today is 3/14, the day known to all people in America as "Pi Day".
Why not in the whole world, you ask?
Well, the rest of the world writes the date differently. They write the day before the month. So, for instance, today is 14/3/10. For the rest of the world, Pi Day can't be today, since 14/3 doesn't make any sense.
Does the rest of the world miss out on this most wonderful celebration of geekiness, you wonder? No, in fact they don't! The rest of the world, both more precise than Americans and different in their date-writing habits, assigns the day August 22nd to be Pi Day.
If you know anything about Pi, you know that the fraction which most closely gives us the magic math number is 22/7. And with their date-writing being different, the rest of the world recognizes this number to be equal to the date given above.
And so, dear friends, fret not! For the glories of Pi Day are celebrated the world over, if on a different day.
1 comment:
Ha! I almost mentioned Pi Day this morning, but thought it might be an odd conversation topic for church.
If only you'd posted this about 20 minutes later (at 3/14 1:59:26.5)...
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