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UtterlyBoring.com is produced by Jake Ortman (e-mail, resume), a 33-year-old dad, percussionist, sysadmin, Web developer, IT consultant and jack-of-all-trades geek, living in Bend, Oregon. He created this so that his expensive journalism and technology degree isn't getting totally wasted. In addition to editing this site in his free time, he is the service manager at Weston Technologies. He has LinkedIn and Facebook profiles if you're trying to stalk him. He will not be posting on Twitter.
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Geek JokeWhy do maths geeks always get Christmas and Halloween mixed up? Because Oct 31 is Dec 25. (Please tell me I'm not the only one that actually gets that joke. Thanks b3ta for it.) 17 CommentsAngie said on 12/14/04 @ 01:32 PM:Okay, I offically unresign from the math geek club. Please tell me what I am missing from this? Jake said on 12/14/04 @ 01:35 PM: I won't give this away entirely, but think base 8 (Oct) versus base 10 (Dec) number systems. David said on 12/14/04 @ 02:33 PM: yep, sorry, dont get it. MojoMark said on 12/14/04 @ 02:41 PM: I got it. Took me a couple of seconds - I had to reach into the wayback brain cells - but I snickered. Rob Salzman said on 12/14/04 @ 04:33 PM: geek J. J. said on 12/14/04 @ 11:38 PM: You might as well have given it away with that comment, Jake! I'll just have to gloat to myself, like MojoMark. Pretty nifty "joke". caleb said on 12/15/04 @ 05:31 AM: ......nope, dont get it Pat said on 12/15/04 @ 06:47 AM: sadly, they first thing i thought was, "why didn't i think of that?" Jake said on 12/15/04 @ 09:08 AM: Sadly, J.J., as you can see, there are still people that don't get it. It's really not all that funny, so don't worry if you're not getting it. Dave M. said on 12/15/04 @ 10:30 AM: What? I thought it is great! What amazes me is the incredible coincidence of the two dates and their mathematical significance! I wonder what numerologists think of this? Isaac Laquedem said on 12/15/04 @ 12:20 PM: Along the same lines, in 2002 the Ides of October (Oct 15) was especially unlucky because it was also Friday, Dec 13. Isaac Laquedem said on 12/15/04 @ 12:22 PM: "Base 8 is just like base 10, really -- if you're missing two fingers." -- Tom Lehrer me said on 12/16/04 @ 07:25 AM: yes u are the only one that gets it Ozguru said on 12/21/04 @ 06:52 PM: I always heard this in reverse (as a Halloween joke) and it simply never occurred to me that it worked both ways :-) Judy said on 01/07/05 @ 06:37 PM: I don't get it! psudonomen said on 09/17/05 @ 03:41 PM: HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA tdsmapper said on 09/01/06 @ 09:21 AM: Awesome joke !! laughed over it for minutes Post a comment |
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