Overheard (May 2020)
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Overheard from the 5/1/20 live stream
"If numbers have no end, then why is there no such thing as infinite speed and infinite weight?"
"Will you answer no to this question?" Prof. Loh: "I won't."
"This statement is false (true or false?)."
"I am a genius at math, but I want to be a doctor. What should I do?"
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Overheard 5/2/20
"I sweat a lot when I do math problems." --- Y
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Overheard 5/8/20
"I'm a great banana fan." ---Prof. Loh
"Everyone else: Gets obsessed with bananas." ---- E
"This stuff is waaaaaaay out of my level haha"
"Play the horn sound that you play in the Daily Challenge when you get a problem wrong."
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Overheard from the 5/9/20 live stream
"Is there a cameraman?"
"When was the last time you had a haircut?"
"Do you always use the same cartoony bubbly font?"
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“The reasons bananas
are the best snack before a competition”
“Big, spiky protractors for maths competition are blocked big round metal things (medals) when passing the customs from IMO” -
Overheard 5/15/20 (Lexington Math Tournament Special Live Stream)
"This dude just formulated how to solve this problem even though my entire team took many hours." --- M. X.
"No way it's actually Alan Bu what a god" --- W. L.
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Overheard 5/16/20
"I KNOW RIGHT, HE ALWAYS TRICKS US LIKE THIS IN DAILY CHALLENGE" --- L.
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Overheard 5/18/20
"I like the lumps from 2 times ago (the lumping of Cities)" --- R. Z.
"100% of the time I don't use 100%" --- Prof. Loh
"How can I get very good at math, I already eat bananas?" --- A.
"Are you a robot?"
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“The writing is WAY to big!”
“Zoop! That’s better” -
Overheard 5/20/20
"IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET RID OF CLOVERS USING MATH?" --- S.
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Funny moderator replies
“Is @... a bot?”
Mod: “Probably” -
Overheard 5/21/20
"There are two different infinities... this is the bigger one...." --- Prof. Loh
"....and the long-lost twin of a prime is a composite!" --- Prof. Loh
"Do you have a floating keyboard?"
"An "EZ" question that's not really easy... (Question was submitted by someone named EZ)" -- Prof. Loh
"My school banned compasses because they are a weapon."
"The IMO team was stopped at the airport for having weapons in their luggage.... no, they weren't weapons, but they looked like weapons. They were their medals!" --- Prof. Loh
"Strange pointy things." --- Prof. Loh
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What Prof. Loh respond to the unsolvable question:
Prof Loh adding word “Easy” on top -
“Why should twin primes be called twins when they are 2 apart? 2 and 3 should be the only twin primes!” Prof Loh 2020
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Overheard 5/23/20
"You have neighbors????! LUCKY!!!! I have no neighbors cause my parents got this mansion and we have no neighbors other than the birds nest." ---- S.
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Overheard 5/23/20
"Did you get more paper to stand on? I feel like you got slightly taller." --- E.
"How can you make a very SLOW rocket?" ---- H.
"Is Star Trek or Star Wars real?" ---- B.
"Can you summon a monster?"
"Do you think stopping time is possible?"
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Overheard 5/26/20
"This is like the most amazing chat box I've ever seen." --- C.
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Overheard 5/27/20
"My mom says you look more and more handsome." --- A.
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"Po-Shen Loh's most used words: 1. Hmmm.... 2. ZOOP! 3. Boom! " --- T.
"How do you get a life?" ---- M.
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Overheard 5/30/20
"Which would you choose: pizza, taco, or hot dog?"
Prof. Loh: "Taco."
"Do you guys have mobs of people at your office?"
Prof. Loh: "Um... No."
