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Message 1459474 - Posted: 1 Jan 2014, 5:29:21 UTC

MORE WINE!
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Message 1459478 - Posted: 1 Jan 2014, 6:09:33 UTC - in response to Message 1459465.  
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"Here's another lesson that might be helpful: 2 + 2 = 5 for extremely large values of 2."

I really like that one. Well done and so true. At least IEEE says so.
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Message 1459480 - Posted: 1 Jan 2014, 6:13:10 UTC - in response to Message 1459474.  

MORE WINE!

I'll have more beer. ;-)

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Message 1459486 - Posted: 1 Jan 2014, 7:01:21 UTC - in response to Message 1459086.  

OK guys & gals, we've got to help poor Monday.....
So all the examples have to do with bats, beers and bikes.

Nice and simple to start with:
You have two dollars and a beer costs one dollar, how many beers can you buy me today?

One...after you pay the tax.
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Message 1459503 - Posted: 1 Jan 2014, 7:56:42 UTC

One bat+ one bike+ one babe + one bottle of wine = 4 a good time.
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Message 1459508 - Posted: 1 Jan 2014, 8:10:58 UTC - in response to Message 1459503.  

One bat+ one bike+ one babe + one bottle of wine = 4 a good time.

I"m just wishing for a hot babe.
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Message 1459512 - Posted: 1 Jan 2014, 8:40:40 UTC - in response to Message 1459503.  

One bat+ one bike+ one babe + one bottle of wine = 4 a good time.


One bourbon. One scotch. One beer.
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Message 1459548 - Posted: 1 Jan 2014, 12:16:31 UTC

or confusingly...

2 + 2 = 11
or even
2 + 2 = 10

No, really, it does, but how?
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Message 1459550 - Posted: 1 Jan 2014, 12:18:14 UTC - in response to Message 1459512.  

One bat+ one bike+ one babe + one bottle of wine = 4 a good time.


One bourbon. One scotch. One beer.

Mate i wish I could play a guitar that good.
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Message 1459618 - Posted: 1 Jan 2014, 15:28:40 UTC - in response to Message 1459585.  

or confusingly...

2 + 2 = 11
or even
2 + 2 = 10

No, really, it does, but how?


Binary?



I always learned 2 and 2 makes 22?
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Message 1459626 - Posted: 1 Jan 2014, 15:48:10 UTC

I used to know an Algebraic formula that proved 1 = 2. (x=1, y=2; and through the formula, "x=y") However; once you plugged the numbers back into the formula, the formula falls apart.
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Message 1459638 - Posted: 1 Jan 2014, 16:22:45 UTC - in response to Message 1459618.  

or confusingly...

2 + 2 = 11
or even
2 + 2 = 10

No, really, it does, but how?


Binary?



I always learned 2 and 2 makes 22?


So i`ll buy 2 beers in 2 stores and get 22 beers.
Thats nice.


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Message 1459651 - Posted: 1 Jan 2014, 16:39:52 UTC - in response to Message 1459647.  

Mike - You don't buy beer - you rent it :-))


I dont think they want it back. LOL


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Message 1459673 - Posted: 1 Jan 2014, 17:42:32 UTC

I like Mike's approach even better than my own - I must see if it works next time I drop into Rocky's for a "swift half"...
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Message 1459841 - Posted: 2 Jan 2014, 6:52:36 UTC - in response to Message 1459638.  

or confusingly...

2 + 2 = 11
or even
2 + 2 = 10

No, really, it does, but how?


Binary?



I always learned 2 and 2 makes 22?


So i`ll buy 2 beers in 2 stores and get 22 beers.
Thats nice.



That's one way to look at it...;)) Kinda like the idea though...
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Message 1459997 - Posted: 2 Jan 2014, 15:24:14 UTC - in response to Message 1459841.  

or confusingly...

2 + 2 = 11
or even
2 + 2 = 10

No, really, it does, but how?


Binary?



I always learned 2 and 2 makes 22?


So i`ll buy 2 beers in 2 stores and get 22 beers.
Thats nice.



That's one way to look at it...;)) Kinda like the idea though...


..and all for 2 dollars - nice!
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Message 1460048 - Posted: 2 Jan 2014, 19:03:57 UTC - in response to Message 1459997.  

or confusingly...

2 + 2 = 11
or even
2 + 2 = 10

No, really, it does, but how?


Binary?



I always learned 2 and 2 makes 22?


So i`ll buy 2 beers in 2 stores and get 22 beers.
Thats nice.



That's one way to look at it...;)) Kinda like the idea though...


..and all for 2 dollars - nice!



Yep, that's math for ye:))
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Message 1460123 - Posted: 2 Jan 2014, 22:01:15 UTC

Beware of the barman that knows this,

half empty = half full


as you might remember identical terms on each side of the equation are cancelled, so

empty = full
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