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To: Ezekiel

I tried to memorize the value of pi out to 12 decimal places when I was younger. I wanted to be world-famous. And I was sure that would impress the ladies.

Then I found out that the current record holder had memorized the value out to 10,000 places (it’s much more now). So I gave up, and decided to find a good job instead.

Turns out that impressed the ladies even more.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piphilology#Memorization_record_holders


9 posted on 03/14/2026 7:24:22 AM PDT by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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To: Leaning Right
I was sure that would impress the ladies

Spock became quite the attraction among the ladies. Was it his logic? I don't think so. He became a hot item after he was in an episode where he fought his own captain to the death over a lady. Fighting for a female is all the rage in the animal world and people are not immune to that instinct.

14 posted on 03/14/2026 7:35:00 AM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: Leaning Right

Wow, there’s quite an art and a science involved in all of that.

As far as birthdays are concerned, and good jobs, depending...

3.14159265, the first nine digits of pi, can be read as “san-i-shi-i-ko-ku-ni-mu-kō” (産医師異国に向こう), meaning “an obstetrician faces towards a foreign country”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_wordplay#Examples


26 posted on 03/14/2026 8:01:18 AM PDT by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". 🔴 Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with MARS ♂️, aka every man)
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