Today is Square Root Day....

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Today is Square Root Day....
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Tue, 03-03-2009 - 8:10am

WHAT???   Well the announcer on my radio station just annouced it - never heard of it in 63 years of being on this planet so I looked it up in Wiki - I love Wiki...... apparently it only happens 9 times in every Century!


So  gals - what are you going to do to celebrate... I'll go find a nice chocolate cake - cut it into square pieces and eat the whole thing....rofl  NOT!


Square root day is a humorous holiday celebrated on dates where the day and the month are both the square root of the last two digits in the current year. For example, the last square root day was March 3, 2009 (3/3/09), and the next square root day will be April 4, 2016 (4/4/16). The final square root day of the century will occur on September 9, 2081. Each century it is the same nine dates that are Square root days. The next century, though, will also cover the remaining three months' square roots with 10/10/2100, 11/11/2121 and 12/12/2144, this only happens once per millennium.


Ron Gordon, a Redwood City, California high school teacher, first created the day for 9/9/81. Gordon is the official public relations person and sends news releases to world media outlets. In addition, his daughter has got in on the act and set up a Facebook page for people to share how they were celebrating the day.


One suggested way of celebrating the holiday is by eating square radishes, or other root vegetables cut into shapes with square cross sections.


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Registered: 07-29-2002
Tue, 03-03-2009 - 8:33am
Well Rusty, thank you for that interesting tidbit of information.

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Registered: 04-24-2000
Tue, 03-03-2009 - 8:38am

Rusty....I did hear about that this am...on the Today show !!!


Interesting...but, I am NOT into math....sorry Cin-Cin !!!


I will eat a root veggie today to honor

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Registered: 03-17-2007
Tue, 03-03-2009 - 8:42am

ok - I'll bite - what the heck is a root veggie???????????

Granny to Caleb and Scotia

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Registered: 02-09-2007
Tue, 03-03-2009 - 9:05am

Thank you so much for doing this Rusty!!

 
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Registered: 02-09-2007
Tue, 03-03-2009 - 9:10am

LOL .... you were the one who posted it ....


One suggested way of celebrating the holiday is by eating square radishes, or other root vegetables cut into shapes with square cross sections.

 
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Registered: 03-17-2007
Tue, 03-03-2009 - 9:15am

And don't forget to plan for International Pi Day on 3.14!!


Oh goody 'Pi Day' -

Granny to Caleb and Scotia

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Tue, 03-03-2009 - 9:18am
ok I'll fess up - I did post it - but didn't 'read' since all I understood was 'the' 'and' and 'or'....

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Tue, 03-03-2009 - 9:23am
A root veggie is a vegetable that grows in the ground, like carrots or radishes, or potatoes, I think. The part you eat is actually the root of the plant.




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Registered: 02-09-2007
Tue, 03-03-2009 - 9:26am

Don't worry .... I coach you through Pi Day ... but you need to have plenty of your favorite Pies around first ... so stock up now!!!


 
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Registered: 03-17-2007
Tue, 03-03-2009 - 9:28am
oh.....a root VEGGIE .... not a ROOT veggie.....now I get it............roflmbo

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