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What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
- Steven Wright
- Steven Wright
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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.What happens if you get scared half to death twice?
- Steven Wright
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?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.
Depends.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?
And the sister-quote"She's not that ugly!"
-Jack Daniels-
Almost. A 1/2 of a 1/2 is 1/4.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.
Isn't that what he said? 3/4 of the way. 1/2 of 1/2.Almost. A 1/2 of a 1/2 is 1/4.
Exactly, 1/2+1/2*1/2=3/4.Isn't that what he said? 3/4 of the way. 1/2 of 1/2.
But you can get so close that something else will finish you off.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.
"That's what she said"But you can get so close that something else will finish you off.![]()
Ah, I get what the two of you are saying.Isn't that what he said? 3/4 of the way. 1/2 of 1/2.
Sorry, I didn't expect it to be so divisive.Hey, this thread is for quotes, not fractions . . .
"Sorry, I didn't expect it to be so divisive."![]()