Re: [math-fun] An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar
As I was just about to laugh after reading the punch line, I realized there was nothing to indicate that the m'cians didn't know their limits, and therefore the joke isn't as funny as it might have been, so I didn't. But maybe if some kind of twist were worked in so that they didn't, I would. —Dan ----- An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. First mathematician goes up to the bartender and orders a pint. Second mathematician orders half a pint. Third mathematician orders a quarter pint. Fourth mathematician orders an eighth pint. Fifth mathematician orders a sixteenth pint. Bartender says, "stop right there, here are two pints. The problem with you mathematicians is you need to know your limits." -----
On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 1:56 PM Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote:
As I was just about to laugh after reading the punch line, I realized there was nothing to indicate that the m'cians didn't know their limits, and therefore the joke isn't as funny as it might have been, so I didn't.
The version of the joke I tell ends with Fifth mathematician starts to order a sixteenth pint, and the bartender cuts him off, saying "Two drink limit!" Andy
But maybe if some kind of twist were worked in so that they didn't, I would.
—Dan
----- An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar.
First mathematician goes up to the bartender and orders a pint. Second mathematician orders half a pint. Third mathematician orders a quarter pint. Fourth mathematician orders an eighth pint. Fifth mathematician orders a sixteenth pint.
Bartender says, "stop right there, here are two pints. The problem with you mathematicians is you need to know your limits." -----
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