# Happy "PI Day" Everyone **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day-everyone/810568 "2018-03-14T19:59:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day-everyone/810568/1 "2018-03-14T19:59:30Z")
I trust someone else has NOT beaten me to posting this. Yes, I am sending this “PI Day” greeting well into PI Day. (Heck, it’s more than half over!!) It’s sad that the legendary Stephen Hawking passed away on this day, yet it is also Albert Einstein’s birthday. [![](https://www.1728.org/einstein.png) ](https://www.1728.org/einstein.png) ---
**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 14, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day-everyone/810568/2 "2018-03-14T20:31:59Z")
We’re having leftover Chick-n Pot Pie\* tonight for dinner. Maybe I’ll pick up some fruit pie for dessert. That’ll be our celebration. \*That’s vegetarian Chicken Pot Pie made with one of several possible imitation chicken products, usually soy-based. MilliCal has been vegetarian for years. ---
**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 14, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day-everyone/810568/3 "2018-03-14T22:54:52Z")
I did pick up pie for dessert. With my discount card, it cost $3.14 for the pie. I’m sure that’s just a coincidence. Hey! My last post was at 4:31 ! That’s a numerical anagram of 3:14! ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day-everyone/810568/4 "2018-03-14T23:01:19Z")
I used to think the idea of Pi Day was cute. That was before I woke up and saw 200 emails in my inbox, most of them with companies using some form of Pi Day in their advertisement. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day-everyone/810568/5 "2018-03-14T23:14:13Z")
I hate Pi day. Three digits are not enough to get a calculation with acceptable precision. If my students use 3.14 where they need to use pi, I mark points off. :mad::mad: ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day-everyone/810568/6 "2018-03-14T23:25:52Z")
[Happy PI Day](https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/67384465/happy-pi-day.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day-everyone/810568/7 "2018-03-15T01:19:04Z")
Pi gets too much attention. Spend the day learning about _e_. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day-everyone/810568/8 "2018-03-15T01:47:49Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I hate Pi day. Three digits are not enough to get a calculation with acceptable precision. If my students use 3.14 where they need to use pi, I mark points off. :mad::mad: OK so what if we make it Pi hour at 3.1416? (4pm) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day-everyone/810568/9 "2018-03-15T03:07:51Z")
Somehow I missed this when it came out apparently 3 years ago, but in case you haven’t seen it: [Sweet Number Pi](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Skf8NTEnrO4). (An “irrationally long” parody of Warrant’s “Sweet Cherry Pie.”) ---
**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 15, 2018, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day-everyone/810568/10 "2018-03-15T11:30:08Z")
> [@ITR\_champion](#): > > Pi gets too much attention. Spend the day learning about _e_. Sadly, since February stops at 28, or at best 29, there will never be an **e Day** If it makes people feel better, tomorrow (March 16) we can celebrate **Square Root of Ten Day**. It’s dedicated to all those ex-Slide Rule Users who miss the CF and CIF scales on their obsolete slide rules. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day-everyone/810568/11 "2018-03-15T16:13:02Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > OK so what if we make it Pi hour at 3.1416? (4pm) I made two key lime pies in honour of the day, one for my co-workers and one for SWMBO’s work. I couldn’t convince anyone to wait until 3:27 PM to eat it, though. They were both gone before 10 AM. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day-everyone/810568/12 "2018-03-15T16:56:40Z")
Yesterday was Pi Day, so today is _Second-day Half-price Pie Day._ Watch for the yearly discount. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day-everyone/810568/13 "2018-03-16T15:55:46Z")
> [@swampspruce](#): > > I made two key lime pies in honour of the day, one for my co-workers and one for SWMBO’s work. I couldn’t convince anyone to wait until 3:27 PM to eat it, though. They were both gone before 10 AM. Dammit. 3.1415926… not 269 .No wonder everyone ate it early…:smack: ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day-everyone/810568/14 "2018-03-16T16:24:39Z")
I’m a little amazed this wasn’t threadshit by [tau](http://math.wikia.com/wiki/Tau_(constant)) freaks. But they (sorta) get their [own day](https://tauday.com/tau-manifesto), so maybe they decided it wasn’t worth trolling.