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Posted by Cheryl Isaak on September 4, 2009, 8:37 pm
On 9/4/09 4:05 PM, in article rms2a55a14fik4a9imojss2b7em2a4djlm@4ax.com,
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> wrote:
>
>>
>>> On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:16:41 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
>>>
>>>> On 9/3/09 6:41 PM, in article 6fh0a5t15gl46rb8n1hb9ju08sn5sh8n2d@4ax.com,
>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Don't blame me-I just copy them from someone else
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Native Math
>>>>>>
>>>>>> .There were three pregnant Indian squaws laying on animal hides about
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> give birth.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The first squaw, who was laying on a buffalo hide, gave birth to a 6
>>>>>> lb., 5
>>>>>> oz. baby boy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The second, who was laying on a deer hide, gave birth to a 5 lb., 5 oz.
>>>>>> baby
>>>>>> boy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The third, who was laying on a hippopotamus hide, gave birth to twin
>>>>>> boys
>>>>>> totaling 11 lb., 10 oz.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Therefore, we can conclude that the sons of the squaw on the
>>>>>> hippopotamus
>>>>>> hide equals the sons of the squaws on the other two hides.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ooh, ooh not even pc girl !
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The worst part is that I heard this as teenager! and it's still haunting
>>>> me
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> C
>>>
>>> So old it's dead now ?
>>
>>
>> Am I the only one who thought this was new. Oh well! It was new to me.
>>
> I hadn't heard it, I just thought, from her post maybe Cheryl was
> older than us dear lol
Nay - my math teacher told us the joke and he had to be in his late 50s in
1976
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Posted by Cheryl Isaak on September 4, 2009, 8:36 pm
On 9/4/09 3:34 PM, in article ptq2a559fm1pon5fuuj0voh11kcuq24q72@4ax.com,
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> On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:16:41 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
>
>> On 9/3/09 6:41 PM, in article 6fh0a5t15gl46rb8n1hb9ju08sn5sh8n2d@4ax.com,
>>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Don't blame me-I just copy them from someone else
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Native Math
>>>>
>>>> .There were three pregnant Indian squaws laying on animal hides about to
>>>> give birth.
>>>>
>>>> The first squaw, who was laying on a buffalo hide, gave birth to a 6 lb., 5
>>>> oz. baby boy.
>>>>
>>>> The second, who was laying on a deer hide, gave birth to a 5 lb., 5 oz.
>>>> baby
>>>> boy.
>>>>
>>>> The third, who was laying on a hippopotamus hide, gave birth to twin boys
>>>> totaling 11 lb., 10 oz.
>>>>
>>>> Therefore, we can conclude that the sons of the squaw on the hippopotamus
>>>> hide equals the sons of the squaws on the other two hides.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ooh, ooh not even pc girl !
>>
>>
>> The worst part is that I heard this as teenager! and it's still haunting me
>>
>>
>> C
>
> So old it's dead now ?
We couldn't be so lucky!
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Posted by Mary on September 4, 2009, 8:53 am
I never in my life expected the Pythagorean Theorem to be involved in
a joke! Thanks!
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Posted by Mary on September 4, 2009, 5:40 pm
Just for reference and/or reminder the Pythagorean theorem is that in
any right triangle, the square of the hypoteneus equals the sum of the
squares of the other two sides. The simple example is -- in a right
triangle with one side 3" and the other side 4", you add 9 (square of
3) and 16 (square of 4), which is 25. So the hypoteneus length will
be whatever 25 is the square of, which is 5. Sorry about the
grammar! When I was a kid, my father liked to show us all sorts of
fun math and science and history goodies after dinner at the kitchen
table, and Pythagorus wandered through when I was in 3rd grade. It
was a good thing he had fun doing that stuff with my sisters and I
since we had to learn math and sciences and history somewhere --
school didn't really cut it, but we all got magnificent SAT scores
thanks to him! And I thought the joke was really pretty good!
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Posted by Lucille on September 4, 2009, 5:44 pm
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> Just for reference and/or reminder the Pythagorean theorem is that in
> any right triangle, the square of the hypoteneus equals the sum of the
> squares of the other two sides. The simple example is -- in a right
> triangle with one side 3" and the other side 4", you add 9 (square of
> 3) and 16 (square of 4), which is 25. So the hypoteneus length will
> be whatever 25 is the square of, which is 5. Sorry about the
> grammar! When I was a kid, my father liked to show us all sorts of
> fun math and science and history goodies after dinner at the kitchen
> table, and Pythagorus wandered through when I was in 3rd grade. It
> was a good thing he had fun doing that stuff with my sisters and I
> since we had to learn math and sciences and history somewhere --
> school didn't really cut it, but we all got magnificent SAT scores
> thanks to him! And I thought the joke was really pretty good!
Thanks, so did I
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>>
>>> On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 12:16:41 -0400, Cheryl Isaak
>>>
>>>> On 9/3/09 6:41 PM, in article 6fh0a5t15gl46rb8n1hb9ju08sn5sh8n2d@4ax.com,
>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Don't blame me-I just copy them from someone else
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Native Math
>>>>>>
>>>>>> .There were three pregnant Indian squaws laying on animal hides about
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> give birth.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The first squaw, who was laying on a buffalo hide, gave birth to a 6
>>>>>> lb., 5
>>>>>> oz. baby boy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The second, who was laying on a deer hide, gave birth to a 5 lb., 5 oz.
>>>>>> baby
>>>>>> boy.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The third, who was laying on a hippopotamus hide, gave birth to twin
>>>>>> boys
>>>>>> totaling 11 lb., 10 oz.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Therefore, we can conclude that the sons of the squaw on the
>>>>>> hippopotamus
>>>>>> hide equals the sons of the squaws on the other two hides.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Ooh, ooh not even pc girl !
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The worst part is that I heard this as teenager! and it's still haunting
>>>> me
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> C
>>>
>>> So old it's dead now ?
>>
>>
>> Am I the only one who thought this was new. Oh well! It was new to me.
>>
> I hadn't heard it, I just thought, from her post maybe Cheryl was
> older than us dear lol