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[teflon6string]

What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
- Steven Wright

 

[Flopsweat]

 

[DivCurlGrad72]

What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
- Steven Wright

At that point you've been scared 3/4 to death, since the first time brought you 1/2 way there, and the second time 1/2 of the (at that point) 1/2 remaining distance.

 

[teflon6string]

Regarding getting scared half to death twice.

At that point you've been scared 3/4 to death, since the first time brought you 1/2 way there, and the second time 1/2 of the (at that point) 1/2 remaining distance.

A very good point you make there. So with that said, might I then soil my Scooby Doos by a 50% smaller amount each time?

 

[Flopsweat]

Regarding getting scared half to death twice.


A very good point you make there. So with that said, might I then soil my Scooby Doos by a 50% smaller amount each time?

Depends.

 

[albin25]

"She's not that ugly!"
-Jack Daniels-

 

[Mikej]

"She's not that ugly!"
-Jack Daniels-

And the sister-quote

"Drink 'Til She's CUTE."

-Jose Cuervo-

 

[Hooyah DeepSea]

IT IS CUSTOMARY IN DEMOCRATIC COUNTRIES TO DEPLORE EXPENDITURES ON ARMAMENTS AS CONFLICTING WITH REQUIREMENTS OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES.
HOWEVER, THERE IS A TENDENCY TO FORGET THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT SOCIAL SERVICE THAT A GOVERNMENT CAN DO FOR ITS PEOPLE IS TO KEEP THEM ALIVE AND FREE.


SIR JOHN SLESSOR ,
MARSHALL OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE

 

[Jasonanddeonna]

At that point you've been scared 3/4 to death, since the first time brought you 1/2 way there, and the second time 1/2 of the (at that point) 1/2 remaining distance.

Almost. A 1/2 of a 1/2 is 1/4.

 

[Flopsweat]

Almost. A 1/2 of a 1/2 is 1/4.

Isn't that what he said? 3/4 of the way. 1/2 of 1/2.

 

[GI JEW 555]

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. " - AE-

 

[DivCurlGrad72]

Isn't that what he said? 3/4 of the way. 1/2 of 1/2.

Exactly, 1/2+1/2*1/2=3/4.

Let's take this further: since the geometric series

1/2+1/4+1/8+…

never equals 1 in a finite number of steps, you can never die by being scared half to death.

 

[Flopsweat]

Exactly, 1/2+1/2*1/2=3/4.

Let's take this further: since the geometric series

1/2+1/4+1/8+…

never equals 1 in a finite number of steps, you can never die by being scared half to death.

But you can get so close that something else will finish you off.

 

[GI JEW 555]

But you can get so close that something else will finish you off.

"That's what she said"
-Michael Scott-

 

[Jay Walk]

The cost of an education is always high.

My boss when he fired me

 

[Jasonanddeonna]

Isn't that what he said? 3/4 of the way. 1/2 of 1/2.

Ah, I get what the two of you are saying.

 

[Hooyah DeepSea]

Hey, this thread is for quotes, not fractions . . .

 

[Flopsweat]

Hey, this thread is for quotes, not fractions . . .

Sorry, I didn't expect it to be so divisive.

 

[Mikej]

"Sorry, I didn't expect it to be so divisive."

 

[Hooyah DeepSea]

Alrighty then, you want other than 'quotes', how about chemistry.



CUZ LIFE IS MORE FUN WITH CHEMISTRY !!!

Yeah, go ahead, guess what it is.