Monthly Archives: June 2013

While talking complete rubbish to a friend of mine I stumbled on the great new name for a superhero: POOPERMAN! Then I found I was not the first to think of this name.

This evening there was some fierce knocking at my door and I opened to be faced by some large fierce guy screaming about parking – that someone who lives here has no right to park on that part of the … Continue reading →

When Charles Saatchi and Nigella Lawson were fighting in an expensive restaurant surrounded by other rich people, how many of those rich people said something to the effect of, ‘yo man, tone it down a bit’? None of them. Instead … Continue reading →

Just watched a video of a toddler falling 5 floors and being caught by several men who had been standing there. How long before toddlers are thrown from skyscrapers in the hope of having a video go viral on YouTube?

I have been thinking about entering politics and thinking about the role I could have. I am a mathematician so I would like to be the Minister for maths. Please prime minister can you make me minister for maths by … Continue reading →

Make up a good lie, believable and consistent. My favourite lie is that ex President George Bush has below average intelligence. Many people are prepared to believe it and would like it to be true. It is certainly plausible and … Continue reading →

There are two things that always annoyed me about their calculators, so I just emailed them to see if they would change their design slightly. I said: I teach maths and your calculators cause confusion because 1. They tell my … Continue reading →

There was an amusing scene in court yesterday after a group of Muslims were convicted of plotting to bomb an English defence league rally. Muslims and edl members taunted each other in court, one group shouting ‘god is great’ and … Continue reading →

There is no ocr mei physics syllabus because mei stands for maths in engineering and industry.

Today, while explaining a tricky summation problem, I found myself saying something like this: Work out the n+1 one and the n one, and divide the n+1 one by the n one to find the common ratio. Say it out … Continue reading →