OT: Name Your Favorite....Anything

[Skeets]

Just the idea that 3 of the most interesting and diverse constants "i" the imaginary unit = sqrt(-1), pi (the irrational number connecting the diameter and perimeter of a circle) and "e". the natural base for logarithms should all be magically related by a single equation. Well, you asked.

Real bad math joke: the integral of e to the x is some function F (u) to the n. You have to draw it out to get it. If you get it, you are some kind of weird math nerd, like I used to be back when the concept of zero was formulated. Also speaking of integrals on a more serious note: the integral of e to the x is e to the x.

 

[Millenial23]

Do they still hang out the "ducks" flag when it rains...to enable the "buy one, get one" deal on sundaes?

I miss it enough to consider a long drive

Ferris Acres Creamery in Newtown, CT

I don't know.... I'm in Hartford County, but enjoy hunting down all the best ice cream places in the state (and out of state). Newtown is >1 hr drive for us, so it's only about once a year we go.

 

[Scud49]

Your favorite over "Some like it Hot" ?

Yes

 

[eebmg]

Real bad math joke: the integral of e to the x is some function F (u) to the n. You have to draw it out to get it. If you get it, you are some kind of weird math nerd, like I used to be back when the concept of zero was formulated. Also speaking of integrals on a more serious note: the integral of e to the x is e to the x.

Hmm. I got it.

Better than the integral property which requires some Initial conditions to fix the arbitrary constant,, I like the magical result derivative[e^x]=e^x. In other words, what curve has the property that the curve tangent (slope) is equal to the curve itself everywhere on the curve. That usually gets the good students thinking and gets them working on such things as the Taylor expansions , convergence of limits etc.

 

[Conndog]

My favorite "Shuffle Dance" video:

The 2nd dancer, the blond girl at 34 seconds, is my favorite- love it when she swings her arm in a circle

 

[Conndog]

Favorite men's dress shoes: my Alden single-monk. Got them off Craigslist, when I first put them on, I almost gasped- they fit so perfectly! Wish I could afford them new. Would like to try other good shoes too.

 

[rvwsleep]

Favorite men's dress shoes: my Alden single-monk. Got them off Craigslist, when I first put them on, I almost gasped- they fit so perfectly! Wish I could afford them new. Would like to try other good shoes too.

Best pair of shoes I ever owned were Alden cordovan loafers. I even had them sent back to Alden for refurbishing. Wore them constantly in the warmer months and they still lasted for more than 10 years. Great shoes.

 

[rvwsleep]

Favorite rainy day album.

 

[oldanintheway]

Movie Quote: Spencer Tracy as Robert Rodgers from the movie "Northwest Passage" leading his men on a survival march back to safety, and home, responding to Walter Brennan after a decision by Rodgers, and Brennan saying "I'd hate to be a man whose always right as you Major".

"I'm not a man right now, I'm a leader of men...., perhaps if you ever meet me when I'm just a man,...you might want to to take a little pity...."

 

[Scud49]

My favorite spaghetti western of all time - For a Few Dollars More, w/ Lee Van Cleef and Clint Eastwood.

Here's the final shoot out, where LVC harbored a bitter secret to the very end - and then finally shared it with the Man With No Name:

 

[Magy Cannon]

Chocolate ice cream
Navy blue
St. Francis County, AR
The Sound Of Music

 

[RegisteredUconn]

I'll go with the universe.

 

[Bigboote]

Favorite place (tie)

Acadia National Park

Kauai

 

[RSHERMVIKES]

Favorite College Football teams: Penn State, University of Oklahoma, and Northwestern
Favorite MLB team: NY Yankees
Favorite BB team: UCONN WBB
Favorite Ice Cream: Stop & Shop Chocolate Chip
Favorite child-hood dinner: Broad Noodles and Cheese (still eat it today)
Favorite sports to coach: HS Wrestling and HS Girls Field Hockey
My most important thing in my life: I have GREAT friends

 

[Jackcatscal]

They will object

My wife was buried at the local national cemetery last year. Her headstone is engraved with the opening line of a Robert Burns poem, one of her favorites: “Flow gently, sweet Afton.”

 

[Jackcatscal]

That is a fine poem by the brilliant Mr Yeats. I favor "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" myself.

How about Yeats’ poem “Sailing to Byzantium”? Its opening line: “That is no country for old men.”

(P.S.: I’ll be in Byzantium/Constantinople/Istanbul next week.)

 

[Jackcatscal]

How about Falstaff: Henry IV, Act V, scene iii, lines 40- 61
" GIVE ME LIFE" Sir John was a true VITALIST!

Here’s a good Shakespeare trivia question: what character in Shakespeare’s plays has the most lines? The obvious answer is Hamlet, since that’s the longest play. But that’s wrong. The right answer is Falstaff, since he’s in a number of plays.

 

[Scud49]

Got a new shuffle dance favorite, just had to share it:

 

[Bama fan]

My wife was buried at the local national cemetery last year. Her headstone is engraved with the opening line of a Robert Burns poem, one of her favorites: “Flow gently, sweet Afton.”

Sorry to hear of her passing, but that is a lovely poem. "Disturb not her dreams"

 

[Bama fan]

I'll go with the universe.

Pretty much covers it all!

 

[MooseJaw]

Favorite pro football players
offense---Walter Payton
defense---Dick Butkis
Tv show---Big Bang Theory
Ice cream place---Culvers
Flavor--- Mid Night Express
American--- My Father, who if alive would be 106 this month

 

[nwhoopfan]

Got a new shuffle dance favorite, just had to share it:

A few of those dancers wandered into the wrong video, definitely not shuffle dancing.

 

[MSGRET]

My favorite "Shuffle Dance" video:

One of my favorites is Sina jamming with Elvis.

Sina jamming with Elvis: Polk Salad Annie • Drum Cover by Sina

This iconic performance of the one and only Elvis Presley was recorded Live at Las Vegas back in 1970. What an entertainer he was! Elvis original drummer at ...

youtu.be

 

[Bigboote]

Favorite line from a cartoon: In the Warner Bros Hansel and Gretel, Hansel says to Witch Hazel, "Your mother rides a vacuum cleaner!"

That was one of those lines that you just don't get when you're six.

 

[Bama fan]

Favorite line from a cartoon: In the Warner Bros Hansel and Gretel, Hansel says to Witch Hazel, "Your mother rides a vacuum cleaner!"

That was one of those lines that you just don't get when you're six.

They had me at "Witch Hazel".