[greets three tiny trick-or-treaters]
Them: Trick or treat!
Me: I see we have a puppy, Mickey Mouse and, well, you must be a mathematician!
Little girl [defiantly stomping foot]: I’m a princess!
Me: Princesses can be mathematicians too.
Assistant Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Oregon State University
[greets three tiny trick-or-treaters]
Them: Trick or treat!
Me: I see we have a puppy, Mickey Mouse and, well, you must be a mathematician!
Little girl [defiantly stomping foot]: I’m a princess!
Me: Princesses can be mathematicians too.
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JeffE — November 2, 2009 @ 4:50 pm
(Puppies can’t be mathematicians?)
Jeremy LeJyBy — November 2, 2009 @ 6:51 pm
Mickey was a mathematician! (in one of the cartoons I watched a Sunday morning when I was a kid — or was it Goofy?)
Sorelle — November 3, 2009 @ 3:04 pm
Or maybe you’re thinking about Donald Duck? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_in_Mathmagic_Land