original TI-92 which came out in the mid 90s was the first calculator that was capable of performing symbolic calculations (algebraic manipulations, symbolic differentiation/ integration, homogeneous first and second order differential equations…) as opposed to numeric approximations (like the TI-80 through TI-86). The TI-92 was not allowed to be used on many standardized exams (like the SATs) and many professors did not allow their usage in class since the QWERTY keyboard gave it more of a computer status than that of a calculator.
When the TI-89 came out TI released the TI-92 PLUS which looked like the TI-92 but had the same software as the TI-89.
TI skipped from TI-86 to TI-89 because at that time they claimed that the TI-89 would be the last calculator released in the TI-8X series since it has the capability of upgrading the software and downloading programs.
I lost touch with graphing calculators a few years ago (although I still have mine and use them from time to time). I think the version that I have has been discontinued for the TI-89 Titanium and TI added the TI-84 to the TI-8X family although I’m not sure what they do better/different than the rest of the family.
Oy, there’s so much more to write about graphing calculators.
Maybe later.
I was actually kind of relieved that it took so long- it gave me something to look forward to.
You had to be sitting through that class to understand…
(It was also probably the first and only time that I was able to solve a problem faster than my good old TI-89.)
I typed the whole long equation (all 26 monomials) into my TI-89 during one particularly boring class and it took a considerable amount of time to get the correct answer of 0. It seems as if the calculator actually multiplied out until “w”.
A little Algebra-
Expand the following-
(x-a)*(x-b)*(x-c)*…*(x-z)
ZachKessin-
Once the Julian Calendar was dropped the date for Birchas Hachama was no longer constant. (It is constant from 1900 – 2100 but will be on April 9th begining 2100 as April 8th 2121 will be a Tuesday.)
an open book-
I also forgot about it until today. When it comes out during the week we celebrate at work (pizza pies or something similar). Last year my mother-in-law made a custard pie and sent for Friday night dessert. But this year nothing.
We finally realized it after the seudah and decided to celebrate it though my wife gave strict orders to the kids not to tell any of their friends that we celebrated it.
How are you all celebrating PI day (3/14) today?
ZachKessin-
That’s correct, on the Julian Calendar the date is constant (April 5th), but the vast majority of the world switched to the Gregorian Calendar in 1582.
aussieboy-
A solar year is approximately 365.25 days, so every fourth year the fraction will add up to an extra day (which is why we have leap years). Therefore in the beginning of the fifth year the sun will be in the same location as it was in the beginning of the first year.
(Let’s assume that the beginning of the first year was exactly at sunrise, the beginning of the second year will be at midday, the beginning of the third year will be at sunset, the beginning of the fourth year will be at midnight and the beginning of the fifth year will be at sunrise…)
Since there are 7 days in a week and the LCM of 4 and 7 is 28, it will take 28 years until the sun is in the exact same place in the sky on the same day of the week at the beginning of the year.
After 2100 Birchas Hachama will no longer be on April 8th (it will still be on a Wednesday though (the first one being April 9th, 2121)) because 2100 is not a leap year as far as the Gregorian Calendar is concerned but is according to Halacha. (From 1800 to 1900 it was always on April 7th.)
Here’s an old (but good) one.
Three people of equal intelligence are standing one behind another all facing forward.
A person nearby has five hats, three red and two white. The three people close their eyes while the other person randomly puts a hat on each of them. When they open their eyes they can not see what color hat they are wearing but the person in back can see what color hat the other two are wearing and the person in the middle can see what color hat the person in front is wearing. The person in front can not see what color hat anyone is wearing. The three people are unable to see the two remaining hats.
When the person in back was asked what color hat he was wearing he looked at the two people in front of him and said, “I don’t know”. When the middle person was asked what color hat he was wearing he looked at the person in front of him and said, “I don’t know”. Finally the person in front said, “I know what color hat I’m wearing”.
What color hat was he wearing and how did he know?
aussieboy-
Thanks for your hint- I was actually looking at the prime factorization, (2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*2*3*3*3*5*61843), and did not notice that it contains each of the numbers 0 – 9.
After you mentioned that each of the digits are there (and a couple of beers) it was a dead giveaway.
They are in alphabetical order.
Happy Purim to everyone!
You have a set of 20 encyclopedias standing in order on a bookshelf each one containing 100 pages (200 sides but 100 pages). A bookworm eats from the first page of the first volume to the last page of the last volume inclusive.
How many pages did the bookworm eat through?
Answer:
If they are lined up in order then the first page of the first volume is adjacent to the last page of the second volume. The last page of the last volume is adjacent to the first page of the second to last volume. (Look at a set of books on a shelf if you don’t see this.)
1 page from the first volume, one page from the last volume and 100 pages from each of the 18 volumes in between => 1 + 100*18 + 1 = 1802.
You have a set of 20 encyclopedias standing in order on a bookshelf each one containing 100 pages (200 sides but 100 pages). A bookworm eats from the first page of the first volume to the last page of the last volume inclusive.
How many pages did the bookworm eat through?
Hi MOD 39,
underground?
The answer I was looking for by the cake riddle was to find the center of the rectangle and square and have the cut go through the center of each.
You have a rectangular pan of cake and someone cut out a random square somewhere on the cake (not in the middle).
Using one cut how can you split the cake exactly in half?
I can only try- Can you let me know how to align columns?
Let me try this again.
# => Number of Hearts left in the deck.
# of ways => Number of way that that amount of Hearts can be chosen from the 32 that are removed.
Prob => Probability of picking a Heart from the 20 left.
(This is done using Excel)
# # of ways Prob. # of ways * Probability
0 15,380,937 0.65 0.0000000793494867
1 799,808,724 0.6 0.0000038087753615
2 16,529,380,296 0.55 0.0000721551332366
3 181,823,183,256 0.5 0.0007215513323662
4 1,198,380,071,460 0.45 0.0042801113124451
5 5,033,196,300,132 0.4 0.0159790822331284
6 13,938,082,061,904 0.35 0.0387185454110420
7 25,885,009,543,536 0.3 0.0616336028992096
8 32,356,261,929,420 0.25 0.0642016696866767
9 26,963,551,607,850 0.2 0.0428011131244512
10 14,592,039,693,660 0.15 0.0173722165034537
11 4,864,013,231,220 0.1 0.0038604925563231
12 896,002,437,330 0.05 0.0003555716828192
13 68,923,264,410 0 –
Total 125,994,627,894,135 0.2500000000000000
Here are the formulas used: (Starting from Cell A1)
# # of ways Prob. # of ways * Probability
0 =COMBIN(13,13-A2)*COMBIN(39,7+A2) =(13-A2)/20 =(B2/$B$16)*C2
1 =COMBIN(13,13-A3)*COMBIN(39,7+A3) =(13-A3)/20 =(B3/$B$16)*C3
2 =COMBIN(13,13-A4)*COMBIN(39,7+A4) =(13-A4)/20 =(B4/$B$16)*C4
3 =COMBIN(13,13-A5)*COMBIN(39,7+A5) =(13-A5)/20 =(B5/$B$16)*C5
4 =COMBIN(13,13-A6)*COMBIN(39,7+A6) =(13-A6)/20 =(B6/$B$16)*C6
5 =COMBIN(13,13-A7)*COMBIN(39,7+A7) =(13-A7)/20 =(B7/$B$16)*C7
6 =COMBIN(13,13-A8)*COMBIN(39,7+A8) =(13-A8)/20 =(B8/$B$16)*C8
7 =COMBIN(13,13-A9)*COMBIN(39,7+A9) =(13-A9)/20 =(B9/$B$16)*C9
8 =COMBIN(13,13-A10)*COMBIN(39,7+A10) =(13-A10)/20 =(B10/$B$16)*C10
9 =COMBIN(13,13-A11)*COMBIN(39,7+A11) =(13-A11)/20 =(B11/$B$16)*C11
10 =COMBIN(13,13-A12)*COMBIN(39,7+A12) =(13-A12)/20 =(B12/$B$16)*C12
11 =COMBIN(13,13-A13)*COMBIN(39,7+A13) =(13-A13)/20 =(B13/$B$16)*C13
12 =COMBIN(13,13-A14)*COMBIN(39,7+A14) =(13-A14)/20 =(B14/$B$16)*C14
13 =COMBIN(13,13-A15)*COMBIN(39,7+A15) =(13-A15)/20 =(B15/$B$16)*C15
14 =SUM(B2:B15) =SUM(D2:D15)
I can only try-
I hope this comes out looking decent.
# => Number of Hearts left in the deck.
# of ways => Number of way that that amount of Hearts can be chosen from the 32 that are removed.
Prob => Probability of picking a Heart from the 20 left.
(This is done using Excel)
# # of ways Prob. # of ways * Probability
0 15,380,937 0.65 0.0000000793494867
1 799,808,724 0.6 0.0000038087753615
2 16,529,380,296 0.55 0.0000721551332366
3 181,823,183,256 0.5 0.0007215513323662
4 1,198,380,071,460 0.45 0.0042801113124451
5 5,033,196,300,132 0.4 0.0159790822331284
6 13,938,082,061,904 0.35 0.0387185454110420
7 25,885,009,543,536 0.3 0.0616336028992096
8 32,356,261,929,420 0.25 0.0642016696866767
9 26,963,551,607,850 0.2 0.0428011131244512
10 14,592,039,693,660 0.15 0.0173722165034537
11 4,864,013,231,220 0.1 0.0038604925563231
12 896,002,437,330 0.05 0.0003555716828192
13 68,923,264,410 0 –
Total 125,994,627,894,135 0.2500000000000000
Here are the formulas used: (Starting from Cell A1)
# # of ways Probability # of ways * Probability
0 =COMBIN(13,13-A2)*COMBIN(39,7+A2) =(13-A2)/20 =(B2/$B$16)*C2
1 =COMBIN(13,13-A3)*COMBIN(39,7+A3) =(13-A3)/20 =(B3/$B$16)*C3
2 =COMBIN(13,13-A4)*COMBIN(39,7+A4) =(13-A4)/20 =(B4/$B$16)*C4
3 =COMBIN(13,13-A5)*COMBIN(39,7+A5) =(13-A5)/20 =(B5/$B$16)*C5
4 =COMBIN(13,13-A6)*COMBIN(39,7+A6) =(13-A6)/20 =(B6/$B$16)*C6
5 =COMBIN(13,13-A7)*COMBIN(39,7+A7) =(13-A7)/20 =(B7/$B$16)*C7
6 =COMBIN(13,13-A8)*COMBIN(39,7+A8) =(13-A8)/20 =(B8/$B$16)*C8
7 =COMBIN(13,13-A9)*COMBIN(39,7+A9) =(13-A9)/20 =(B9/$B$16)*C9
8 =COMBIN(13,13-A10)*COMBIN(39,7+A10) =(13-A10)/20 =(B10/$B$16)*C10
9 =COMBIN(13,13-A11)*COMBIN(39,7+A11) =(13-A11)/20 =(B11/$B$16)*C11
10 =COMBIN(13,13-A12)*COMBIN(39,7+A12) =(13-A12)/20 =(B12/$B$16)*C12
11 =COMBIN(13,13-A13)*COMBIN(39,7+A13) =(13-A13)/20 =(B13/$B$16)*C13
12 =COMBIN(13,13-A14)*COMBIN(39,7+A14) =(13-A14)/20 =(B14/$B$16)*C14
13 =COMBIN(13,13-A15)*COMBIN(39,7+A15) =(13-A15)/20 =(B15/$B$16)*C15
14 =SUM(B2:B15) =SUM(D2:D15)
If you are sending it with a trusted courier then just lock the key onto the shackle and let your friend break it off when he receives it. (He’ll be able to tell if it was tampered with or not.)
If not- send the box with one lock, have your friend attach another lock (while keeping the key to himself) and send the box back to you.
Now you can remove the lock you put on originally and send the box back with only the lock that he put on.
Joseph-
He was not a Kohein, nor was he divorced. He only said it to be excused from dating her.
I did not believe the story at first until he said who the Shadchan was.
22OldGold-
There was a story about 8 – 10 years ago about a step- brother and step- sister (I think from Monsey) who married each other, but I don’t think there was a shadchan involved.
I can only try
Let me know when you’re ready for the answer (or a hint) to ??”? ?”? ?”? ???”?.
The Big One
I can only try
Getting back to your posts from two weeks ago, my wife was teasing me that if I keep pulling my pants up higher and higher while my sense of humor keeps getting worse and worse that people will start thinking I’m a grandfather. Then she saw those posts and couldn’t stop laughing.
This baby is our fourth Bli Ayin Hara.
By the way- her older siblings are crazy over her.
There was one subliminal message hidden in the post though.
When my previous child, a son, was born I had told a friend that I had a “baby”. He spread the word that we had a girl. He later said that when one has a boy they say that they had a boy, but when one has a girl they say that they had a baby.
I was curious to see if anyone would pick up that I didn’t specify the gender and figure out that we had a girl.
Michal bas Avraham-
Your story reminds me of one I heard from some one who I was in yeshiva with (I don’t believe it but you never know.)
The shadchan tells him to meet the girl in a certain hotel or park (apparently it’s done like this in Eretz Yisroel, no first phone call- everything arranged by the shadchan). He’s there at the designated time and place but the only other person nearby is a lady with a shaitel. After a few minutes she says to him,
“Are you Avraham?”
“Yes”,
“Well I’m Sarah”.
His mouth drops open and she says, “The shadchan didn’t tell you I’m divorced?”
He answered, “Well I guess she didn’t tell you I’m a Kohen”!
The End
Here’s another one from him which I also don’t believe;
After meeting her parents he takes her to the car and opens the door for her. She reaches in, opens the back button, opens the back door and gets in. He shrugged his shoulders gets in the drivers seat and starts driving. He tries to talk to her but she doesn’t answer. He turns around to see what she is doing- she had found some seforim he left in the back and started learning some Chumash. He went around the block and brought her right home.
This one I do believe-
I met him a few years later and he says, “Guess what Pepper?”
“What?”
“I finally got married!”
Joseph-
I think AXA Equitable refers to that product as YRT, Yearly Renewable Term.
But what do I know? I’m just the 800 lb. gorilla in the room.
ames-
Please don’t confuse me with the drink. The drink is Dr Pepper (without the period).
areivimzehlazeh- Was that meant for “The Riddle Thread…”?
kapusta, outoftowner, oomis1105- I left out details which I felt were not important.
She did not do any research on this person before she went out with him. Her intentions were to do the research after the first date if there was a possibility of a second date which she eventually felt there was not. I don’t think it’s far fetched that after one year the only memory of him was a diary entry.
As far as her parents are concerned- she is one of the youngest of a large family and when the name came up they thought it sounded familiar but weren’t sure if it was a mere suggestion for her or any of her older sisters, or if any of them actually went out with him (they don’t keep records).
I doubt she’s the only one that keeps notes about her dates, I’ve heard of others who also do. (I personally never did.)
The girl happens to still be single but I have no idea about the guy.
Any other questions?
ames-
“and jumped through it”, when he jumped through it was he going from inside to outside or from outside to inside?
This happened to the sister of someone I went out with.
So the guy and girl are out on a date and quickly run out of things to talk about. They get up to walk around and he asks her if she was ever here before. She remembers being brought there a year before by a guy but couldn’t remember any details. He said he once brought a girl there but couldn’t remember who.
Eventually they realized that they had gone out with each other the previous year and to the same exact place. They spent the rest of the date trying to remember who said no. (They couldn’t figure it out until she got home and checked her notes, buy at least they had something to talk about.)
Sadly it didn’t work out. Maybe the third time around it will.
Here’s one but it’s long and might be hard to follow. It’s also one of those stories where you have to see it in action to fully appreciate it.
Two guys (both are engaged)- let’s call them Reuven and Shimon. Reuven being a guy that I know from high school and Shimon being a guy who was at that time my roommate in yeshiva.
So I’m schmoozing with Shimon and he casually asks me where I went to high school. When I told him he asks me if I know Reuven. I said, “sure where do you know him from?” but he dodged the question.
At Maariv that night I saw Reuven who tells me that he’s engaged to a local girl so he stopped by to visit. During the course of the conversation he asked me if I know Shimon. I knew something fishy was going on so I said “sure he’s my roommate come let me introduce you to him”. His face turned red and he begged me not to. He later explained that he went out with his kallah and just wanted to see “who she picked instead”.
Later that night Reuven stopped by my room and introduced himself to my roommates to see who Shimon was.
It was hilarious listening to the two of them talk, trying to figure out if the other one knew the whole story. At the end Shimon left convinced that Reuven didn’t know. As soon as he left Reuven picked up his phone to tell his Kallah who he just met…
Some posters have written that they are reluctant to share some funny stories since then they will reveal their identity.
Please, we all like a good laugh, just say it happened to someone you know.
Here’s one that happened to someone I know (it really wasn’t me).
This friend of mine borrowed his brothers car for the date and his brother warned him that if anything happens to the car, even if it’s not his fault, he’s in big trouble. When he was returning to the car after the date he thought he saw a few teenagers opening the doors and getting in. He started running and screaming, “don’t you dear touch my car”. The boys backed off terrified until he realized that his brothers car was a few cars ahead.
He then went back to the bewildered girl and apologized. She said it was O.K. and now she has a funny story to tell her friends.
I highly doubt this story is true but I heard it from one of the girls I took to the top of the Marriott Marquis, who claimed it happened to one of her friends.
While her friend was also at the top of the Marriott Marquis she felt the need to remove her shoes to let her feet “air out”. Apparently she didn’t realize that the bar revolves and she had to wait 45 minutes or so until she met up with her shoes again.
If it happened to you and you’re reading this please let us know.
Thanks
SJSinNYC
A similar story happened to two friends of mine when we were in yeshiva in Israel.
Both were Dovid and both had dates on the same night through the same shadchan.
I’ll never understand why, but the shadchan set up both dates to meet at the same place in the same hotel. A few minutes in one Dovid realized he was dating the wrong person and went to find the other Dovid (and his date) so they could switch.
Another similar story- one shadchan thought she had a great idea for a guy I knew from yeshiva and wanted to speak it over with another shadchan before she suggested it. The second shadchan thought she was talking about another guy and decided to call him and suggest it before the first one did (since it was such a good idea). The second guy ended up getting engaged to her.
I heard this from a lady that we were introduced to at the wedding of a friend. As far fetched as it sounds I do believe it but you can decide for yourself to believe it or not.
The date took place in downtown Baltimore by the Harbor. The girl realized right away that it wasn’t going to happen but apparently her date did not.
They stopped at a street vendor and he bought her a big yellow helium balloon. Not wanting to offend him and not wanting to have to hold it the whole time, she tied it to her hand and thanked him (while praying that she wouldn’t meet any friends).
While they were walking around and talking she felt him moving uncomfortably close to her and she moved over a few inches. After a couple more times that this happened she lost her balance and fell into the water (she said there were no gates there at the time).
Luckily there was a water taxi right there and she was rescued. For the rest of the date he was complimenting himself on how smart he was for buying her a yellow balloon so that if she fell into the water it would be easy to spot her.
They did not marry each other.
The Big One-
My wife can’t stop laughing at your post. What did I say that made you think I am older than I really am?
This didn’t happen to me but I know the person who it happened to and I assure you it’s not a made up legend.
The guy is driving the girl in a car with a steering wheel on the wrong side (a British car) when the transmission blows and he can’t do more that 25 M.P.H. Many drivers that pass feel the need to honk and make obscene gestures at the person they think is the driver.
The girl is about to lose it but the guy keeps reassuring her that they are honking because they think know her and they are exerting one finger to let her know that she is number 1.
Eventually she lost her cool and started screaming back and letting everyone know that she was not the driver…
For the record they did not get married. (Or go out again.)
I can only try
That’s correct, no matter how many cards are removed (up to 51 and assumning that it is not known which cards are removed) the probability of the picking a heart will be 1/4. Let’s see you prove it for where 32 cards are removed.
(Hint- there are 125,994,627,894,135 different ways that 32 cards can be chosen from a deck of 52 where order doesn’t make a difference. Hope this helps!)