I completely suck at math. Like, my math could suck a trigonometry textbook through 50 feet of garden hose. But I guess at the most extreme you'd need 366 people to assure that there would be one duplicate birthday. (excluding a Feb29th)

But, and this is a complete I suck at math guess, if you only needed a 50/50 chance, couldn't you divide 366 by 2 and get something like 183?

But again, while I rock at geometry which isn't really math, I had to take college algebra three times to get a D.

Did I mention I suck at math?

Twins again? I KILLED geometry. I loved proofs. Algae-bra is another animal. I didn't have to retake it but I had to spend some actual time on it.

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That sound you hear is my brain exploding.

In other words...HUH WHAT?

;)

The Wikipedia explanation is pretty good. I'm not going to retype it here. :D

I wouldn't understand it anyway! :)

You would understand it easily. It's just never been explained to you properly.

The computer won't let her understand it.

Fine. I didn't even try to understand it. Busted. :blush:

Maybe I'll try to understand it later.

[gazes dreamily at Pie]

Hey hey! I knew that one! I just came late to the thread. Can I have some dreamy gazing too? I get more of the "blank stare" variety most of the time...

Clod's brain can get a duplicate birthday match using only 11.5 people.

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If "prop weapon" had been a combat dildo, that would have been much better.

Who wants to bet that the "less than lethal munition" was one of those bean-bag shotgun shells, shot from behind him, thus causing his fatal fall?

;)

lol - that or a tazer.

Nah. Canadian Police have cornered the market of taser misuse. ;)

Technically, the "less than lethal munition" didn't kill him.

The sudden stop at the bottom of the cliff did.

Not, I think, all that high a reading on the weirdmeter -- but curious enough: Vicar Calls Out Parish for Archery Practice.

Nock, draw, loose!

I heard of this as a "bar bet" you win most of the time (i.e., >=50% chance of winning) with a random group of 23 people.

'I'm here to behead Bin Laden'

Good for him. It's about time a christian extremist terrorist did to them what they've been doing to us. When is someone like Bill Gates going to finance the dirty bombing of Muhammed's tomb?

Maybe this should go in the WTF thread.

Woman died after being given smoker's lungs
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I would have never imagined that a smokers lungs, nor a drinkers liver would be accepted for transplant.

Isn't it interesting that we find an armed Westerner, a Christian, with what would appear to be mental difficulties stalking his way through Pakistan amusing. I wonder how we would feel if a Muslim, maybe a Pakistani, with a similar mind set and as well equipped as Gary Faulkner was creeping around our streets looking for Mr. Obama or even Sylvester Stallone?

Who's "we" -??

Convenient shorthand, nothing more.

The item was posted in an a thread titled, "Weird News".

Not amusing - WEIRD. Very weird.

You don't find it weird that an American went to one of the most rural and desolate parts of Pakistan armed with a sword to find and kill bin Laden alone?

Got a double today:

a bulldozer that can outrun a motorcycle?

@ Zen: I love that Big Butter Jesus (or Touchdown Jesus Part Deux) has made international news. It's been quite the talk around here. Many of us have seen that monstrosity. A friend told me his kid would be upset because she knows when she saw Jebus that King's Island was just a little farther away. We had a fire alarm at the school the day after it happened and as we made our way down the stairwell I heard another administrator say "If it can happen to Butter Jesus it can happen to any of us."

Here's a link for more info: http://www.whiotv.com/news/23901668/detail.html

Check out the slideshow. I find the "after" photo to be particularly hilarious.

I just looked at the pictures. Didn't his mother ever tell him to get out of the lake if there was lightning? Jeez.

If they rebuild him I think they should use marshmallows.

Yeah, they built a giant lightning rod made of flammable materials set into a lake. And attached it to a building! What moron of an insurance company covered THAT?

He will rise again.

Faith based engineering at its finest. You see, all the intelligence went into the other design.

Puesta Del Sol Elementary Temporarily Put On Lockdown

Link

A motor racing executive died reportedly after an extreme S&M session with an infamous Belgian dominatrix and her assistant.
He was identified Friday as Robin Mortimer, the 58-year-old founder of RPM Motorsport, a British touring car team. He was in Belgium for this weekend's International GT Open.
Mistress Lucrezia, 46, and Mistress Juno, 38, were arrested at their villa near Brecht, Belgium, and charged with assault and battery following the death on Tuesday afternoon.
Authorities in Antwerp said he may have died after being given nitrous oxide; also known as laughing gas and used as an anesthetic to prolong sadistic sex sessions.
On her website Mistress Lucrezia warns she offers "bondage, humiliation, torture, education and cross-dressing" with sessions lasting between one hour and three days. She is said to be a regular guest of the British S&M scene.
Het Nieuwsblad newspaper reported that Mortimer's family reacted with shock when they were told of the apparent circumstances of his death.
An earlier statement from the family read: "It is understood that Robin died of natural causes in his sleep at a hotel in Belgium while traveling with his team en route to Spa Francorchamps.
"Alex Mortimer, Robin's British GT Championship-winning son, hopes to compete in the International GT Open taking place at Spa this weekend, June 26-27, alongside Peter Bamford, in honor of his father.
"Robin's wife Bridget, fondly known as Biddy, and Alex are grateful for the continued messages of condolence and support but respectfully request privacy at this difficult time."

Those wacky NorKors crack me up.

You guys better pay up, I hear they have a really good lawyer.

Kim Jong-ilberg

I'm thankful Texas still has the death penalty.

Sorry Bruce, but he ain't gonna fry ... even thought he's an asshat that deserves much worse than death.

I thought that undocumented aliens had to obey the law the same as everyone else and faced the same penalties if they don't. What? Has Texas made an exception for them? :confused:

I dunno, I think they may get deported.

Not only are they "undocumented", they are also illegal and are breaking US law by being here "undocumented".

If you do some checking you will discover that illegal aliens are clearly subject to US jurisdiction while on our soil. They are punished for the crimes they commit here in the US exactly the way a US citizen would be. The only difference is that once an illegal has served his jail term, he gets deported.

Merc, I never said illegal aliens weren't breaking the law by being here undocumented. Of course they are.

Pardon my slip from civility....

I detest the PC term "undocumented" when in fact they are criminals by being here illegally.

Don't confuse that with my full understanding that they have and continue to make a significant contribution to our society. IMHO the issue is much bigger than the simple assessment of contributions members of our social strata make to the whole.

Again, I apologize for draging the threads of another issue to this discussion, since that is now taboo.

(sigh) Whatever. Are there more new rules I should know about since I've been absent for a couple of weeks? I thought that the new Cellar censorship applied only to the politics forum.

What would Ms. Manners say?

BTW, it'll take me a bit to get back on deck. I had no idea of what you were referring to.

K

Yeah, this is just a little weird...

LINK

In defense of my neighbor, I'd put her weirdness on par with pumping bodies full of formaldehyde and planting them in large groups. People are funny about death, I'm just not sure societies approved coping mechanisms are any better than one persons odd decision.

How long did it take you to call the authorities Griff?
I mean really - how many times were you at her parties saying
"I'll just get Dad and I another drink?" Ya lush!

I don't think Griff would say "Dad and I" in that way.

A pic of Dad and I.

On this day in history:

July 6th, 1734, Norwegian missionary Hans Egede gave one of the oldest descriptions of the mystical creature known as a "Sea Serpent." Some modern scholars have come to the conclusion that what he (and subsequent mariners) saw was actually a whale penis, with a whole series of compelling photos showing the resemblance.

That's plausible. :yesnod:

Tired Gay succumbs to Dix in 200 meters

Not especially weird, but definitely a puckish headline.

The picture there is even better. Seems copyrighted though so I'm not copying.

High Noon in Pahrump, Nev.: Sheriff Arrests the District Attorney
The D.A. Chooses Not to File Charges Against Himself, Investigates His Nemesis
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some people should be drowned as puppies:

the rest of it

Why not just admit to the crack-pipe failure? Or was he required to lie because his pants were on fire?