Top Ten Things That Math and Sex Have in Common
Saturday, November 25, 2006, 20:47 - Top X lists
10. Explicit discussions of either topic is a faux pas at most cocktail parties.
9. Historically, men have been in control, but there are now efforts to get women more involved.
8. There are many joint results.
7. Both are prominent on college campuses, and are usually practiced indoors.
6. Most people wish they knew more about both subjects.
5. Both involve long and hard problems, and can produce interesting topology and geometry.
4. Both merit undivided attention, but mathematicians are prone to think about one while doing the other.
3. Saint Augustine was hostile to both, and Alan Turing took an unusual approach to both.
2. Both typically begin with a lot of hard work and end with a great but brief reward.
1. Professionals are generally viewed with suspicion, and most do not earn high pay.

More Math humor

Not so famous last words
Saturday, June 4, 2005, 08:23 - Top X lists
* Go to your room!
* I agree with you!
* Don't you just love it?
* It only exists between your ears!
* Do you want to talk about it?
* Excuse me?
* Let's agree that we disagree
* This is a win-win situation
* Aren't you a sweet little animal?
* Your right or mine?

TOP 10 famous last words

TOP 10 Famous last words
Monday, January 17, 2005, 20:19 - Top X lists
1. This can't go wrong
2. Hmm, it never did _this_ before
3. Trust me, I know what I'm doing
4. This won't hurt a bit
5. I've done this a million times before
6. Hmm, that's weird
7. Even a 10-year old can do this
8. I wonder what this little thingy is for
9. This has no impact on production systems
10. I love bungee jumping!
11. Just one more won't make the difference


Solutions for TOP 5 personal traffic irritations
Thursday, January 13, 2005, 20:31 - Top X lists
I
1. regularly overtake on the right-hand side
2. will drive closely behind them or raise my headlights a little (I can adjust them while driving)
3. same as 2
4. give a good honk after about 1 second of green
5. overtake them as soon as possible

Although the above may suggest differently I'm hardly ever a danger on the road. I don't cause to much trouble for other drivers. Sometimes I really can be a gentleman and I nearly always give way to others where I'm supposed to. I just drive a little faster than allowed most of the time.

The only car damage I had in the last 7.5 years was someone who rear-ended me when I stopped for a orange traffic light....


TOP 5 personal traffic irritations
Wednesday, January 12, 2005, 20:09 - Top X lists
Cars that
1. drive in the leftmost lane unnecessarily (in the Netherlands you're supposed to keep as much to the right as possible)
2. drive in the leftmost lane slowly
3. drive slower than the speed limit
4. react too slowly to a traffic light turning green
5. accelerate too slowly at traffic lights



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