Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Square Root Day Dinner

Laura comes home to find an odd dinner prepared by George on his cooking night.

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Laura: What’re these funny cubes on my plate?

George: You know what day it is?

Laura: It’s the 3rd of March.

George: And the year?

Laura: 2009. So?

George: Don’t you see? 3.3.9. It’s square root day. 3 times 3 equals nine.

Laura: But there are three groups of nine, makes 27.

George: Don’t you see Laura? They’re CUBES. 3 cubed is 3 x 3 x 3 = 27. 27 cubes. 9 cubes of feta, 9 cubes of carrot and 9 cubes of cheddar. My JOKE!

Laura: George, don’t you think you may have just a little too much time on your hands? Maybe you should have another go at politics.

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Voice-over

Numerology: ascribing special power to numbers. Astrology gave rise to astronomy. Pseudomaths preceded mathematics. 

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