Celebrate Pi Day with Funny Pi Jokes!

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The thread centers around humorous takes on Pi Day, featuring jokes and playful commentary related to the mathematical constant pi. Participants share jokes, engage in light-hearted banter, and explore various interpretations of Pi Day and its significance.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant shares a joke contrasting the methods of a mathematician, physicist, and engineer in calculating the volume of a rubber ball.
  • Another participant humorously notes the formula for the volume of a pizza, incorporating pi.
  • Several participants engage in playful commentary about the concept of Pi Day, with jokes about the absence of a 14th month and alternative date formats.
  • There are multiple mentions of "Approximate Pi Day," suggesting a humorous take on the precision of pi.
  • One participant references a star date, appealing to fans of Star Trek, as a playful alternative to celebrating Pi Day.
  • Participants discuss various date formats, including European styles, in a humorous context related to Pi Day.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally share a light-hearted agreement on the humor surrounding Pi Day, but there are competing interpretations of how to celebrate or reference the day, particularly regarding date formats and the concept of approximation.

Contextual Notes

Some jokes rely on cultural references and assumptions about mathematical knowledge, which may not be universally understood. The humor is subjective and varies among participants.

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Individuals interested in mathematics, humor, or cultural celebrations of Pi Day may find the discussion entertaining and engaging.

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Happy Pi Day: Pi jokes!

A mathematician, a physicist, and an engineer are all given identical
rubber balls and told to find the volume. They are given anything they
want to measure it, and have all the time they need.

The mathematician pulls out a measuring tape and records the circumference. He then divides by two times pi to get the radius, cubes that, multiplies by pi again, and then multiplies by four-thirds and thereby calculates the volume.

The physicist gets a bucket of water, places 1.00000 gallons of water in the bucket, drops in the ball, and measures the displacement to six significant figures.

And the engineer writes down the serial number of the ball, and looks it up.Question: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a jack-o-lantern by its diameter?
Answer: Pumpkin Pi!

Question: What do you get when you take the moon and divide its circumference by its diameter?
Answer: Pi in the sky.

Question: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice cream by its diameter?
Answer: Pi a’la mode.
 
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Have you noticed that if a pizza has a depth ##a## and a radius ##z##, the volume is ##pi\cdot z\cdot z \cdot a## ?
 
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collinsmark said:

I like his title: Standup Mathematician.
 
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BillTre said:
I like his title: Standup Mathematician.

We don't have PI day as there is no 14th month.
 
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Maybe a star date (calling star trek geeks!)?
 
Happy Approximate Pi Day!
 
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Vanadium 50 said:
Happy Approximate Pi Day!
Pi = 0.0001574...?
 
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Write it like a European.
 
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Vanadium 50 said:
Write it like a European.
Write it with an attitude?
 
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