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HAPPY SQUARE ROOT DAY

#1 Postby tropicana » Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:38 pm

SQUARE ROOT DAY
03-03-09

The event, which only occurs nine times each century, falls on Tuesday this time - 3/3/09 (for the mathematically challenged, three is the square root of nine).
We have but nine of these days in a century, and hope all can enjoy a little math fun on Tuesday.
Hundreds of people apparently actually celebrate this day in some way. Celebrations are as varied: Some cut root vegetables into squares, others make food in the shape of a square root symbol.

The last such day was five years ago, Feb. 2, 2004, which coincided with Groundhog Day. The next is seven years away, on April 4, 2016. These days are like calendar comets, you wait and wait and wait for them, then they brighten up your day - and poof - they're gone.
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#2 Postby coriolis » Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:05 pm

I didn't know this was an official holidy. 1/1/01 would have to be a special day because that works with all powers and roots.

I want a national reciprocal day. I'm going to have to think about how that would work.

we could have PI day too: 3/14/16
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Re: HAPPY SQUARE ROOT DAY

#3 Postby Ed Mahmoud » Tue Mar 03, 2009 1:27 pm

I guess the square root of negative one is a number that will only live in our imagination.
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Re: HAPPY SQUARE ROOT DAY

#4 Postby Category 5 » Tue Mar 03, 2009 2:33 pm

What a strange holiday, nuff said. :lol:
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Re: HAPPY SQUARE ROOT DAY

#5 Postby abajan » Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:41 pm

tropicana wrote:SQUARE ROOT DAY
03-03-09

...Hundreds of people apparently actually celebrate this day in some way. Celebrations are as varied: Some cut root vegetables into squares, others make food in the shape of a square root symbol...
You've gotta be kiddin' me, tropicana! :lol:
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Re: HAPPY SQUARE ROOT DAY

#6 Postby lurkey » Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:13 am

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Re: HAPPY SQUARE ROOT DAY

#7 Postby tropicana » Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:23 am

aww, like a thief in the night, Square Root Day is over and done with :(

ONTO the next holiday.

-justin-
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Re: HAPPY SQUARE ROOT DAY

#8 Postby DanKellFla » Wed Mar 04, 2009 8:53 pm

:lol:
Ed Mahmoud wrote:I guess the square root of negative one is a number that will only live in our imagination.

:lol:

I know a few people who live that day when they forget to take their pills.
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