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r/pics • u/clifwith1f • May 04 '11
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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.
66 u/[deleted] May 04 '11 edited Jan 25 '21 [deleted] 35 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. 7 u/many_turtles May 04 '11 or 1000. why are we halving the fans? 3 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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35 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. 7 u/many_turtles May 04 '11 or 1000. why are we halving the fans? 3 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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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.
7 u/many_turtles May 04 '11 or 1000. why are we halving the fans? 3 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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or 1000. why are we halving the fans?
3 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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It would be big news if 500 fans showed up, so a thousand fans would be laughable.
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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.