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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ok that would be not in any particular order:
Granny to Caleb and Scotia
Those sound perfect for Pi Day!!!
thanks for the interesting trivia! how cool...never even thought about that. i use to love math stuffs. i'll eat a fewcarrots in honor...lol
YUM...a square carrotcake would be best to celebrate...dontcha think? lol
YUM...a square carrotcake would be best to celebrate...dontcha think? lol
Yes!!!
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my fav root veggies are fenchel, celeriac (celery root), carrots ....
ok I'll fess up - I did post it - but didn't 'read' since all I understood was 'the' 'and' and 'or'....
Hey, I'm with you babe!! LMBO!!!
Oh, goodie, a math day..how fun..LOL!!!
I'm going to celebrate by settling my buttskie down into the SQUARE seat of my recliner later for a nap!! LOL!!
lol by jcat
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