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Old 09-29-2006, 01:24 PM
BobJoeJim BobJoeJim is offline
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Someone please explain the flaw in this t-shirt

Ok thx bye
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Old 09-29-2006, 03:34 PM
Quanah Parker Quanah Parker is offline
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Someone please explain the flaw in this t-shirt

Ok thx bye

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the flaw in the t-shirt is obvious...it's covered in algebra equations! there's no btter way to ruin a good t-shirt. it could be advertising beer!

seriously, i don't get it, either.

i'd be curious to see someone attempt a real explanation
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Old 09-29-2006, 03:37 PM
Quanah Parker Quanah Parker is offline
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ok..maybe...i dunno

shirt says a=b,
later they got (a-b) on the bottom of a fraction
you can't divide by 0, correct?

probably more "bad algebra" that my ignorant self missed/went over my head
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Old 09-29-2006, 03:42 PM
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Someone please explain the flaw in this t-shirt
Ok thx bye

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The flaw is the lack of the right sort of person modeling it.
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Old 09-29-2006, 03:49 PM
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The fifth step is dividing by 0. God won't allow that.
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Old 09-29-2006, 03:57 PM
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This shirt should read "Please Kick My Ass"
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Old 09-29-2006, 03:59 PM
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Yep, division by zero. How long did it take you to see it, though? (If you haven't seen it before, that is)

I just thought it was fun, obviously there was a flaw, but it was subtle enough to potentially drive you crazy looking for it [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Old 09-29-2006, 04:02 PM
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Damn, I didn't know if you knew the answer or not. I wouldn't have responded if I knew. I've seen it before. I was taking algebra at the time and had to be told what the problem was.
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Old 09-29-2006, 04:12 PM
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This shirt should read "Please Kick My Ass"

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Well, if you're looking for a shirt from that site that should read "Please Kick My Ass," there are better (worse?) ones... such as THIS one...
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