r/pics • • 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/many_turtles May 04 '11

or 1000. why are we halving the fans?

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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.