Fibbing Friday Saturday Edition

Oh no it isn’t…

What is a logarithm?

The sound generated when you hit a fallen tree with a drumstick.

What is algebra?

An explosion in a typesetting room.

What is an algorithm?

I don’t know, but it’ll probably be the death of us.

What is a quantile?

Someone who erroneously believes that it is possible to predict future share price movements from historical ones. A shyster.

What is a quadrangle?

The playground at a private school.

What is a hexagon?

What I live in the middle of.

What is a polygon?

Ah, the old ones are the best. A dead parrot, of course.

What is a triangle?

The only musical instrument I’ve ever been entrusted to play. And rightly so.

What is a parallelogram?

A geometric illustration of the phrase “never the twain shall meet”.

What is a duodecahedron?

Two hexagons.

Fibbing Friday 18 September 2026

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