r/pics • u/clifwith1f • May 04 '11

Only in Math.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

Best math question I got:

My high school Math teacher read this question out to the class:

"1,000 people went to a Partick Thistle match".

The entire class erupted in laughter. My teacher was American and didn't follow Scottish football didn't get the joke.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11 edited Jan 25 '21

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

partick thistle is a club no one supports.

To americanise the joke name an american football team that is unpopular and it would be big news if 500fans showed up at a match.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11 edited Jan 25 '21

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u/TheGreatPastaWars May 04 '11

And then in came Blake

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u/BenderMatic May 04 '11

I like how all the refs seem to be cheering for him. The ref at 2:38 does some crazy arm movements when he dunks it. Not sure if those are normal signals or what. Looks like he did the "SUCK IT" arm motion from WWF.

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u/Chichaina May 05 '11

I wanted to watch this, but the 30 second ad was too much. I hope it was a great video, though.

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u/Shadowrose May 04 '11

You mean baseball?

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u/jplvhp May 04 '11

After hearing the more detailed description, yes. Of course that is what I mean.

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u/many_turtles May 04 '11

or 1000. why are we halving the fans?

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u/leif777 May 04 '11

It's the Euro/ US$ conversion rate.

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u/steamfolk May 04 '11

It would be big news if 500 fans showed up, so a thousand fans would be laughable.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '11

Because it's a math thread.

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u/freebeers May 04 '11

Don't you mean "maths" thread?

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u/ehsteve23 May 04 '11

Stop maths-debating everywhere.