Maths Comedy Double

Well, triple, actually. What the hell, quadruple. Quintuple even. I may be a little bit nerdy, but I still can’t add up.

First up, much obliged to the endless thread at Pharyngula for this clip, in which Abbott and Costello prove the fungibility of numbers:

Just to prove I’m down with the kids, some rap. First, quadratic equations:

Lamar Queen is a rapping 8th grade math teacher in Los Angeles:

Mr Purdy does the Dance of The Parallel Lines:


Why didn’t I ever have maths teachers like those two?

Sing it, nerd girl! Baby got back math:

But let’s not let the Merkins have all the maths glory.

I will derive, hey hey…wish he’d done it in the sparkly boobtube and rollerskates, though:


Go Aussies, with Pythagoras’ Theorem, TTTO Waltzing Matilda:

Bonus podcast link:

From the Mark Steel Lecture Series on the BBC here’s his lecture on Isaac Newton. 30 minutes of sciencey hilariousness.

Comedy Double

I haven’t done one for a while but as it’s Friday and it’s raining here’s some cute, funny cat commercials for your perusal and delectation.

Cat v Fish, maybe not the outcome you’d expect:

Is your cat trying to tell you something?

Sometimes I really do miss British tv.

Bonus clip: This is in Thai, but never mind the quality – feel the width!

Comedy Double

Yes it is I, Simon Quinlank and I bring you hobbies! You are all hobby idiots!

Just for Martin, here’s the complete collected Simon Quinlank Master of Hobbies clips from Lee & Herring‘s much-missed series, Fist of Fun:

It was only a matter of time before a British election candidate rapped their campaign message. Here rapping his campaign theme, ‘Six To Fix’, in glorious technicolour is Herts Lib Dem councillor Allan Siao Ming Witherick:

(h/t Duncan Campbell)

Well. What can you say? I know….

Now you may drink your weak lemony drink.

Comedy Single

What would happen if you covered a flock of sheep in LED’s, let them loose on a dark hillside, rounded them up with a sheepdog then filmed the result?

Via Eric’s Michel Vuilsteke’s that is, I repeat Eric’s excellent Komma Punt Log (see comments below) comes Extreme Shepherding

Enjoy.

UPDATE:
Bugger. The Guardian spotted it. I hate it when they do that.

UPDATE II:

Edited to reflect my momentary stupidity and gross bad manners. Sorry Eric.