Collection of Science Jokes P2

[strangerep]

[...] pole dance? Residue [...]

 

[BillTre]

Brought to you by Leon County, Florida:

 

[Bandersnatch]

 

[Ibix]

Illustration of why questions need to be well formulated:

The River Avon near Bristol is a variant on Afon, the Welsh for "river". My geography teacher claimed this is probably due to a similar conversation between a Roman military map maker and some unimpressed local...

 

[mfb]

Wikipedia has a long list of tautological place names
"River river" is very common, but there are also many "lake lake", "hill hill" (and even a "hill hill hill" in three languages), "mountain mountain", "island island", one "cave cave cave" and more.

 

[DrGreg]

Wikipedia has a long list of tautological place names
"River river" is very common, but there are also many "lake lake", "hill hill" (and even a "hill hill hill" in three languages), "mountain mountain", "island island", one "cave cave cave" and more.

There is also the related topic RAS syndrome (redundant acronym syndrome syndrome), examples of which are:

• PIN number
• ATM machine
• HIV virus
• LCD display
• PDF format
• RAS syndrome

 

[DrClaude]

The River Avon near Bristol is a variant on Afon, the Welsh for "river". My geography teacher claimed this is probably due to a similar conversation between a Roman military map maker and some unimpressed local...

Not as bad as an entire country named "the village"

The name of Canada has been in use since the founding of the French colony of Canada in the 16th century. The name originates from a Saint-Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata (or canada) for "settlement", "village", or "land".

 

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[Vanadium 50]

If you replace 123456789 with 123456790 it's exact.

 

[jack action]

If you replace 123456789 with 123456790 it's exact.

My calculator says 8.000000008. And 8 X 123456790 = 987654320. (So, actually 8.000000008100000008)

And it's so much harder to memorize.

 

[BillTre]

If you replace 123456789 with 123456790 it's exact.

However, that removes the mathematical beauty of the formula.
Can't be right!

 

[Ibix]

Did you know that Meatloaf's girlfriend refused to do his taxes for him? Apparently she would do anything for love, but she won't do VAT.

Edit: meant to post that in Lame Jokes...

 

[Vanadium 50]

Can't be right!

That's the point. <sigh>

 

[phinds]

That's the point. <sigh>

Yeah, where you have to explain a joke ... <sigh>

 

[mfb]

If you replace 123456789 with 123456790 it's exact.

8*123456790 = 987654321

 

[jack action]

Source​

 

[Keith_McClary]

More Great Ways to Annoy a Mathematician
Ben Orlin Cartoons April 8, 2020

Here’s an assortment of 35 cartoons I’ve posted to Twitter and Facebook in the last year. Hope you enjoy!

 

[davenn]

 

[Wrichik Basu]

 

[BillTre]

The world of aquaculture has its own rules:

 

[Keith_McClary]

If we send astronauts to the sun they will burn!

Don't worry, we will send them at night.

(These were speech bubbles on a photo of two prominent people.)

 

[BillTre]

 

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[WWGD]

Wikipedia has a long list of tautological place names
"River river" is very common, but there are also many "lake lake", "hill hill" (and even a "hill hill hill" in three languages), "mountain mountain", "island island", one "cave cave cave" and more.

And my 1st world gripe: ATM, not ATM machine.

 

[WWGD]

It seems the ODE to joy only has local solutions. How unpleasant.

 

[BillTre]

 

[BillTre]

M.A.S.H. does the Coronavirus:

 

[davenn]