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Spherical Cow? Well that's a new one!
by jvc26 14y ago
Spherical Cow? Well that's a new one!
- vellamike 14y agoPerhaps it will only work in a vacuum?
- arethuza 14y agoIt's a very old joke: http://www.physics.csbsju.edu/stats/WAPP2_cow.html http://www.physics.csbsju.edu/stats/WAPP2_cow.html
- alanctgardner2 14y agoWhen I heard it the punchline was "Assume a spherical cow which isotropically radiates milk", which was pretty awesome.
- TallGuyShort 14y agoI like it better than "Beefy Miracle"
- Sarkie 14y agoI like Brass Eye's version of it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgnuxd0tiHk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgnuxd0tiHk
- metaobject 14y agoI was hoping it was a Fritz Zwicki reference - spherical bastards: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spherical+bastard http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spherical+bas...
- Unoeufisenough 14y agoI heard it first originally as an engineering joke. And also horses instead of cows. You know you're an engineer when: You'll assume a horse is spherical in order to make a math easier. Funnier with horses. Horses are less spherical. They way they industrially force feed and force breed cows these days, spherical is actually not that ironic an approximation to make. More sad than funny.