How Do You Eat Corn On the Cob?

[Illuminerdi]

When you eat corn on the cob, how do you physically eat it?

Here's why:
http://bentilly.blogspot.com/2010/08/analysis-vs-algebra-predicts-eating.html

I eat it in a spiral.

 

[Jimmy Snyder]

After I clear a path of width 4 kernels, I then topple each row of kernels with my bottom teeth so that they snap off. The result is a very clean cob and I get the max nutrition. Even though it grows vertically, I eat it horizontally.

 

[DaveC426913]

In other words, Jimmy is a robot.

 

[DaveC426913]

I eat my corn in a spiral (I would have termed it as vertical, but I can roll with spiral), and indeed, I have a tough time with object-oriented development, which would place me in the analyst group, thus corroborating the author's hypothesis.

 

[rootX]

We need a poll for this thread!

As for me, I also eat in a spiral .

 

[DaveC426913]

I also eat in a spiral .

And?

Are you an algebraist/object-orienteerist, or an analyst?

 

[Evo]

I eat in a row from left to right, then turn and eat the next rows from left to right. It's tidier, you have clean cut rows all along the length.

That is also how my cats ate corn.

 

[jedishrfu]

For me I remember the typewriter song and chomp away left to right to its beat and zip back for the next three rows. For added sloppy fun, I sometimes use butter and salt. My favorite is the mixed corn with yellow and white kernels.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQM-0kaxgmE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[Danger]

That is also how my cats ate corn.

Really? My cat waits until the mice eat the corn, and then eats them. That's the same approach that I use, except I substitute cows for mice.

 

[Monocles]

I eat corn in both manners - sometimes both ways on the same cob. I'm also pretty much on the fence between analysis and algebra. I like both topics a lot!

 

[Illuminerdi]

Really? My cat waits until the mice eat the corn, and then eats them. That's the same approach that I use, except I substitute cows for mice.

I use the same approach, except I substitute corn for cheeseburgers and cows for people.

 

[jtbell]

Really? My cat waits until the mice eat the corn, and then eats them. That's the same approach that I use, except I substitute cows for mice.

You do cook the cows first, don't you?

I use the typewriter method myself, gobbling up three or four rows at a time.

 

[Danger]

You do cook the cows first, don't you?

The only requirement is a chainsaw; fire is optional.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I chew neat geometric figures by biting out one kernel at a time. Circles are hardest.

 

[Ken Natton]

I am also fascinated by this. I can identify myself as an algebraist and horizontal eater of corn. More particularly, I am an adherent of the object oriented approach to programming, and would further extend that to the more old fashioned term – I prefer the bottom up to the top down approach to programming. Algebraists \ OOPers \ bottom-upers \ horizontal corn eaters like to figure out and declare all the variables required, write the utility sub-routines necessary and only then write the module level code with all required elements at hand. Analysts \ functional orienters \ top-downers \ spiral corn eaters prefer the instinctive, brilliant approach, starting at the first line and declaring variables, writing subroutines as they encounter the need for them.

From this, for anyone who knows the story of the events of the Pocono Conference, I’d like to propose this hypothesis: Julian Schwinger ate his corn in rows, Richard Feynman ate his in spirals.

 

[Charmar]

I will agree with Danger's cow method being my favorite, but if someone places an ear of corn in front of me it will be eaten in spirals.

 

[Borg]

I eat my corn in a spiral (I would have termed it as vertical, but I can roll with spiral), and indeed, I have a tough time with object-oriented development, which would place me in the analyst group, thus corroborating the author's hypothesis.

I need to pass out free corn at work. I suspect that more than a few of the programmers are eating in spirals. :tongue:

 

[Dembadon]

I cut the corn off of the cob with a knife and then eat it with a spoon. I can't stand getting food between my teeth. :grumpy:

Since this is usually the preferred method of a child, I should have a preference for multiplication tables and long division.

Edit: Borg, that link in your signature contains some absolutely hilarious material! Especially the "naming" section. :rofl:

 

[jim hardy]

i must be an algebra-ist because i can't handle high math.
And i always try what's worked before first.

And i eat corn in a horizontal nibble in cadence with music playing in my head - Arthur Fiedler's arrangement of "Typewriter"

 

[Borg]

Edit: Borg, that link in your signature contains some absolutely hilarious material! Especially the "naming" section. :rofl:

Glad you liked it. Unfortunately, I've seen too many of those examples in real code.