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03.15.2006

Happy i day

SCENE: M.A.A. STUDENT CHAPTER MEETING, sparcely populated by STUDENTS and PROFESSORS.  Student president BEN, seated at the front of the room, is inexplicably wearing a faded tee-shirt that reads “COLLEGE MOM.”  TRAVIS, a professor, is among the group.

BEN:  I hope everyone had a good Pi Day yesterday.

The STUDENTS and PROFESSORS murmur assent.

BEN:  Any ideas on what we should do for Pi Day next year?

TRAVIS:  No, but I would like to propose that we set aside the day after, March 15, to celebrate the square root of minus one.

BEN:  March 15?

TRAVIS:  Yeah.  I figure we can call it the “i’s of March.”

(Pause.)

The STUDENTS groan collectively.

BEN:  Oh man, that’s terrible.  Just terrible.

TRAVIS:  I’m not taking abuse from a guy in a tee-shirt that says COLLEGE MOM.

(Pause.)

BEN: Et tu, Brutus?

Filed under: Math musings, Storytellin'

5 Comments »

  1. Dammit Kowalski!!! I can’t read that and not laugh (or at least giggle like a little girl to myself), it’s like holding in a sneeze. I might crack a rib.

    This site seems more appropiate for the both of you:

    http://www.snorgtees.com/

    *tee-hee*

    Comment by Tom Cole — 03.30.2006 @

  2. Good to see I made the blog. Though from now on I will beware the Ides of March.

    Comment by ben — 04.1.2006 @

  3. I don’t get it, and I consider my self beeing a person with a very strange sense of humor. What’s so funny about the “Happy i day” and “i’s of March” ?

    Comment by Attackbäver — 04.10.2006 @

  4. That sounds like something my best friend would say. The “i’s of March.” It is so horrible it has to be funny.

    http://reallyfunnyshirts.com is a place for you if you find that funny.

    Comment by Wes — 06.20.2007 @

  5. Wes: Thanks. I am to please.

    Attackbaver: Google “The Ides of March.”

    Comment by Travis — 06.26.2007 @

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