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helenislovely
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Mathematician vs Engineer
« on: Nov 10th, 2005, 1:56am » |
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An international conspiracy of art feminists (me) has captured a sex-starved mathematician and engineer.
I place these poor souls at the end of a 1000 metre long room. At the other end is a very beautiful naked woman (not me). The mathematician and the engineer are told that they may move half the distance on their first move. One their second move they may move half the remaining distance and so on. The mathematician instantly starts crying that he will never lose his virginity. The engineer grins and starts walking. What makes the engineer so confident?
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Grimbal
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Re: Mathematician vs Engineer
« Reply #1 on: Nov 10th, 2005, 2:56am » |
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Engineers experiment first, and try to understand only when it fails.
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The engineer knows he only needs to reach the goal within an small error. He has a few extra inches to fill the gap.
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Re: Mathematician vs Engineer
« Reply #2 on: Nov 10th, 2005, 3:09am » |
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He's gay, and is walking towards the mathmatician 
Alternatively the engineer is a woman (and straight). And again chooses the mathematician, instead of what's at the end of the room.
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helenislovely
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Re: Mathematician vs Engineer
« Reply #3 on: Nov 10th, 2005, 7:58am » |
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| hidden: | | [/hideb] The engineer knows that while he can never reach the woman he can get close enough for all practical purposes[hideb] |
That's my only maths joke. I tell it at parties with other writers and get funny looks.
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Neelesh
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Re: Mathematician vs Engineer
« Reply #4 on: Nov 10th, 2005, 8:13am » |
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Nice one.
BTW, a small observation ...
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When you want to hide the text and you click on "HIDE BLOCK" tag of the editor, you should write the content between the two hide tags -
What you did was you clicked the HIDE BLOCK icon twice - once at start and once at end - and wrote in between - just as this post is written
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helenislovely
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Re: Mathematician vs Engineer
« Reply #5 on: Nov 10th, 2005, 8:32am » |
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So that's why my text came out an exciting new colour... I thought it was just the computer trying to match my shirt...
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Re: Mathematician vs Engineer
« Reply #6 on: Nov 24th, 2005, 3:34am » |
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Has anyone noticed that the (naked) woman isn't tied down by anything, so the engineer could possibly be confident of inducing her to move the remaining distance once he gets sufficiently close !!!
What say 
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Re: Mathematician vs Engineer
« Reply #7 on: Nov 24th, 2005, 11:06am » |
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on Nov 24th, 2005, 3:34am, Arachnic wrote: Has anyone noticed that the (naked) woman isn't tied down by anything, so the engineer could possibly be confident of inducing her to move the remaining distance once he gets sufficiently close !!!
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Good point. 
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Re: Mathematician vs Engineer
« Reply #8 on: Nov 24th, 2005, 1:01pm » |
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The mathematician must realize the engineer will scare the girl off, causing her to flee the building 
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Re: Mathematician vs Engineer
« Reply #9 on: Nov 24th, 2005, 7:11pm » |
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on Nov 24th, 2005, 3:34am, Arachnic wrote: Has anyone noticed that the (naked) woman isn't tied down by anything, so the engineer could possibly be confident of inducing her to move the remaining distance once he gets sufficiently close !!!
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This is a naked beautiful woman with a (presumably male) engineer and mathematician. If she wasn't trapped against her will, she would have fled immediately.
What I want to know is what sort of "feminist" would do this?
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Re: Mathematician vs Engineer
« Reply #10 on: Nov 26th, 2005, 3:26am » |
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on Nov 24th, 2005, 7:11pm, Icarus wrote:
What I want to know is what sort of "feminist" would do this? |
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I would assume these are feminist mathematicians...
No more than a conjecture, but the fact that the culprit (Helen) participates in this forum proves the point... 
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solving abstract problems is like sex: it may occasionally have some practical use, but that is not why we do it.
xy - y = x5 - y4 - y3 = 20; x>0, y>0.
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Re: Mathematician vs Engineer
« Reply #11 on: Nov 26th, 2005, 4:29am » |
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Feminist or not, by the time I made it half way to her the girl would already be throwing herself at me. My eyes are that perfect shade of "panty dropping blue" so it comes a little easier than most.
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