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Dos Equis is nice. Not sure I'd go so far as to rip pages out of a book just to hang on to the mere mention of it, though.
That occurred to me, but there are completely blank pages both at the beginning and end of this edition that no one would have missed much.fresh_42 said:There is another possibility: Urgent needs all of a sudden to get some paper ...
Maybe somebody really hates Dos Equis and feels compelled to annihilate all traces of its existence from the known universe?Ibix said:Dos Equis is nice. Not sure I'd go so far as to rip pages out of a book just to hang on to the mere mention of it, though.
I think we can rule this out because, given the importance of the clue, the beverage in question is mentioned many more times in the rest of the book, which was intact.collinsmark said:Maybe somebody really hates Dos Equis and feels compelled to annihilate all traces of its existence from the known universe?
Someone just posted this on Facebook:WWGD said:Sorry to keep bringing this up: Powerball jackpot hits $1,500,000,000 . I am sort of hoping no one wins, just to see the jackpot reaching 3-4 billion for next time. Of course, since sales of tickets are way up , it is necessary for a lot of repeats to happen .Wonder if it will be shown in large video screens.
They are either horrible at Math or misunderstood (misunderestimated?) the meaning of 1.5 billion. It comes down to $4.33 /person. Or a bit more than $1 per Chinese person. Or, EDIT: Maybe Andolini is Italian and was thinking of Liras. But not even then.zoobyshoe said:Someone just posted this on Facebook:
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Enough to buy a calculator for each person, you think?WWGD said:They are either horrible at Math or misunderstood (misunderestimated?) the meaning of 1.5 billion. It comes down to $4.33 /person. Or a bit more than $1 per Chinese person.
WWGD said:They are either horrible at Math or misunderstood (misunderestimated?) the meaning of 1.5 billion. It comes down to $4.33 /person. Or a bit more than $1 per Chinese person. Or, EDIT: Maybe Andolini is Italian and was thinking of Liras. But not even then.
http://www.techinsider.io/powerball-split-math-meme-is-wrong-2016-1The original meme seems to have originated from an Instagram account named Esteyban, as Buzzfeed notes. Though the quote is attributed to a person named Philipe Andolini, Tech Insider could not find any such person after a quick internet search. Judging by Esteyban's other Instagrams, however, it's likely a made-up person the self-labeled "meme-creator" chose for his meme.
Just curious, have you asked library staff if this happens often?zoobyshoe said:I finally got another copy of that book that had pages ripped out of it. Sometime later tonight I shall discover the secret of why they were suppressed, or alternately I will remain confused as to why they were torn out.
No. When I turned the damaged book in all I was concerned about was whether or not they would blame me.WWGD said:Just curious, have you asked library staff if this happens often?
Well, it depends on where you do the math.zoobyshoe said:Someone just posted this on Facebook:
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Yes, please. I thought it would be interesting if you asked a librarian in person, then they would proceed to rip off the pages of a book to wipe some hamburger grease of their face and say , non-chalantly" I am not sure" (followed by a burp for dramatic effect).zoobyshoe said:No. When I turned the damaged book in all I was concerned about was whether or not they would blame me.
I do actually know a librarian, though. We're Facebook friends. I can ask her if you're really interested.
The Italian Lira doesn't exist anymore.WWGD said:They are either horrible at Math or misunderstood (misunderestimated?) the meaning of 1.5 billion. It comes down to $4.33 /person. Or a bit more than $1 per Chinese person. Or, EDIT: Maybe Andolini is Italian and was thinking of Liras. But not even then.
Given how Germans seem to append words to other words (in my very very basic knowledge of German language), it would not surprise me if ##10^12 ## is the length of the largest word in German.fresh_42 said:Well, it depends on where you do the math.
In German 1 billion equals ##10^{12}## so it makes sense.
Ah, that makes me look really good: replying to an ignorant statement while making one myself. EDIT: I guess it is the Euro now.fresh_42 said:The Italian Lira doesn't exist anymore.
I thought you were going for this:jim hardy said:lottery is making me remember my favorite comic book character from childhood.
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Duckburg was my favorite part of Disneyworld.
By the way: Whether you append words or build snakes of genitives doesn't make much differenceWWGD said:Ah, that makes me look really good: replying to an ignorant statement while making one myself.
There is something fundamental wrong in this picture!jim hardy said:lottery is making me remember my favorite comic book character from childhood.
Duckburg was my favorite part of Disneyworld.
It's my experience that most library books show signs of having been in the hands of an eater-reader, some apparently more than one. You also find hairs and bits of clothing lint.WWGD said:Yes, please. I thought it would be interesting if you asked a librarian in person, then they would proceed to rip off the pages of a book to wipe some hamburger grease of their face and say , non-chalantly" I am not sure" (followed by a burp for dramatic effect).