Overheard (June 2020)
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Overheard Tue 6/30/20
"[The number of minutes left on the countdown timer is] the second perfect number minus the quantity "the second perfect number divided by four."" --- M.
"Complementary counting! Oh, that's where you ask a bunch of senators to count themselves for you, and then you compliment them on their good efforts. Oh, that's a different complimentary. Spelling-wise, it's spelled different. Complementary counting means that someone else does the counting, and it's free! Ah, that's not the kind of complimentary you're talking about, is it?" --- Prof. Loh doing the Senators problem
"Let's see, how can you find all the dogs and cats in America using math? Am I supposed to find all the dogs and cats in America who know how to use math? The way I would do that is I would attempt to run a live stream covering the type of math that dogs and cats like to do, and we'll see how many of them tune in." --- Prof. Loh
"For every 3 people there is like \(\frac{1}{3}\) of a pet." --- Prof. Loh
"That's amazing! So there are like \(300\) million people in the U.S., and like \(120\) million dogs and cats." --- Prof. Loh
"Are there actually more pets than people in the U.S.? Wow, I've just learned something new!" --- Prof. Loh
"And if anyone wants to have pet bacteria, then those will outnumber us very soon. Please do not grow pet bacteria. Please do not do that at home." --- Prof. Loh
"Last Sunday I saw a person walking a guinea pig in a park." --- V.
"In Australia there are more kangaroos than people." --- V.
"I just like killing bugs, of the computer variant." --- T."[On "What if it literally rained cats and dogs?"] If it were raining cats and dogs, then it would probably also be raining TVs, dishes, refrigerators, etc. because that means there would have to be a tornado." --- Prof. Loh
"The first time I saw a spider on a book, I nearly threw the book in the trash can, no lie, no lie." --- S.
"I'm bad at math; what's the point of listening to Prof. Loh if I can't understand?" --- C.
"To learn about bananas, lumps, and art." --- H. -
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@debbie
The one about a guinea pig being walked in a park (I did that), it is actually true.
I got such a surprise.
I was like that:
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@debbie Where is the new overheard post for today?
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@CoherentMango Wow you are so observant!!
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@debbie It's totally fine, I was just curious
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@The-Rogue-Blade
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Lol $$$$
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THE FINAL COUNTDOWN!!!
