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No kidding. What's wrong with you, BV?
I know.
But I was dreading copy and pasting all these options into a long poll, especially as googling 'types of pie' gave me a huge long list, and that's excluding quiches and pizza as well. No cottage or shepherd's pie, either... or xUKHCx's Chicken and Leek pie... or even Steak & Mushroom, let alone cobblers and the like.
Judging from the results of the poll so far, it seems that many of our Americans are slightly unfamiliar with the types of savoury pies that those in the UK and its former colonies are fond of.
At least I didn't add hair pie.
The greatest type of pie is surely cow pie, as enjoyed by comic strip cowboy Desperate Dan. Served in a dish the size of a dustbin lid and with the horns and tail poking out of the pastry it's hearty fare indeed.
However, as it isn't on the list I'll go with steak and ale (or Guinness, as listed).
However, as it isn't on the list I'll go with steak and ale (or Guinness, as listed).
A useful fact in honor of Pi Day:
If you can't remember the value of pi, just compute the square root of 9.869604401 in your head. That'll be close enough to pi for most practical uses.
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Damn good film. You're gonna love it, BV.
I remember back when I took calculus, someone celebrated the day by writing pi to what I believe was 2500 digits on the chalkboard in various colors during class. The janitor proceeded to erase the board that evening.
The East Yorkshireman is correct. Steak & Ale trumps all, apart from Cow Pie.
Speaking of which I've got a Steak and Black Sheep pie in the oven at the moment, all from the right part of 'oop there
, courtesy of the ever wonderful Ginger Pig.
From the webiste of St. Bonaventure University, we have bad news for people (like me) who had nothing better to do than memorize dozens of digits of pi:
The largest number of digits of pi that you will ever need is 41. To compute the circumference of the universe with an error less than the diameter of a proton, you need 41 digits of pi. It seems safe to conclude that 41 digits is sufficient accuracy in pi for any circle measurement problem you're likely to encounter.
If we count the initial "3," the number of digits becomes 42, a fact that will please fans of Douglas Adams.
If we count the initial "3," the number of digits becomes 42, a fact that will please fans of Douglas Adams.
As long as it is all in the same plane.I can't believe how quickly pi day comes around. For a square like me it's rad.
Bravo for going off on a tangent to this degree.
So cool!
So the answer is really 42.
Bravo for going off on a tangent to this degree.
As long as it is all in the same plane.
Wordplay pie?
/Key Lime got my vote. My mom, a Florida native, makes an excellent one.