Pythagorean Pick-Up [Updated]

Don’t you wish stuff like this actually happened?

Comic showing guy picking up a girl using the Pythagorean Theorem
Click the comic to see it on its original page.
Comic courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

You get bonus bragging rights if you spotted the missing precondition.

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Comments (9)

  1. Sloot wrote::

    pyth only applies if it’s a right angled triangle.

    factually incorrect cartoon ;-)

    Saturday, December 15, 2007 at 11:56 am #
  2. David Janes wrote::

    Tsk tsk… and in a Euclidean space.

    Saturday, December 15, 2007 at 12:13 pm #
  3. Brent the Closet Geek wrote::

    I barely made through math in high school and even *I* know the missing precondition.

    Saturday, December 15, 2007 at 8:40 pm #
  4. Crazy Dr. M wrote::

    er… that either/both of the two gendered characters are straight…?

    Or is that too obtuse?

    Monday, December 17, 2007 at 6:26 pm #
  5. Joey deVilla wrote::

    @Crazy Dr. M: Obtuse, perhaps — but not overly so. Well played, Doctor!

    Monday, December 17, 2007 at 8:45 pm #
  6. Brian wrote::

    Dd y srsly nt lnk bck t th rtst? Tht mks y TRMNDS sshl. Brn n hll.

    http://www.bearskinrug.co.uk/_articles/2006/05/23/pythagorea/

    Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at 7:58 pm #
  7. Joey deVilla wrote::

    @Brian: Brian, Brian, B-ry! I simply had no idea where the comic came from. Your manners could use some work — hence the “disemvowelling” of your comment, but thanks for the heads-up!

    Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at 9:03 pm #
  8. Bearskinrug wrote::

    Thanks for the post, Mr. deVilla…

    pyth only applies if it’s a right angled triangle. factually incorrect cartoon ;-)

    Hmm… correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t she holding a right-triangle?

    Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 12:13 pm #
  9. Randy wrote::

    I’m just trying to figure out what “sshl” is with vowels… oh. What a jrk.

    And the obligatory Simpsons quote: “The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side!”

    Friday, January 4, 2008 at 2:47 pm #

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