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I thought there were 7 parties, Ma, Pa and the 5 others. Too many parties.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 2:02 AM on May 10 [1 favorite]
posted by JohnnyGunn at 2:02 AM on May 10 [1 favorite]
I thought this sounded familiar -- I don't know who did it first but Abbott & Costello did some very similar math!
posted by Ishbadiddle at 3:20 AM on May 10 [2 favorites]
posted by Ishbadiddle at 3:20 AM on May 10 [2 favorites]
They use a notation for division I haven't seen before.
posted by Nancy Lebovitz at 4:31 AM on May 10 [7 favorites]
posted by Nancy Lebovitz at 4:31 AM on May 10 [7 favorites]
I thought this sounded familiar
There’s also a lot of “party of the first part” business in the contract scene in A Night at the Opera.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 4:39 AM on May 10 [2 favorites]
There’s also a lot of “party of the first part” business in the contract scene in A Night at the Opera.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 4:39 AM on May 10 [2 favorites]
A famous recluse cartoonist had a good riff on this.
Also, a less famous suicidal poet. Of course, his dad was a famously evil lawyer.
posted by es_de_bah at 4:57 AM on May 10 [1 favorite]
Also, a less famous suicidal poet. Of course, his dad was a famously evil lawyer.
posted by es_de_bah at 4:57 AM on May 10 [1 favorite]
Always did enjoy Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride. Paved the way for the “rural humor” of the Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Petticoat Junction etc.
posted by kinnakeet at 5:01 AM on May 10 [2 favorites]
posted by kinnakeet at 5:01 AM on May 10 [2 favorites]
Hold on. Isn’t anyone curious about the “should the first party and the second party become a part to anything not agreeable to the third party, fourth party and fifth party, the first party and the second party shall be liable to the third party, the fourth party, and the fifth party…”
Sounds like Ma and Pa are getting shafted here.
posted by TWinbrook8 at 9:59 AM on May 10 [1 favorite]
Sounds like Ma and Pa are getting shafted here.
posted by TWinbrook8 at 9:59 AM on May 10 [1 favorite]
@Nancy Lebovitz, I don't have time for this rabbit-hole right now, but the notation they use for long division looks like the style attributed to the Netherlands on the Wikipedia article.
posted by adekllny at 10:49 AM on May 10 [2 favorites]
posted by adekllny at 10:49 AM on May 10 [2 favorites]
They use a notation for division I haven't seen before.
Oh that? That's called a gozinta.
For example: five gozinta fifteen three times...
posted by Wild_Eep at 11:36 AM on May 10 [5 favorites]
Oh that? That's called a gozinta.
For example: five gozinta fifteen three times...
posted by Wild_Eep at 11:36 AM on May 10 [5 favorites]
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