arteacher wrote on 03/14/14 at 13:06:56:



No...it reallly isn't funny.  The joke asks why engineers confuse Halloween and Christmas.  Halloween is Oct. 31 and Christmas is Dec 25.

I am not sure of the nomenclature...but evidently they believe the abbreviation Dec indicates a base 10 system of counting, while the Oct indicates you should use a base 8 system.  In our base 10 system you gain the second digit for the next number after 9.......when you count in the base 8 sytem you get the second digit for the next number after 7.  The fact that we use 10 might be that we have 10 fingers....or maybe that it makes the division or multiplication simpler than using some other base system.

Dec 25 is therefore in base 10......and is 25.....no change.

If you change 31 from a base 8 system to a base 10 there is a change.  

To change 31 in base 8 divide it into 10 + 10 + 10 + 1.

Then to change it to base 10 you install an 8 wherever there is a 10, and you get 8+8+8+1 = 25.  (Think it is funny yet?)

If that was confusing, maybe this will help.

Base 10 counting is standard.  1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,etc.
Base 8 counting is 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,20,21,22,etc.

"Question: why would anyone need a different base system in math?"

Computers run in base 2.  Early computers stored information in 8-bit groups, called a byte).  In this case, counting in octal (base-8) made memory addressing easy, being analogous to humans using decimal (base-10) because they have a storage system of 10 (10 fingers). Another common computer numeric system is hexadecimal, which uses 16 as its base. Counting in hex is 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 10.

A couple, both age 78, went to a sex therapist's office. The doctor asked, "What can I do for you?"

The man said, "Will you watch us have sex?"

The doctor looked puzzled, but agreed.

When the couple finished, the doctor said, "There's nothing wrong with the way you have sex," and charged them $50.

This happened several weeks in a row. The couple would make an appointment, have sex with no problems, pay the doctor, then leave.

Finally, the doctor asked, "Just exactly what are you trying to find out?"

"We're not trying to find out anything," the husband replied.
"She's married and we can't go to her house. I'm married and we can't go to my house. The Holiday Inn charges $90. The Hilton charges $108. We do it here for $50...and I get $43 back from Medicare

which one are you?  

A married Irishman went into the confessional and said to his priest,
"I almost had an affair with another woman."

The priest said, "What do you mean, almost?"
The Irishman said, "Well, we got undressed and rubbed together, but then
I stopped."

The priest said, "Rubbing together is the same as putting it in. You're not
to see that woman again. For your penance, say five Hail Mary's and put $50
in the poor box."
The Irishman left the confessional, said his prayers, and then walked over
to the poor box. He paused for a moment and then started to leave.

The priest, who was watching, quickly ran over to him saying, "I saw that. You
didn't put any money in the poor box!"

The Irishman replied, "Yeah, but I rubbed the $50 on the box, and according
to you, that's the same as putting it in!"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There once was a religious young woman who went to Confession. Upon
entering the confessional, she said, "Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned."
The priest said, "Confess your sins and be forgiven."

The young woman said, "Last night my boyfriend made mad passionate love
to me seven times."

The priest thought long and hard and then said, "Squeeze seven lemons into
a glass and then drink the juice."
The young woman asked, "Will this cleanse me of my sins?"
The priest said, "No, but it will wipe that smile off of your face."
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Muldoon lived alone in the Irish countryside with only a pet dog for
company. One day the dog died, and Muldoon went to the parish priest and
asked, "Father, my dog is dead. Could ya' be saying' a mass for the poor
creature?"
Father Patrick replied, "I'm afraid not; we cannot have services for an
animal in the church. But there are some Baptists down the lane, and the
re's no tellin' what they believe. Maybe they'll do something for the creature."
Muldoon said, "I'll go right away Father. Do ya 'think $5,000 is enough to
donate to them for the service?"
Father Patrick exclaimed, "Sweet Mary, Mother of Jesus! Why didn't ya tell
me the dog was Catholic?

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An elderly man walks into a confessional. The following conversation ensues:
Man: "I am 92 years old, have a wonderful wife of 70 years, many children,
grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Yesterday, I picked up two college
girls, hitchhiking. We went to a motel, where I had sex with each of them
three times."
Priest: "Are you sorry for your sins?"
Man: "What sins?"
Priest: "What kind of a Catholic are you?"
Man: "I'm Jewish."
Priest: "Why are you telling me all this?"
Man: "I'm 92 years old .... I'm telling everybody."

Dave wrote on 03/14/14 at 11:34:51:


ROTFLMAO!....  just so I don't look stupid... ...


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Dude! Thats FUNNEE,,, & FWIW, Ive never had a Harley,,

Hows yours doin, Rowboat? Does it make your "oar" bigger?

OHHHH, Im Bad!

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