The Funny Pages - Tickle Me Elbow - The Original

[curlyfries]

The only reason Jan-nit beat me was cuz I explained in more detail ....plus I'm a slow typist!

Great minds think alike!

[flourgirl]

Hehehehehehe......Ijust realized this is kinda like soap operas...or even better....cliffhangers..only in slowmo!! Here I am glued to the screen to see what happens next....waiting for the next episode....but seconds seem like hours here!

Gonna have to get going here in a minute. We are watching Oliver Twist on the PBS station. Saw part one last Sunday....it's a re-make...and a bit different than what I remember reading in the book all those many decades ago.

[Darn210]

Since you don't know how many checks are being written, there is not one clearcut answer.

If you set them up as equalities, you can figure out at how many checks they would be the same.

8+.50x=y

6+.75x=y

Therefore

8+.50x=6+.75y

subtract 6 from both sides

2+.50x=.75y

subtract .50x from both sides

2=.25y

divide both sides by .25

8=y

sooo.....at 8 checks, they are the same

Now go back to the original equations and insert a number lesser or greater than 8 to find which is the lowest monthly charge at less than 8 checks or more than 8 checks.

The only reason Jan-nit beat me was cuz I explained in more detail ....plus I'm a slow typist!

Great minds think alike!

Plus you have an error in yer mathS . . . . . . I'm using my red pencil to point out that if you subtract .50x from both sides, you get

2=.75y-.50x . . . *snickersnicker*

OK OK . . . just making fun of yer typo(s)

[elye]

Hey, Jyagnutt! That looks suspiciously bang-on! Thanks, you mathy whiz... .. ....Sophie wants to throw one more out there:

One more...that's it - -we promise!

Now, to solve this one you have to do so by making 2 equations, then using substitution or elimination to solve for one of the variables.

At a silversmith's shop, they have alloys that contain 40% silver and others that contain 50% silver. A custom order for a bracelet requires 150 g of 44% silver. How much of each alloy should be melted together to make the bracelet?

[curlyfries]

Plus you have an error in yer mathS . . . . . . I'm using my red pencil to point out that if you subtract .50x from both sides, you get

2=.75y-.50x . . . *snickersnicker*

OK OK . . . just making fun of yer typo(s)

Why whatever do you mean, Gian-knit?..........I think yer messin wif posts again

[Darn210]

Hey, Jyagnutt! That looks suspiciously bang-on! Thanks, you mathy whiz... .. ....Sophie wants to throw one more out there:

One more...that's it - -we promise!

Now, to solve this one you have to do so by making 2 equations, then using substitution or elimination to solve for one of the variables.

At a silversmith's shop, they have alloys that contain 40% silver and others that contain 50% silver. A custom order for a bracelet requires 150 g of 44% silver. How much of each alloy should be melted together to make the bracelet?

x = weight of 40% silver

y = weight of 50% silver

x + y=150 g

.4x + .5y = .44(150) = 66 g

x = 150 - y

.4(150 - y) + .5y = 66

60 - .4y + .5y = 66

.1y = 6

y = 60 g

x = 150 - 60

x = 90 g

[Darn210]

What else ya got???

[Darn210]

. . . and the mom in me has to add . . . I expect Sophie to understand what I did and not just copy it . . . I'm not going to be there for the test you know . . .

[Darn210]

Why whatever do you mean, Gian-knit?..........I think yer messin wif posts again

Went back and fixed it, huh??? Well, I guess that's best. We wouldn't want any algebra students who happen to start reading our thread to be confuzzled by yer flagrant and blantant errors typos. . . I'll give ya partial credit . . .

Have I ever told you guys how the cross out feature is my favoUrite??

[elye]

x = weight of 40% silver

y = weight of 50% silver

x + y=150 g

.4x + .5y = .44(150) = 66 g

x = 150 - y

.4(150 - y) + .5y = 66

60 - .4y + .5y = 66

.1y = 6

y = 60 g

x = 150 - 60

x = 90 g

YAY!! Dear gawd, I have trouble reading through the whole question, let alone this answer........Sophie just copied it into her notebook, and has gone off to process it. I, however, have quoted it, and will never look at it again!!

Thanks, Janet! You will be such a prize for your kids when they hit high school mathS. .. . . ..sadly for my daughter, I am one of those loser moms who can only point out indirect objects and subordinate clauses . . . . ....very handy. . . .

[elye]

Went back and fixed it, huh??? Well, I guess that's best. We wouldn't want any algebra students who happen to start reading our thread to be confuzzled by yer flagrant and blantant errors typos.

[DingoGirl]

Anyone watching the Oscars.?

well of course I am, and I have things to say, but then THIS HAPPENED:

Darius saves $500 and wants to open a chequing account. Ontario Trust charges $8 per month, plus $.50 per cheque. Maple Leafs Savings charges $6 per month, plus $.75 per cheque. Which bank offers the lowest monthly charge?

and

WHAT IN HELL IS GOING ON HERE?????????????????

I almost hyperventilated with all this MATHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SHAME ON YOU, SHAME ON ALL OF YOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:lol:

<but I am impressed - begrudginly so - at you guys who figgered it out >

but - all of it stopped me in my tracks and Oscar fashion commentary will have to come later

(hint: I haven't really liked one single dress this year and they're all the same, and Lisa Rinna has DEEE-FORMED her face with injections....and...Hugh Jackman did and OUTSTANDING opening number and...forgot everything else)

[Darn210]

I am one of those loser moms who can only point out indirect objects and subordinate clauses . . . . ....very handy. . . .

Well, when the time comes, I shall call on you . . . In case you haven't noticed, I don't talk so good . . . and me psillie pspelling?? . . . it's not on porpoise.

WHAT IN HELL IS GOING ON HERE?????????????????

I almost hyperventilated with all this MATHS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SHAME ON YOU, SHAME ON ALL OF YOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[elye]

WHAT IN HELL IS GOING ON HERE?????????????????

I know, I know, Sooooze....my apologies, but things were indeed growing desperate over here. Think about how I feel, hearing all these heinous equations and problems practically every school night, with a plaintive "Can you help meeeeeee?" Dear gawd. . .. . ....

Yes, Mr. Jackman's opening romp was great phun......crap, when I wasn't toiling over alloy percentages and gram thingies. . . . . ..

[Green12]

My eyes, my eyes, my eyes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whot in bloody 'ell is all this maths?!?!

Just pooping through Sills whist watching the Oscars, and in the words of Em I think they have been wunnerful

Judy Jude, hang in there sweet lady (((((HUGS)))))

[DingoGirl]

I know, I know, Sooooze....my apologies, but things were indeed growing desperate over here. Think about how I feel, hearing all these heinous equations and problems practically every school night, with a plaintive "Can you help meeeeeee?" Dear gawd. . .. . ....

I don't know why they need to study the crap anyway - 'tis never used later in life, AM I RIGHT????????????????????

and look how much you all scared Jools, also!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Oscar fashions......and things..........where do I begin?

Almost every dress is the same strapless with too much sequinage/sparkle/silly detail or WAY too many pleats.....what in hell? Or different-coloUred fabric strips with sequins on them......didn't like any of them.....wrong coloUrs and shapes.....wrong everything...... instead of knockdown gorgeous they just look....like they dressed up Too many mermaid dresses.....Vanessa Hudgens crashed into a bird before the show and he left his feathers entwined in her bodice - such a busy dress for a wee girl.....I don't know what Tilda Swinton had wrapped around her body but - they might have STITCHED the dress instead of just tying a vomit-coloUred fabric swath around her shoulder?

am I being mean?

I'm just sayin.......if you gots tons of money and yer going on the Oscars, well, it should really be summat

now where was I?

Sarah Jessica Parker was Glenda the Good Witch and I don't understand... ..Penelope Cruz yanked the curtains off Scarlet Ohara's windows er summat - - the embroidery was QUITE lovely but the draped ruffles - bad...why is Philip Seymour Hoffman wearing a ski hat? Props to Mickey Rourke for wearing a lapel pin of his recently-passed chihuaha.....Angelina Jolie may be my favorite this year, simple strapless black and THOSE EMERALDS!!!!! GAH!!!!!!!! Beyonc

[Darn210]

I don't know why they need to study the crap anyway - 'tis never used later in life, AM I RIGHT????????????????????

I don't know what you mean . . . In fact, I used it last night!!!

[flourgirl]

PSuessly.....I'm reading your descriptions and I can't even picture this stuff. Then again...I have no fashion sense at all!! My idea of dressing up is putting on my newest, cleanest blue jeans Our TV gets turned on only a few times a year..usually to watch something particular that has caught our interest...usually PBS so the names mean absolutely nothing. I guess I'm some kind of weirdo to not like television. I feel so out of the loop when people start discussing shows, new movies and the latest and greatest stars.......but if you want to talk about the ones pre-1980 I might have a clue

I do enjoy your descriptions, though!

Em....hope you got throught the night with all of the math homework!!!! When I was going through it with my boy.....the poor kid....I'd tell him...."I already did 7th grade (or whatever grade) and now it's your turn. Figure it out. Wish I could do some of those things over again

[Crystal Brown]

You guys are silly

I enjoyed reading your posts.. all of 'em

And for whomever (or is it whoever) is the English major, I bow down to thee. I am taking a Business English class and have found out one thing..

I ABUSE ... Oh dear, I forgot what it was that I abuse.. No, it's not run-ons.. Not fragments.. Fiddle faddle, what was it!? The ones that get chopped in half by a... OH! Comma splices! Yes, I abuse those.

Yea, I'm gonna go to bed now. Crazy girl with 33% warning and 33% battery power needs to go to bed - or at least make a valiant effort to fall asleep.

K,

Ciao Sillyaks

[blueeyedmanda]

Morning Sillies-

far too much to comment on as I have missed the last few days.

So Hi to all!!

spent Friday with my mom and sis and had lots of fun-- except that the winds were back--crazy!

Sat was apartment cleaning day and was not fun at all! I took a bit of a spill on the stairs there and today me back is a bit sore yet!

Yesterday was Lydia's 1st birthday party and we went to that which was fun.

Now I am back at work--it is windy and cold! Is spring ever going to get here?

[elye]

Gooooood Mathy Mornin', Psillies!

Well, the mathS is over for me, at least......thank GAWD. Sophie has trundled off to school with Gee-ahgnutt's set of equations written down, with arrows in a couple of places and corresponding questions for the teacher. Once it was all in an algebraic form, I think some lights went off for her......and, I can hardly believe it.....for ME, as well. I could feel the wheels crunching away in my brain as I looked at the unknown variables, wisps of clarity and understanding floating around me....I almost understood it all!!

DD's test is tomorrow.. . . . ....stay tuned. . . . ...

I don't know what you mean . . . In fact, I used it last night!!!

You sho did. . . . ...Dazzled us, unsettled us, freaked us out. . . . . but you used it!

I guess I'm some kind of weirdo to not like television. I feel so out of the loop when people start discussing shows, new movies and the latest and greatest stars.....

I do enjoy your descriptions, though!

Tuhreeeeesah, I am so like you here. . . . ...I don't watch enough TV to know what's going on in all the big popular series. I try to scramble to a few movies a year, or rent them, but I didn't really know much about what was being awarded last evening.

But I, as well, loved Psoooozie's fashion recap!

Zella!!! WELCOME! You sound suspiciously Psilly, as well........ you need to stick around. Um, you said that you enjoyed reading ALL of our posts.. . ... .....Like, all 1900+ pages of posts?? Whoa. .. . .. ...can't imagine you catch too much TV or movie time yerself. . . . . .....

[Crystal Brown]

Gooooood Mathy Mornin', Psillies!

Well, the mathS is over for me, at least......thank GAWD. Sophie has trundled off to school with Gee-ahgnutt's set of equations written down, with arrows in a couple of places and corresponding questions for the teacher. Once it was all in an algebraic form, I think some lights went off for her......and, I can hardly believe it.....for ME, as well. I could feel the wheels crunching away in my brain as I looked at the unknown variables, wisps of clarity and understanding floating around me....I almost understood it all!!

DD's test is tomorrow.. . . . ....stay tuned. . . . ...

You sho did. . . . ...Dazzled us, unsettled us, freaked us out. . . . . but you used it!

Tuhreeeeesah, I am so like you here. . . . ...I don't watch enough TV to know what's going on in all the big popular series. I try to scramble to a few movies a year, or rent them, but I didn't really know much about what was being awarded last evening.

But I, as well, loved Psoooozie's fashion recap!

Zella!!! WELCOME! You sound suspiciously Psilly, as well........ you need to stick around. Um, you said that you enjoyed reading ALL of our posts.. . ... .....Like, all 1900+ pages of posts?? Whoa. .. . .. ...can't imagine you catch too much TV or movie time yerself. . . . . .....

Oh fooey! I read quite a few pages, until I found the lovely double arrow... Yea, I was stuck in 2006 for a little bit too long. Whoops Once I got out of the past and joined 2009, I read a few pages and thoroughly enjoyed those as well!

All this math talk is making me hungry. Not for math, but food.. What does one eat at this hour? I'm in morning territory, aaahhhh! I'm one of them, insomniac folk.. or a vampire.. Maybe vampire, since I can sleep in the day. Huh.. Anywho, I did manage to watch the Oscar's. The fashion was delightful! I've not been this excited about a fashion trend since... well... hmm.. it's been a long while. Oh! And I heard bell bottoms were making a come back....

Love how my thought process resembles a ping pong match.. or ping poing.. since I can't types this a maka me psilly...

Thank you for the WARM welcome!!

K.. me. bed. now.

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maybe =)

[Darn210]

I enjoyed reading your posts.. all of 'em

Uh-Oh . . . . . . Well, I guess it's a good sign that you decided to post anyway . . .

This is my bad habit . . . <---my little set of three periods . . . I use to "pause" and then continue . . .

By the way Zella, you tell everyone in your sig that you have a warning?? . . . Nobody can see that you have a warning except for you and the moderators so no need to apologiz in yer sig. Howeveh, if you're proud of yer warning that's a different story. You should announce it and then add something like (with attitude) . . . "Yeah, I'm bad. So What!!! <then this next part wif a Dirty Harry accent> Go Ahead, Make My Day!!"

Oooooops . . . and forgot to say . . . Welcome to Sillville, where spelling is opshunal.

[Jestgar]

I don't know why they need to study the crap anyway - 'tis never used later in life, AM I RIGHT????????????????????

Never comes up in my life :rolleyes:

Spent yesterday evening hanging out with my young friend Maddie while her mom and dad went to some concert. Forgot how manipulative 7yo s are (AND I get to have a cookie after I brush my teeth!...um, that's about the one thing you DON'T get after cleaning your teeth...).

Bit sleepy this morning, but whatever fatigue thing I was in the midst of has passed. Nice to be just sleepy, not preternaturally tired.

[Darn210]

I don't know why they need to study the crap anyway - 'tis never used later in life, AM I RIGHT????????????????????

Here . . . I'll put it into terms that you can relate to:

Say you desire a $6000 breast augmentation procedure. You can put away $25/month towards the procedure. How many months until you can't get yerselph some new boobs???

Never comes up in my life :rolleyes:

How bout this one for ya, Jess?

There are 50.7 ounces (1.5L) in a bottle of red wine (cause I know you buy the big bottles). You need 16 ounces of wine to make your famous tapioca/red wine pudding. How many batches of tapioca red wine pudding can you make before you need to go back to the liquor store?

See . . . you guys use it every day and just don't realize it.