The ancient Greek mathematician Euclid (about 330-275 BC), known as the "father of geometry", took pains to convince his students; However, when children waver in their studies, he will also whip them with bitter satire.
One day, Euclid explained the first theorem of geometry to the students in class. While speaking, he found a student unable to sit still under the table, talking to the students next to him for a while, and fidgeting under the table for a while. Euclid deliberately paused and motioned the students to pay attention to the class with his eyes. Unexpectedly, the student suddenly stood up and asked, "Excuse me, sir, what are the practical benefits of studying geometry?"
Euclid was silent for a moment, then turned to the servant next to him and said, "Give this gentleman some money. It seems that he won't study without money. " An interesting answer for passers-by
Aesop, an ancient Greek fable writer (who lived in the 6th century BC), met a pedestrian one day and asked him for directions. Pedestrian: "How long will it take me to get to the city?" Aesop: "You go wow."
Pedestrian: "I really have to go. I mean, how long will it take to walk to the city?" Aesop: "Go! You go wow! "
Pedestrians feel that this person is really hateful and leave angrily. After a while, Aesop called him: "Two hours-"The pedestrian asked: "Why didn't you tell me just now?"
Aesop, "I don't know how fast you walk, how do you know how long it will take!" " "A lady's age.
A lady over 500 asked Bernard Shaw, "How old do you think I am?"
"Look at your crystal teeth, like 18 years old; Look at your fluffy curly hair, 19 years old; Look at your twisted waist, at most 14 years old. " Bernard Shaw is serious, he said.
The lady jumped up happily: "Can you tell me my age accurately?" "Please add up the three figures I just said!" Estimate the enemy's strength
There is a discussion about troops. There is Lincoln in the world. How many people are there in the Confederate army on the battlefield? 654.38+0.2 million. Lincoln replied.
This figure far exceeds the actual strength of the Confederate army. Looking at the faces full of amazement and doubt around him, Lincoln went on to say, "Exactly-1.20,000. You know, our generals always tell me that they are outnumbered after every defeat. The strength of the enemy is at least three times that of our army, so I have to trust them. At present, our army has 400,000 people on the battlefield, so there is no doubt that the Yugoslav army is 1.2 million. Poetic nature of dish names
A man wanted to hold a banquet for his friends, but unfortunately he only had eight copper coins in his pocket, which was embarrassing. The old servant said, "It's easy." I bought two eggs and six compositions, some leeks 1 composition, and tofu dregs 1 composition.
The old servant brought out the first course, and the leek noodles were covered with two egg yolks. He said, "What's this called? Two orioles singing green willows? . "When the second course was served, the leek was covered with a circle of protein and said," What's this called? A line of egrets to heaven? . "The third course is fried bean curd residue, named:" The window contains Xiling snow. " The fourth course is two eggshells floating in the clear soup, which are called "The Wu Dong Wan Li Boat in Membo".
The old servant said, "I am endowed with poems in Du Like, so the dishes made with these four poems are elegant. Please don't laugh. " The host was so happy that the guests rewarded him. Three days in heaven
A group of guests got together to chat and argue about the distance between the sky.
A farmer nearby said: "The sky is only three or four hundred miles from the ground. Bottom-up, four days slow, three days fast.
Yes, six or seven days is enough. Why did you quarrel? The guest paused and asked, "Is there any basis for your statement?" The farmer replied, "Of course! Don't you know that there is a custom of sending the kitchen god to heaven around here? I was sent away on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and I was welcomed back on the 30th of the twelfth lunar month, but it was only seven days. Walking a hundred miles a day, 2 1 plus 5, isn't that three or four hundred miles? Everyone laughed: "Wonderful speech! "Pay off every year.
A man borrowed 6 taels of silver from someone, and agreed that the interest would be 5 cents in January and February and 3 taels at the end of the year. At the end of one year, the borrower asked the creditor to repay 4 yuan's money and exchange it for an IOU of 10, and the creditor agreed.
At the end of the second year, according to the calculation of 10 Liang, the interest should be 6 Liang, and the person was unable to repay it, so he asked for another 4 Liang and changed it to 20 Liang IOU, and the creditor agreed.
At the end of the third year, at the interest rate of 20 taels, even with the principal and interest of 32 taels, he didn't pay it, so he asked for 8 taels of change and another 40 taels of IOU. The creditor hesitated, and the borrower got angry and said, "You have no conscience! When you borrowed your principal and interest, you didn't count it clearly. All you got was small change. Why are you unhappy? " A well-founded speech
In the Northern Qi Dynasty, there was a doctor who spoke about Chinese studies. When he said, "There are 72 disciples of Confucius." Shi Dongyong asked: "There are 72 people at the top. How many people have won the championship (adult)? How many people have not been crowned? " The doctor said, "There is no text in the scriptures."
Shi Dongyong said, "Don't you know that Confucius' disciples have thirty crowns and forty-two crowns?" The doctor asked, "according to what? "
Say nothing: The Analects of Confucius says: Five or six winners? . 5630 also; ? Six or seven boys? Six, seven, forty-two, isn't that seventy-two people? "The doctor can't cope. accurate
The editorial director of the newspaper pays attention to accuracy, and he also asks his colleagues who work with him. Once, a reporter gave him a meeting report for his review, and he took it and read it carefully. When he read this sentence, he looked up. That sentence was followed by "3999' s eyes were fixed on the speaker on the podium." "This is sheer nonsense!" The director is angry.
"This is not nonsense, sir," the reporter explained. "You know, one of the participants in the meeting is Cyclops." 700 people
When a woman writer was on vacation at sea, she wrote in her diary: The first day: I met the captain.
Second: The captain invited me to have dinner with him. I'm really honored.
Day 3: The captain showed me around and even took me to the bridge of the ship.
The fourth day: the captain showed me his room and asked me for it; It is difficult for a man in his position to do this.
Day 5: He insisted that if I didn't promise, he would sink the boat. Day 6: I saved 700 people. Kim is 100 years old.
One day after having a dream, Qian Wang said to his courtiers, "Yesterday I dreamed of a place where there was a dead dog, several turtles in a bowl, and a cypress tree grew under the yard." Later, the cypress tree was shattered by lightning. I wonder if this dream is fierce or auspicious? " The courtier said, "Your Majesty, you will live to be 100 years old!" Qian Wang asked, "How do you know?"
The courtiers said, "Dead dog, dead dog (homophonic with" 49 ") 36; Turtle in the bowl (both bowls and turtles are close to the "eight" sound) turtle bowl sixty-four. The sum of the two numbers is exactly 100. Cypress in the court (homophonic with "centenarians"), 100 years old. " The king is smiling. Others also laughed at this clever statement.
incredible
"My wife gave birth to twins after reading the book Happy Brothers," Harold told his two colleagues. "That's nothing." A colleague went on to say, "My wife read three musketeers by Dumas and gave birth to triplets." Another colleague turned pale when he heard this, and he cried anxiously, "My God! My wife is watching Alibaba and the Forty Thieves. I must go home at once. "