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  • M martin_hughes

    Are these proper jam donuts, or rubbishy American ones that taste like pap and have a hole in the middle?

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    Raj Lal
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    hole one

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    • B Bassam Abdul Baki

      Stab two children, bang two others' heads together, and share a donut with your favorite one.


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      Raj Lal
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      evil shog :)

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      • D Douglas Troy

        I'm tired, I read your "TWO" as two donuts ... ha! *sigh* What constitutes "use" of the knife? A single 'cut'? In other words, if I cut through one side of the donut, but hit the hole in the middle, do I now have to throw out that knife?


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        Raj Lal
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        Douglas Troy wrote:

        if I cut through one side of the donut, but hit the hole in the middle, do I now have to throw out that knife

        No, one cut is once you are done

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          evil shog :)

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          Shog9 0
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          Hey, i taught a valuable life lesson. Bassam's the violent one here... ;)

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          • M martin_hughes

            Are these proper jam donuts, or rubbishy American ones that taste like pap and have a hole in the middle?

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            Shog9 0
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            You make donuts out of jam? :~

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            • R Raj Lal

              A women has a donut, and TWO "use and throw" knives. she want to share it with 5 children and you, only if you can help her do that? [added] the women is sharing between her children and you , she is not eating [/added] -- modified at 19:22 Thursday 25th October, 2007

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              Mircea Grelus
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              Cut the donut in half. You get 2 C shaped pieces. Place them on top of each other and make another cut top-down on the C shape to divide each shape into 3. There you go. 6 pieces

              Cheers, Mircea "Pay people peanuts and you get monkeys" - David Ogilvy

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              • S Shog9 0

                You make donuts out of jam? :~

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                martin_hughes
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                Now don't be silly :)

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                • M Mircea Grelus

                  Cut the donut in half. You get 2 C shaped pieces. Place them on top of each other and make another cut top-down on the C shape to divide each shape into 3. There you go. 6 pieces

                  Cheers, Mircea "Pay people peanuts and you get monkeys" - David Ogilvy

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                  martin_hughes
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                  That's great! Except you need 7.

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                  • M martin_hughes

                    That's great! Except you need 7.

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                    Mircea Grelus
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                    :doh: ... but I'm not hungry.

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                    • S Shog9 0

                      You make donuts out of jam? :~

                      every night, i kneel at the foot of my bed and thank the Great Overseeing Politicians for protecting my freedoms by reducing their number, as if they were deer in a state park. -- Chris Losinger, Online Poker Players?

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                      Chris Meech
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                      It actually depends upon the amount of sun that the donut tree receives while the donut is blooming. BTW have you ever been to a donut harvest festival? ;)

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                      • R Raj Lal

                        A women has a donut, and TWO "use and throw" knives. she want to share it with 5 children and you, only if you can help her do that? [added] the women is sharing between her children and you , she is not eating [/added] -- modified at 19:22 Thursday 25th October, 2007

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                        El Corazon
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                        Quartz. wrote:

                        she want to share it with 5 childrens and you, only if you can help her do that?

                        eat the donut and divide the donut hole equally to all the children. Donut holes can be divided infinitely while maintaining identical volume, therefore all children will have identical donut holes. prove it to them with math. I wonder if this is why all my step-children hated math.... hmmmm....

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                        • M Mircea Grelus

                          Cut the donut in half. You get 2 C shaped pieces. Place them on top of each other and make another cut top-down on the C shape to divide each shape into 3. There you go. 6 pieces

                          Cheers, Mircea "Pay people peanuts and you get monkeys" - David Ogilvy

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                          leppie
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                          Mircea Grelus wrote:

                          Place them on top of each other and make another cut top-down on the C shape to divide each shape into 3.

                          Dont understand! :confused: I get 4 pieces, and now I wasted a perfectly good donut! ;P

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                          • B Bassam Abdul Baki

                            Stab two children, bang two others' heads together, and share a donut with your favorite one.


                            "He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him, the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently I hate all this, how despicable an ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action! It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder." - Albert Einstein Web - Blog - RSS - Math - LinkedIn - BM

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                            leppie
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                            You forgot about the woman! ;P

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                            • R Raj Lal

                              Douglas Troy wrote:

                              if I cut through one side of the donut, but hit the hole in the middle, do I now have to throw out that knife

                              No, one cut is once you are done

                              Omit Needless Words - Strunk, William, Jr.


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                              Ok, fold the donut in half, and then half again, and then again so that's in 3'rds, kind of "cone" shaped at this point, I believe. Using one knife, cut off one side Using the other knife, cut off the other side When you're done, I think you'll have 6 pieces after that ... Damn, I need a donut to test this out on ...


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                              • R Raj Lal

                                A women has a donut, and TWO "use and throw" knives. she want to share it with 5 children and you, only if you can help her do that? [added] the women is sharing between her children and you , she is not eating [/added] -- modified at 19:22 Thursday 25th October, 2007

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                                leppie
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                                I think I got it :) You use the 1st knife to cut the donut in a 'spiral' fashion, then use the 2nd to split the 'long spiral' donut :) In fact this should work for any number, except the knife might get blunt and the donut will have to big rather big too :)

                                xacc.ide
                                The rule of three: "The first time you notice something that might repeat, don't generalize it. The second time the situation occurs, develop in a similar fashion -- possibly even copy/paste -- but don't generalize yet. On the third time, look to generalize the approach."

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                                • C Chris Meech

                                  It actually depends upon the amount of sun that the donut tree receives while the donut is blooming. BTW have you ever been to a donut harvest festival? ;)

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                                  Brady Kelly
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                                  That reminds me of the spaghetti tree[^] hoax. That reminds me that there is actually a spaghetti squash[^]. We used to grow them when I was little.

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                                  • L leppie

                                    I think I got it :) You use the 1st knife to cut the donut in a 'spiral' fashion, then use the 2nd to split the 'long spiral' donut :) In fact this should work for any number, except the knife might get blunt and the donut will have to big rather big too :)

                                    xacc.ide
                                    The rule of three: "The first time you notice something that might repeat, don't generalize it. The second time the situation occurs, develop in a similar fashion -- possibly even copy/paste -- but don't generalize yet. On the third time, look to generalize the approach."

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                                    Dinobot_Slag
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                                    And you get the frosting (or powdered sugar) all over your fingers if you do it this way. ;)

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                                      You forgot about the woman! ;P

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                                      Shog9 0
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                                      If she was gonna be involved, she'd divvy up the donut herself... :rolleyes:

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                                        You forgot about the woman! ;P

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                                        Bassam Abdul Baki
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                                        Shog was the woman. :)


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                                          Hey, i taught a valuable life lesson. Bassam's the violent one here... ;)

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                                          Bassam Abdul Baki
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                                          Oh come on. If I was violent, I'd say, bang two pairs of heads together, stab one and keep a clean knife to cut the donut with. After all, only savages eat with their hands. :)


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