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[challenge entry] Cheeky pea

From the Explain Stuff With Maths challenge. See all 249 entries (closed)

(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:10, archived)
# My umbrella doesn't.
It only rains when I don't have it with me, so I take it with me everywhere to prevent it raining.
(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:12, archived)
# hmm, I think I can see an interesting dataset here, I need to add the permutations to this image
(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:13, archived)
# LOOK AT THE DISTRIBUTION ON THAT!

(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:17, archived)
# BRICKS
(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:21, archived)
# BRICKS!
(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:22, archived)
# DUX
(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:23, archived)
# :)
(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:57, archived)
# This sort of correlation can be made for anything
(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:14, archived)
# Not for number of meerkats and absorbance of loo roll,
everyone knows that's a logarithmic regression
(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:16, archived)
# Oh, also the amount of time bear grylls is on telly
and awesomeness levels.
(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:21, archived)
# Actually that is exactly this kind of correlation
awesomeness levels go up the more he is on telly, despite there not being a direct causal link. His programs always include all sorts of awesomeness independent from him.
(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:27, archived)
# ELK R DEADLY
(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:31, archived)
# Did you know that the European Elk and the American Moose are the same species
and that in America they have a thing they call an Elk because it reminded the settlers of European Elk and they didn't realise at the time that European Elk live there too? So they called it an Elk and then they got further north and found actual Elk and didn't have anything to call it because they'd already used up the name Elk on the other things that aren't really Elk but which reminded them of Elk, so they called it a Moose.

The things they call Elk are also called Wapiti sometimes too.
(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:40, archived)
# ELK!
(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:45, archived)
#
(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:48, archived)
# ELK
(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:54, archived)
# DEADLY
(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:59, archived)
# That's a picture of a Wapiti though :(
(, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 0:05, archived)
# Term overlapped into other deer types too.
Natives were not really interested in exacting terms, just extracting the tasty meat.
(, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 0:10, archived)
# THEY USED EVERY PART OF THE WAPITI
(, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 0:30, archived)
# Elk
as previously explained, is a European word.
(, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 0:39, archived)
# ELh EOLh!
(, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 0:51, archived)
# :D
(, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 0:06, archived)
[challenge entry] i made a graph once
:)
(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:28, archived)
# Hahaha phwoar
(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:29, archived)
# :D
(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:40, archived)
# Nicely done
(, Sun 27 Dec 2009, 0:07, archived)
# Fuck These Idiots
No seriously, fuck off to all the people who think the word 'wank' is funny or want some lewd double meaning out of the Image Challenge and the popular press.

I'm a Science teacher and I WILL use this graph in my lessons as an illustration. Thank you.

(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:50, archived)
# huh-huh
wank
(, Sat 26 Dec 2009, 23:56, archived)
# Funny an' all...
But as it rains harder and more people use umbrellas, the puddles get bigger, and coalesce, and there are less of them, not more!
I still like it.
(, Mon 28 Dec 2009, 12:35, archived)