# Groom Failsd Math Test -- Wedding Off

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groom-failsd-math-test-wedding-off/714995>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 14, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groom-failsd-math-test-wedding-off/714995 "2015-03-14T16:30:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groom-failsd-math-test-wedding-off/714995/41 "2015-03-19T17:18:46Z")

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> [@CalMeacham](#):
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> I’m reminded of how Heinlein, in **Expanded Universe** , suggested that maybe people should have to give the roots of a quadratic equation in the voting booth before they could vote.

And when this comes up, I’m always reminded of how Heinlein demonstrated his own mathematical ignorance in some of his books.

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**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groom-failsd-math-test-wedding-off/714995/42 "2015-03-19T17:20:26Z")

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> [@Acsenray](#):
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> The real story here is not that a wedding was foiled by an arithmetic problem but that an unmarried teenaged girl felt enough confidence and strength and was able to use her wits to get out of a marriage she didn’t want to go through with, even while her family wanted her to.

One might even say it was a calculated move on her part.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groom-failsd-math-test-wedding-off/714995/43 "2015-03-19T17:23:51Z")

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> [@RTFirefly](#):
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> And when this comes up, I’m always reminded of how Heinlein demonstrated his own mathematical ignorance in some of his books.

Yeah, but Heinlein could use the quadratic equation, sure as Harvey could reduce a fracture.

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2015, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/groom-failsd-math-test-wedding-off/714995/44 "2015-03-19T19:46:26Z")

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“How much is 15 plus six?”  
Well let’s see, if a woman is a size 15 and she puts on six pounds…Yeah I could see that becoming 17. Some wimmins just don’t care for the truth I guess.

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