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bossk171

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Registered: 2007-07-16

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Today my mom sent me to the supermarket...

Not really a joke I guess because it really happened...

My mom sent me to the grocery store with a list today. One of the things she wanted me to get was 12 grain bread.

They were all out of 12 grain bread so I bought 9 grain and 15 grain and told her that when she makes a sandwich just to use a slice from each loaf.

She wasn't too impressed, but I thought it was kind of funny.

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luca-deltodesco

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Re: Today my mom sent me to the supermarket...

not your standard humour, but i can understand it.

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MathsIsFun

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Re: Today my mom sent me to the supermarket...

One foot on hot coals, the other in ice ... on average quite comfortable.

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John E. Franklin

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Re: Today my mom sent me to the supermarket...

That's funny 12 + 12 = 9 + 15
What if she wants a double decker sandwich with 3 slices?
You could do  9 + 9/2 + 15/2 + 15, with the half slices in the middle.

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bossk171

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Re: Today my mom sent me to the supermarket...

What if she wants a double decker sandwich with 3 slices?
You could do  9 + 9/2 + 15/2 + 15, with the half slices in the middle.

Or, I could go out and buy a loaf of 6 grain bread (if it exists), and she could have two slices of 15 with one slice of 6:
6 + 15 + 15

EDIT: But that leaves the issue of using up the 15 grain at twice the rate of the 6. On second thought, your way is superior.

Last edited by bossk171 (2007-10-02 15:57:53)

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lightning

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Re: Today my mom sent me to the supermarket...

Well it wisnae really a jake but i cun see whur yur comin' fram. My big cousin did the same thing!!!

Last edited by lightning (2007-10-03 03:57:05)

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johnathon2

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Re: Today my mom sent me to the supermarket...

not funny but it will do

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bossk171

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Re: Today my mom sent me to the supermarket...

Hey, Patrick Shambayati, I'm pretty sure we have the same sig.

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lightning

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Re: Today my mom sent me to the supermarket...

it's suppose to llook like this:

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bossk171

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Re: Today my mom sent me to the supermarket...

it's suppose to llook like this:

Yes, I realize that, and I'm pretty sure that

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Devantè

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Re: Today my mom sent me to the supermarket...

Hmm ... I read somewhere that LaTeX has been updated to be able to make approximations of transcendental figures like e (natural logarithm). Just a handy thing to know.

soha

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Re: Today my mom sent me to the supermarket...

????????????????
I  don't see anything funny in this joke .i read it many times.can any one explain it to me ,,please.
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Devantè

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Re: Today my mom sent me to the supermarket...

????????????????
I  don't see anything funny in this joke .i read it many times.can any one explain it to me ,,please.
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Soha,

([sup]9[/sup]/[sub]2[/sub]) + ([sup]15[/sup]/[sub]2[/sub]) = 12