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.