tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post306222734492554329..comments2023-11-05T03:56:08.325-08:00Comments on Murrmurrs: Fifth-Grade MathMurr Brewsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-17231420571425329532011-04-05T15:29:39.307-07:002011-04-05T15:29:39.307-07:00My God! A slipstick! Wherever did you find that?...My God! A slipstick! Wherever did you find that? I'd give a bunch to have mine. Be a riot showing it to kids. They'd think it was amazing. "But Granpa, where do you put the batteries?"<br><br>My calculus prof used to (every time) put a note on the board in his lecture room: "This semester's grades were calculated with a sly drool." In my case, it would have digitalzenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10670556566634503223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-39711827958683226472010-07-25T19:27:35.273-07:002010-07-25T19:27:35.273-07:00My God! A slipstick! Wherever did you find that?...My God! A slipstick! Wherever did you find that? I'd give a bunch to have mine. Be a riot showing it to kids. They'd think it was amazing. "But Granpa, where do you put the batteries?"<br /><br />My calculus prof used to (every time) put a note on the board in his lecture room: "This semester's grades were calculated with a sly drool." In my case, it would digitalzenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10670556566634503223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-9853551961188062792010-07-20T09:55:58.676-07:002010-07-20T09:55:58.676-07:00Mike, I was struck by the resemblance also. And a...Mike, I was struck by the resemblance also. And as for the first question, I've never figured out how to get anyone to pay me for anything. If I had, I could have racked up a sizable nest egg in the Free Love Seventies.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-498288048147989982010-07-20T09:50:04.705-07:002010-07-20T09:50:04.705-07:00Why aren't you a highly paid columnist, Murr? ...Why aren't you a highly paid columnist, Murr? This is another brilliant post, although I'd have to take exception with your conclusion: Your angle on this subject isn't a right angle, it's a left angle, which is a perverse angle, or obtuse angle or one of those dirty little words ending in an shhhh sound. I'm sure Lafferty knows.<br /><br />P.S. -- Is it just me, or does she MikeWJ at Too Many Morningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357719098554598893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-30458429932315311512010-07-20T08:14:56.250-07:002010-07-20T08:14:56.250-07:00LOL Love it!LOL Love it!Attila the Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02158308703617226652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-53364273374374704032010-07-19T19:25:24.927-07:002010-07-19T19:25:24.927-07:00And the winner is!And the winner is!Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-14879428521865899542010-07-19T18:52:35.461-07:002010-07-19T18:52:35.461-07:00You are parabola right about partial derivatives, ...You are parabola right about partial derivatives, but there are always pluses and minuses. Topological closure is inversely proportional to coprime. We refuse to be quotient about it anymore. Square roots do not tuple. Nearest integer functions are not isomorphic. These are just the factorials.sculptor1https://www.blogger.com/profile/01342942066482312114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-85139481303442416182010-07-19T09:08:25.708-07:002010-07-19T09:08:25.708-07:00I'll cop to the L-word, Robert, but I can only...I'll cop to the L-word, Robert, but I can only go so far. In case you missed it, here's a very early post about how I feel about the <a href="http://murrbrewster.blogspot.com/2009/01/rip-rsvp.html" rel="nofollow">Metric System.</a>Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-52832671161498590442010-07-18T23:26:54.998-07:002010-07-18T23:26:54.998-07:00Ok you Liberals win - so we might as well just tot...Ok you Liberals win - so we might as well just totally go Socialist, that way we can scrap fractions altogether and go completely decimal like the godless Europeans.Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-63482583965162900262010-07-18T22:08:44.331-07:002010-07-18T22:08:44.331-07:00I'm not going to lie. I haven't visited he...I'm not going to lie. I haven't visited here yet very often, but I'll be back and hopefully with a wittier comment than this one to complement the wit of your posts, or at least attempt to complement, or should I say, add to the wit of your post, which I'm not sure if I could do because I'm mathematically challenged too. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-59503465966038087892010-07-18T17:09:35.056-07:002010-07-18T17:09:35.056-07:00I wanted to say something witty and intelligent bu...I wanted to say something witty and intelligent but being math challenged, I'm stumped! Fortunately math skills are not a requirement to realizing that people should have the right to love whomever makes them happy.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16039261743881342348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-74156644714262522912010-07-18T14:12:15.838-07:002010-07-18T14:12:15.838-07:00I suspect that even this Maths lesson may be too d...I suspect that even this Maths lesson may be too difficult for some to understand. Maybe we need to go back to 1 plus 1 equals 2, except when it involves a man and a man.Madame DeFargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08172239340844485940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-64049593684974583882010-07-17T22:00:07.284-07:002010-07-17T22:00:07.284-07:00"People who can't count shouldn't be ..."People who can't count shouldn't be in charge of deciding which people don't count." -Brilliant!!<br /><br />Believe it or not, I wandered over here hoping for a brief respite from studying for an impending calculus exam! However, you've finally helped me understand the true value of learning math--to better insult one's opponents.CNemeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14647835899067367137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-58338434147952872922010-07-17T19:05:58.069-07:002010-07-17T19:05:58.069-07:00How do these morons even figure out how to turn on...How do these morons even figure out how to turn on a computer? "Traditional." Yes, unfortunately ignorance and prejudice is just that. We've on the same wave length this week.injaynesworldhttp://injaynesworld.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-38171866594269001652010-07-17T18:41:51.502-07:002010-07-17T18:41:51.502-07:00Superb! Your command of language is at a peak wit...Superb! Your command of language is at a peak with this one, and couldn't have been aimed at a more well-deserving group. I need to send your blog address to my Aunt Virginia, the shrill-email-forwarding queen who just sent me one that admonishes people to boycott the new Muslim postal stamp from our Muslim president.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-91896025740818927312010-07-17T16:56:28.898-07:002010-07-17T16:56:28.898-07:00Insert obligatory McMenamin's boo and hiss her...Insert obligatory McMenamin's boo and hiss here!Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18207121540248325766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-75261799212597720192010-07-17T16:25:13.625-07:002010-07-17T16:25:13.625-07:00You has done outdid yourself! Truly, a classic.You has done outdid yourself! Truly, a classic.Catbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08817359455864023690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-18398874096362433742010-07-17T15:26:04.013-07:002010-07-17T15:26:04.013-07:00Oh, it's on the left up there, just below the ...Oh, it's on the left up there, just below the Political Poop. Ancient history by now. But it was significant because I'd just started writing and was encouraged beyond all reason, and it helped me think of myself in those terms. It led to me writing more and more, including this here blog, which I must say doesn't pay all that well. As we all know!<br /><br />Caroline, you are Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-87264699688203939102010-07-17T14:04:27.908-07:002010-07-17T14:04:27.908-07:00What video, Murr? And what did you win?What video, Murr? And what did you win?Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-62382192018029185972010-07-17T13:44:50.571-07:002010-07-17T13:44:50.571-07:00OMG, I didn't realize that wearing button-down...OMG, I didn't realize that wearing button-down collar shirts and corduroy jeans to school was a threat to my 9th graders! Am I a cross-dresser?<br />And what about the current style with the boys pants at half-mast...I'd rather see a well done drag queen that all the boxers we are treated to most days!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09646529544107229536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-2755406847590659162010-07-17T12:00:47.381-07:002010-07-17T12:00:47.381-07:00Yep. Priceless. I choked on my water when I saw ...Yep. Priceless. I choked on my water when I saw you and the chalkboard. Murr, I think you could write about ANYTHING and make it hilarious.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040099513110890878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-80439405289375572722010-07-17T10:47:18.808-07:002010-07-17T10:47:18.808-07:00Oh my gosh, that cosine pun was acute!
But what I...Oh my gosh, that cosine pun was acute!<br /><br />But what I really want to know, Murr, is did you draw those states freehand? <br /><br />And don't you just love a good old chalkboard? I have one from a university remodel of a geology department. It's one of my treasured possessions...Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18207121540248325766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-58949078787901870962010-07-17T08:51:43.978-07:002010-07-17T08:51:43.978-07:00Damn, that's good.Damn, that's good.Frank Lee MeiDerehttp://probablydontlikeyou.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-46117891778615086282010-07-17T07:05:48.681-07:002010-07-17T07:05:48.681-07:00Cost of slide rule--$19
Cost of chalkboard--$207
C...Cost of slide rule--$19<br />Cost of chalkboard--$207<br />Cost of cross-dressing outfit--$31<br /><br />Murr's Math Lesson--priceless!KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-468223150447785936.post-78341232781771150302010-07-17T06:42:36.056-07:002010-07-17T06:42:36.056-07:00Funny math!!! And I just watched your video-Yay! ...Funny math!!! And I just watched your video-Yay! Glad you won-it sure is a well-done piece!knittergranhttp://www.knittergran.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com