John the Gnerphk

Some of this place is pretty bad. I'm here to be the change I want to see. Funny signs at 4(ish) daily; story links sometimes.

[John the Gnerphk @Gnerphk]

I haven't been writing as much, but today I've got a new story out.
Read it and rocket, will you?
https://t.co/puWPn9F9Ck

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Someone spotted this in the wild and I couldn't not steal it.

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@endofanerajc But did it die?

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@SelRamirez1997 🤣 Nice one!

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There are no words.

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@CatArthurian Perfect! 🤣

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So this guy I know about got cast in the Great British Bakeoff. He's not excited, though; it's just a small roll.

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@endofanerajc We love you too, Chad.

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Men are hanged. It's sides of meat that get hung.

...which, after the fact, I suppose, makes no difference.

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@astro_jaz Remember: Everyone else also suffers from Imposter Syndrome. Some hide it.

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@BootleggedChad "A good breakfast can cure many types of sadness."
- Ron Swanson

[Bob Golen @BobGolen]

Don’t get even.

Get odd.

[John the Gnerphk @Gnerphk]

@BootleggedChad I too am feeling down. Wish shoes and/or lingerie were options for me, but... well, thing is, I just don't look good in silk or lace.

Plus side: I have ingredients for a chili (one I'm not allergic to) and a rack of ribs that I'm prepping for dry rub. That's my therapy.

[John the Gnerphk @Gnerphk]

having a Day

[John the Gnerphk @Gnerphk]

That's the trick. There are a couple of answers to your question. I'll give you mine.

So the two internal triangles, the big one and the little one, are similar. They have the same internal angles; it's just that one is bigger than the other.

That means that the lengths of the sides have a consistent ratio. The short side is half that of the longer side (not the longest, the longer) in the big triangle -- 4 and 8. So in the smaller triangle, it's the same: 2 and 4.

Don't know if that makes sense, or if I expressed it well.

[John the Gnerphk @Gnerphk]

Okay, this is a bit of a toughie.

Yes, they're both squares, and the little red " marks indicate identical lengths.

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@BootleggedChad I've had it three times. I no longer do calculus for fun.

...okay. I never did calculus for fun. But it was funny.

...okay, so it wasn't. Waah.

[John the Gnerphk @Gnerphk]

Spies are trained in what not to eat, like beans and brassicas. Foods that produce gas.

Seriously.

Because if they happen to fart in bed, they might blow their cover.

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I'm sold.

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@BootleggedChad People do that whenever I start telling one of my stories. If you were driving past my place, that might have been it.