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  • VacSeen

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    Aqua LetiferA
    For the Virtue Signaler in your family.
  • Charlie did it first

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    JollyJ
    I think Chaplin also has the first "moonwalk" on film.
  • Super Hawg

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    George KG
    [image: 1627126373812-img_0855.jpg]
  • Puzzle time - Spaghetti loops

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    jon-nycJ
    Official solution: SOLUTION: The key here is to recognize that you start with 100 spaghetti-ends and each tying operation reduces the number of spaghetti-ends by two. The operation results in a new loop only if the first end you pick up is matched to the other end of the same strand. At step k, there are 100 - 2(k-1) ends, thus 100 - 2(k-1) - 1 = 101 - 2k other ends you could tie any given end to. In other words, there are 101 - 2k choices of which only one makes a loop; the others just make two strands into one longer one. It follows that the probability of forming a loop at step k is 1/(101 - 2k). If X(k) is the number of loops (1 or 0) formed at step k, then the expected (that is, average) value of X(k) is 1/(101 - 2k). Since the final number of loops is X(1) + . . . + X(50), we conclude that on the average, the final loop count is 1/99 + 1/97 + 1/95 + . . . + 1/3 + 1/1 which is about 2.93777485; less than three loops!
  • The cost of streaming

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    AxtremusA
    More parents approve of their kids streaming Harvard than others.
  • Does not play nice with others.

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  • A few more chips.

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  • Most pupular doggie names.

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  • The Olympics

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    George KG
    @mik "We are all equal" until we're not.
  • The long-lived BUFF

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    bachophileB
    @jon-nyc which reminds me, I hope y’all have read/listened to the bomber mafia.
  • A Unified Jewish Identity

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    bachophileB
    @axtremus said in A Unified Jewish Identity: It shows that they integrate very well into the great American melting pot, right? Just like chicken soup.
  • How?

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    LuFins DadL
    @jolly said in How?: How old is the lad? 21 months
  • Teaching Luke to drive…

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    JollyJ
    Now, he just needs something to toodle around in... [image: mazda-miata-mt3-1549188871.jpg]
  • Super Bowl Ring

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    Catseye3C
    @jolly Brees' ring is actually kind of pretty.
  • The Oral COVID vaccine

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    bachophileB
    love oral
  • The final meal

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    HoraceH
    @george-k said in The final meal: It was a nutritious, likely tasty meal "Likely"? They didn't try any?
  • Who had banana fungus for July?

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    LuFins DadL
    I did! Oh, wait, wrong Banana…
  • Dr K

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    Doctor PhibesD
    There's a BBC radio show called The Confessional, where folks are asked to disclose three things they're ashamed of that they've done. Anyway, there's a guy Phil Hammond who is both a doctor and a comedian, and he confessed to letting one go in surgery the morning after a very large and pungent curry. The surgeon smelt it and was worried that he'd punctured the bowel. Dr. Hammond whispered to him 'I think it was sister....' https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000vgfs
  • Too bad about those Afghans that helped us.

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    George KG
    https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/07/22/house-votes-evacuate-more-afghan-allies-us-war-ends.html