Re: [silk] Good puns

[Ameya Nagarajan]

Love it!


Cordially,
Ameya Nagarajan







On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 at 17:32, Alaric Snell-Pym 
wrote:

> On 18/06/2021 12:24, Ameya Nagarajan wrote:
>
> > Alaric, I'm going to need that maths explained.
>
> My pleasure!
>
> Short version: An Abelian group is commutative.
>
> Long version:
>
> A "group" in maths is a thing consisting of a set of values (eg, the
> integers) and an operation that combines two of them and produces a
> third (eg, addition).  Note that if we chose division as the operation,
> we wouldn't have a group - because 1 divided by 2 is a half, which isn't
> an integer, so that operation doesn't produce a valid value in the
> group. But a group of real numbers and division is fine, as the result
> of dividing two real numbers is another real number.
>
> These things are useful because we can prove that all groups with some
> property or other have a bunch of other properties; then when we find a
> situation that's a group with that initial property we can tell it has
> the other properties.
>
> Now, an operation that commutes is one in which the operation is
> symmetrical - it doesn't matter what order you combine the two inputs. A
> + B = B + A. So addition commutes, but division doesn't; 1 divided by 2
> is a half, 2 divided by 1 is 2. Not the same result!
>
> Anyway, a group whose operation commutes is known as an Abelian group,
> named after the mathematician Niels Henrik Abel. Abelian groups have a
> bunch of useful properties, so if a mathematician finds a group is
> Abelian, then they can tell a whole bunch of other stuff about it
> without any more work.
>
> More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abelian_group
>
>
>
> --
> Alaric Snell-Pym   (M0KTN neé M7KIT)
> http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/
>
>

Re: [silk] Good puns

[Alaric Snell-Pym]

On 18/06/2021 12:24, Ameya Nagarajan wrote:

> Alaric, I'm going to need that maths explained.

My pleasure!

Short version: An Abelian group is commutative.

Long version:

A "group" in maths is a thing consisting of a set of values (eg, the
integers) and an operation that combines two of them and produces a
third (eg, addition).  Note that if we chose division as the operation,
we wouldn't have a group - because 1 divided by 2 is a half, which isn't
an integer, so that operation doesn't produce a valid value in the
group. But a group of real numbers and division is fine, as the result
of dividing two real numbers is another real number.

These things are useful because we can prove that all groups with some
property or other have a bunch of other properties; then when we find a
situation that's a group with that initial property we can tell it has
the other properties.

Now, an operation that commutes is one in which the operation is
symmetrical - it doesn't matter what order you combine the two inputs. A
+ B = B + A. So addition commutes, but division doesn't; 1 divided by 2
is a half, 2 divided by 1 is 2. Not the same result!

Anyway, a group whose operation commutes is known as an Abelian group,
named after the mathematician Niels Henrik Abel. Abelian groups have a
bunch of useful properties, so if a mathematician finds a group is
Abelian, then they can tell a whole bunch of other stuff about it
without any more work.

More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abelian_group



-- 
Alaric Snell-Pym   (M0KTN neé M7KIT)
http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] Good puns

[Ameya Nagarajan]

Lol Peter!!! That is why puns get a bad name!

Alaric, I'm going to need that maths explained.

Charles, I love that one but I prefer this version:
Rene Descartes goes to a bar and orders his usual. The bartender says: sir
would you like to try this new cocktail? Descartes says: I think not. And
poof! He vanishes!

On Fri, 18 Jun, 2021, 16:22 Peter Griffin,  wrote:

> A well-travelled Native American tribal leader had three wives. By
> coincidence, they all got pregnant at the same time. And went into labour
> at the same time.
> The leader laid out the hides of animals he had hunted for the women to
> give birth on, because the clan belief was that the newborn children would
> take on the qualities of the animals. Since he had hunted far and wide,
> these were not the usual trophies: one was a lion, the second a tiger, the
> third a  hippopotamus.
> In due course, all the women gave birth. The one lying on the tiger skin
> had a son; the one on the lion skin also had a son; but the woman on the
> hippopotamus skin had twin boys.
> The reason was simple.
> The sons of the squaw on the hippopotamus are equal to the sons of the
> squaws on the other two hides.
>
> (I'll leave now.)
>

Re: [silk] Good puns

[Peter Griffin]

A well-travelled Native American tribal leader had three wives. By
coincidence, they all got pregnant at the same time. And went into labour
at the same time.
The leader laid out the hides of animals he had hunted for the women to
give birth on, because the clan belief was that the newborn children would
take on the qualities of the animals. Since he had hunted far and wide,
these were not the usual trophies: one was a lion, the second a tiger, the
third a  hippopotamus.
In due course, all the women gave birth. The one lying on the tiger skin
had a son; the one on the lion skin also had a son; but the woman on the
hippopotamus skin had twin boys.
The reason was simple.
The sons of the squaw on the hippopotamus are equal to the sons of the
squaws on the other two hides.

(I'll leave now.)

Re: [silk] Good puns

[Charles Haynes]

A horse walks into a bar and the bartender asks "can I help you?" The horse
says "I think not" and vanishes. Those of you familiar with philosophy
surely get the reference but for everyone else - I didn't explain it
earlier because it would have put Descartes before the horse.

-- Charles

On Mon, 14 Jun 2021 at 13:38, Ameya Nagarajan  wrote:

> As promised (threatened?). Hit me with your favourite puns.
>
> Rules:
> 1. Maximum 2 per person
> 2. A good pun doesn't need an elaborate setup
> 3. Bonus points for being bilingual!
>
> One of my all-time favourites:
>
> According to Freud, what comes between fear and sex?
> Fünf
>
> (In German,4, 5, 6 is vier, pronounced fear, funf, and sechs, pronounced
> zex.)
>
> Cordially,
> Ameya Nagarajan
>
> 
>

Re: [silk] Good puns

[Alaric Snell-Pym]

On 18/06/2021 09:13, Madhu Menon wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> And as he trudged along, his heart swells with pride, because he's the
>> first in his tribe to cart Asian  geometry to polar coordinates.
>>
> 
> This thread is making baby Jesus cry, Naren. And making me groan
> constantly, which is usually the effect of puns anyway.
> 

Oh, I like a good maths pun!

What's purple and commutes?

An Abelian grape!



-- 
Alaric Snell-Pym   (M0KTN neé M7KIT)
http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

Re: [silk] Good puns

[Mohit]

On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 1:52 PM Ameya Nagarajan  wrote:

> Perhaps it's because you haven't groan up Madhu?
> :D
>

Buwahahaha

Re: [silk] Good puns

[Madhu Menon]

On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 at 13:50, Venkat Mangudi - Silk 
wrote:

> Perhaps a kick in the shins will help with the groaning Madhu. :-P
>

Please...I've known Naren for more than a decade and this is not the first
time he's tortured us like this. If he didn't live far away in Mumbai, he
would have no shins left from being kicked. :)

Re: [silk] Good puns

[Ameya Nagarajan]

Perhaps it's because you haven't groan up Madhu?
:D


Cordially,
Ameya Nagarajan







On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 at 13:50, Venkat Mangudi - Silk 
wrote:

> Perhaps a kick in the shins will help with the groaning Madhu. :-P
>
> On Fri, 18 Jun, 2021, 1:43 pm Madhu Menon,  wrote:
>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > And as he trudged along, his heart swells with pride, because he's the
> > > first in his tribe to cart Asian  geometry to polar coordinates.
> > >
> >
> > This thread is making baby Jesus cry, Naren. And making me groan
> > constantly, which is usually the effect of puns anyway.
> >
>

Re: [silk] Good puns

[Venkat Mangudi - Silk]

Perhaps a kick in the shins will help with the groaning Madhu. :-P

On Fri, 18 Jun, 2021, 1:43 pm Madhu Menon,  wrote:

> >
> >
> >
> > And as he trudged along, his heart swells with pride, because he's the
> > first in his tribe to cart Asian  geometry to polar coordinates.
> >
>
> This thread is making baby Jesus cry, Naren. And making me groan
> constantly, which is usually the effect of puns anyway.
>

Re: [silk] Good puns

[Madhu Menon]

>
>
>
> And as he trudged along, his heart swells with pride, because he's the
> first in his tribe to cart Asian  geometry to polar coordinates.
>

This thread is making baby Jesus cry, Naren. And making me groan
constantly, which is usually the effect of puns anyway.

Re: [silk] Good puns

[Ameya Nagarajan]

Very nice! I shall share with family who will appreciate!



Cordially,
Ameya Nagarajan







On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 at 13:13, Venkat Mangudi - Silk 
wrote:

> Send me your address. You need a kick in the shins for explaining. :-)
>
> On Fri, 18 Jun, 2021, 1:00 pm Shenoy N,  wrote:
>
> > My original composition which often gets me kicked in the shins if the
> > listener is in close proximity
> >
> > An inuit decides to pull his tribe out of the darkness of ignorance into
> > the sunlit uplands of knowledge by teaching them geometry. He needs
> > textbooks in the inuit language, and alas, there are none. So he writes
> one
> > himself and decides to get a thousand copies printed. The best quote is
> > from Guangzhou so he sends his money and soon enough, the books land up
> at
> > the port
> > He loads the cargo on to his sleds and marches off to the far north,
> where
> > his people live.
> > And as he trudged along, his heart swells with pride, because he's the
> > first in his tribe to cart Asian  geometry to polar coordinates.
> >
> > Sometimes,  I have to explain Cartesian and polar coordinates,  after
> which
> > they kick me in the shins. The knowledgeable ones kick me straight away
> >
> > On Fri, 18 Jun 2021, 01:43 Bruce A. Metcalf, 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Here's one straight from Florida:
> > >
> > > What's the best way to cook alligator?
> > >
> > > In a Croc Pot.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > / Bruce /
> > >
> > >
> >
>

Re: [silk] Good puns

[Venkat Mangudi - Silk]

Send me your address. You need a kick in the shins for explaining. :-)

On Fri, 18 Jun, 2021, 1:00 pm Shenoy N,  wrote:

> My original composition which often gets me kicked in the shins if the
> listener is in close proximity
>
> An inuit decides to pull his tribe out of the darkness of ignorance into
> the sunlit uplands of knowledge by teaching them geometry. He needs
> textbooks in the inuit language, and alas, there are none. So he writes one
> himself and decides to get a thousand copies printed. The best quote is
> from Guangzhou so he sends his money and soon enough, the books land up at
> the port
> He loads the cargo on to his sleds and marches off to the far north,  where
> his people live.
> And as he trudged along, his heart swells with pride, because he's the
> first in his tribe to cart Asian  geometry to polar coordinates.
>
> Sometimes,  I have to explain Cartesian and polar coordinates,  after which
> they kick me in the shins. The knowledgeable ones kick me straight away
>
> On Fri, 18 Jun 2021, 01:43 Bruce A. Metcalf, 
> wrote:
>
> > Here's one straight from Florida:
> >
> > What's the best way to cook alligator?
> >
> > In a Croc Pot.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > / Bruce /
> >
> >
>

Re: [silk] Good puns

[Shenoy N]

My original composition which often gets me kicked in the shins if the
listener is in close proximity

An inuit decides to pull his tribe out of the darkness of ignorance into
the sunlit uplands of knowledge by teaching them geometry. He needs
textbooks in the inuit language, and alas, there are none. So he writes one
himself and decides to get a thousand copies printed. The best quote is
from Guangzhou so he sends his money and soon enough, the books land up at
the port
He loads the cargo on to his sleds and marches off to the far north,  where
his people live.
And as he trudged along, his heart swells with pride, because he's the
first in his tribe to cart Asian  geometry to polar coordinates.

Sometimes,  I have to explain Cartesian and polar coordinates,  after which
they kick me in the shins. The knowledgeable ones kick me straight away

On Fri, 18 Jun 2021, 01:43 Bruce A. Metcalf, 
wrote:

> Here's one straight from Florida:
>
> What's the best way to cook alligator?
>
> In a Croc Pot.
>
> Cheers,
> / Bruce /
>
>

Re: [silk] Good puns

[Bruce A. Metcalf]

Here's one straight from Florida:

What's the best way to cook alligator?

In a Croc Pot.

Cheers,
/ Bruce /

Re: [silk] Good puns

[Ameya Nagarajan]

Hahahaha! love it!


Cordially,
Ameya Nagarajan







On Wed, 16 Jun 2021 at 22:29, Alaric Snell-Pym 
wrote:

> On 14/06/2021 04:38, Ameya Nagarajan wrote:
> > As promised (threatened?). Hit me with your favourite puns.
> >
> > Rules:
> > 1. Maximum 2 per person
> > 2. A good pun doesn't need an elaborate setup
> > 3. Bonus points for being bilingual!
>
> Oooh... Amongst my people, the best puns are known as "Dad Jokes".
>
> A good source of them is https://www.reddit.com/r/dadjokes/ but here's a
> few examples, to save people from having to go to Reddit:
>
> I went into the pharmacy and asked the assistant, "What is the best
> thing for killing germs?"
>
> "Ammonia cleaner." She replied.
>
> I said, "Sorry, I thought you were a pharmacist."
>
>
> ...
>
>
> I was recently asked who my favorite vampire was. I replied "the count
> from Sesame Street."
>
> They told me, "he doesn't count!" I replied, "I assure you, he does."
>
>
>
> --
> Alaric Snell-Pym   (M0KTN neé M7KIT)
> http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/
>
>

Re: [silk] Good puns

[Alaric Snell-Pym]

On 14/06/2021 04:38, Ameya Nagarajan wrote:
> As promised (threatened?). Hit me with your favourite puns.
> 
> Rules:
> 1. Maximum 2 per person
> 2. A good pun doesn't need an elaborate setup
> 3. Bonus points for being bilingual!

Oooh... Amongst my people, the best puns are known as "Dad Jokes".

A good source of them is https://www.reddit.com/r/dadjokes/ but here's a
few examples, to save people from having to go to Reddit:

I went into the pharmacy and asked the assistant, "What is the best
thing for killing germs?"

"Ammonia cleaner." She replied.

I said, "Sorry, I thought you were a pharmacist."


...


I was recently asked who my favorite vampire was. I replied "the count
from Sesame Street."

They told me, "he doesn't count!" I replied, "I assure you, he does."



-- 
Alaric Snell-Pym   (M0KTN neé M7KIT)
http://www.snell-pym.org.uk/alaric/

[silk] Good puns

[Ameya Nagarajan]

Sorry guys I cannot figure out how to reply to a message I receive in the
digest. (Have exited digest mode...)

Madhu, I'm sorry someone hurt you :D

Mark, that is brilliant!

Mohit, alas I'm generally allergic to whatsapp groups, but feel free to
pass good ones on to me :D


Cordially,
Ameya Nagarajan

Re: [silk] Good puns

[Mark Seiden]

This may get me tossed of silklist, and is also hard to convey in the written 
form but:

Q. What’s the difference between a lobster and a mahout that has been stepped 
on by his 
own elephant?

A.  No difference,  they are both crushed Asians.


(H/T John A. L. Cooke, former Curator of Spiders at the American Museum of 
Natural History).

(BTW, I firmly believe there is a special place in hell for those who explain 
jokes.  Just don’t do it.)


> On Jun 14, 2021, at 8:02 AM, Madhu Menon  wrote:
> 
> There is no such thing as a good pun.

Re: [silk] Good puns

[Madhu Menon]

There is no such thing as a good pun.

Re: [silk] Good puns

[Nandkumar Saravade]

I am not into puns, but keep my ear out for malapropisms. Here my threaded 
collection over the last two years.

Starting with https://twitter.com/saravade/status/1089748571073773568?s=21 the 
latest being at https://twitter.com/saravade/status/1404071835994529792?s=21

Let’s drift closer. 


> On 14-Jun-2021, at 9:08 AM, Ameya Nagarajan  wrote:
> 
> As promised (threatened?). Hit me with your favourite puns.
> 
> Rules:
> 1. Maximum 2 per person
> 2. A good pun doesn't need an elaborate setup
> 3. Bonus points for being bilingual!
> 
> One of my all-time favourites:
> 
> According to Freud, what comes between fear and sex?
> Fünf
> 
> (In German,4, 5, 6 is vier, pronounced fear, funf, and sechs, pronounced
> zex.)
> 
> Cordially,
> Ameya Nagarajan
> 
> 

[silk] Good puns

[Ameya Nagarajan]

As promised (threatened?). Hit me with your favourite puns.

Rules:
1. Maximum 2 per person
2. A good pun doesn't need an elaborate setup
3. Bonus points for being bilingual!

One of my all-time favourites:

According to Freud, what comes between fear and sex?
Fünf

(In German,4, 5, 6 is vier, pronounced fear, funf, and sechs, pronounced
zex.)

Cordially,
Ameya Nagarajan