Monday, August 07, 2006

Give him another chance!

A mat, cheena and a singh joined a local math contest and half of the audience were mats. The singh went first.
"What is the root of 64?"
"Thats easy.. 8!"
The audience cheered. Next was the cheena.
"What is 2 divided by half?"
After much prompting, he finally answered, "umm, 4?"
"That is correct!"
The audience cheered again. Finally, the mat went forward.
"what is 2²?"
He thought for 5 minutes and said, "is it 2?"
"T'm sorry, but that is incorrect!"
The audience were shocked. All the mats started screaming "Give him another chance! Give him another chance!"
So the host agreed, "What is 2x2?"
To which he thought for 10 minutes and finally said, "its 10!"
All the mats screamed again, "Give him another chance! Give him another chance!".
"Okay, this is your last chance. What is 2+2?"
He thought hard for 15 minutes, "uh, is it 4?"
The audience went into an uproar, and the host heaved a sigh of relief. Then, all the mats started chanting "Give him another chance! Give him another chance!"

Did you know?

The Chinese were using aluminum to make things as early as 300 AD Western civilization didn't rediscover aluminum until 1827.

posted by Ivan at 7:36 PM