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The French are the worst tourists

According to a new study commissioned by Expedia.com has found the French to be the worst tourists in the world.

French holidaymakers and business travellers were the least generous or ready to tip, and ranked next-to-last for their overall behaviour and politeness.

Pushy French travellers made amends on elegance -- classed third -- as well as for their discretion and cleanliness.

But the French were the least ready to try a new language, unlike US tourists who were most likely to swallow their pride and order a pizza, baguette or a paella in the local lingo.

This of course comes as no surprise to anyone familiar with French castles on the English countryside.

LOL PUG

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Debate time!

Bar fun with pi

Above is the pi animation which I featured before. I like it because it gives you a real perspective of what pi means as well as a sense of scale. For example, watch the video below and see if you think those bar patrons would've been fooled if they had been familiar with the above animation.



Naturally he would have had less success if they had been drinking beer from bottles, and if they'd been drinking from pint glasses

he could've stacked it even higher. (Ahh, but how much higher?) That's the power of knowing a little bit of math: you can win bar bets against those who know no math. (There might be some other advantages too.)

How many equations can you name?

Or do you even see any equations?

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Groundhog Day

Today Punxsutawney Phil, the famous Woodchuck, didn't see his shadow and so foretold of an early spring. I caught up with Phil after the momentous event.

"Hello Phil, you look very tired."

"Yes Javier, it's been a very long day. It seems like you're the millionth person I've talked to today."

"Well then, I'll keep it brief--and not ask about your shadow."

"Thank you."

"So tell me Phil. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"

"That's a very good question, Javier. And believe it or not, I actually get that question a lot. I would have to say that ... a woodchuck would chuck all the wood he could chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood."

"Thank you so much for your time, Phil."

"The pleasure was all mine."