Overheard (June 2020)

debbie

Overheard Fri 6/12/20

"Tell me something about your math circles?" --- T. "Well, I like to draw circles..." --- Prof. Loh
"Looks like Pac-Man with a closed mouth." --- T.
"Pac-Man is rolling around itself." --- T.
"Do you always have bananas around you?"
"PO-SHEN LOH'S A MINION." --- A.
"Po-Shen Loh likes to have a daily dose of radiation." --- H.
" 'Don't try this math problem at home.' --- Po-Shen Loh." --- Y.
"So I can't try it at home... then I could try it at school..." --- C.
"That's a tough one... If you say, "Don't notice me," and then I notice, then what do I do?" --- Prof. Loh
"Prof. Loh can't see this, I think." "I see it!" --- Prof. Loh
"I'm not going to be a prime number for awhile..." -- Prof. Loh
"My dad always breaks the dishes that he washes." --- B.

The Blade Dancer

@debbie said in Overheard (June 2020):

@The-Darkin-Blade v4913 is everywhere.....

I don't know whether I should be happy or horrified.

debbie

@The-Darkin-Blade I've removed the dot-dots, so hopefully it's not scary-looking anymore.

The Blade Dancer

haha lol

debbie

Overheard Monday 6/15/20

"My brain is feeling mushy today." --- M.
"My math teacher likes to call lemmas "lemonlands." --- A.
"The police are after Po-Shen Loh's brain lol." --- A.
"Teachers: they help you solve problems that would never exist without them." --- X.
""Something's fishy..." --- Po-Shen Loh" --- L.
"Can we ram it with a Lohmobile?" --- A.
""Binomial distribution" sounds like a type of leaf blower." --- T.
"Wolf-ram Alpha? It should be Wolf-ram omega." --- L.
"Prof. is allergic to calculation." --- N.
"Celebrated math professor claims that he is lazy!" --- V.
"Bananas are all clones of each other." --- Prof. Loh
"THIS MAN IS A BANANAOLOGIST." --- E.
"History of bananas with Po-Shen Loh." --- M.
"HOW DOES HE KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT BANANAS" --- X.

Potato2017

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yumty

debbie

@Potato2017 Bananas are great, but potatoes are apparently the food with the highest satiety (makes you feel full and satisfied and happy).

Potato2017

@debbie oh lol

The Blade Dancer

Of course it's a potato are you kidding?! Potatoes are god food

Potato2017

Potatoes are best

According to a totally not biased Potato2017

The Blade Dancer

nope totally not

debbie

Overheard Tue 6/16/20

"My mom told me to eat a banana and 2 eggs for a test, and you'll get 100 (get it? one zero zero)" --- I.
""The reason I'm doing this is... What is the reason why I'm doing this?" --- Po-Shen Loh. " --- T.
"That's one lumpy circle." --- S.
"I have a grudge against trig in general." --- E.
"Prof. Loh being nurdy now." --- C.
"This one for sure will be easier. Famous last words..." --- Prof. Loh
"NOOOO NOT THE BROKEN CALCS AGAIN" --- K.

The Blade Dancer

banana and 2 eggs sure that doesn't sound bad

RZ923

@debbie What my mum did was one long fritter and two eggs

Potato2017

p o t a t o

debbie

Overheard Wednesday 6/17/20

"General, divide our 934 soldiers into 5 squadrons, and make the left over my body guards." --- P.
"I don't know long division, I'm a Roman!" --- V.
"If you showed me this picture that Prof. Loh drew and didn't tell me who drew it, I would think Picasso drew it." --- F.
"Better video game, slicing bananas for Po-Shen Loh." --- A.
"Epic video game of a clock ticking." --- Prof. Loh being sarcastic. " --- V.
"Quantum physics time." --- R.
"Dew it dew it" --- P. (on whether or not to do the ugly calculation)
"I still have two years until I learn this..." --- C.
"LOL we're actually doing this." --- A. (integrals of logarithmic functions)
" "Let's make this live stream simple." --- Proceeds with logs, crazy integrals, and $e$" --- Po-Shen Loh
"Calculus for 2nd graders like me." --- R.
"The gentle hum of his voice drives me to insanity while he solves this alien problem." --- P.

Potato2017

wut.....ok

sqwishy

@debbie hahahaha these people are so funny

debbie

@Potato2017 There was a palpable frustration from the audience yesterday, as the questions were a bit on the hard side... But don't worry, it won't be like this today (oh wait, today is MBMT...) I mean, tomorrow!

debbie

@sqwishy Yes, the live stream is entertaining on many levels (math ideas being only one )