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MY HOBBY: Making unorthodox math- themed requests of store clerks, to pretend I'm Randall Munroe of XKCD.
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| Hi there! Welcome to Target-Mart. what can I help you with today? | |
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| Yes, I'd like a Klein bottle of your finest champagne, and a pair of Moebius boxers, post-haste! | |
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| Can I get anything else for you, sir? | |
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| Five sevenths of a pound of ham, four ninths of a pound of turkey, and 23/37 a pound of pepperoni salami, cut into the shape of a torus. | |
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| Your total comes to $7.92; will that be cash or credit? | |
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| Just to make the math simpler, here's $23.17. If you can't figure it out, I'll write it as a recursive function on a napkin for you as a study aid! | |
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