# Happy Pi Day! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2005, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454 "2005-03-14T13:27:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454/1 "2005-03-14T13:27:08Z")
Today is March 14th. 3/14. 3.14. Pi. What can I say, I like Pi. Do you like Pi? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454/2 "2005-03-14T13:33:02Z")
Happy 126th birthday to Albert Einstein! Celebrate with pie, at 1:59 pm. ---
**Author:** ![Terrorcotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dbc845/32.png) [@Terrorcotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrorcotta)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454/3 "2005-03-14T13:45:43Z")
Cotta Offspring goes to a Math and Science middle school so today is a little geek guy’s dream. It was requested that they all bring in round foods to celebrate. I was going to bake a square pie (since pi r square) but I read the fine print and the kids are going to make measurements and ‘do the math’ so I stuck to round. I am proud to declare I like Pi! ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454/4 "2005-03-14T13:52:46Z")
You really need to wait until 2015. Then it’ll be 3.1415. Wait. Make that 2016, to take care of the rounding. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454/5 "2005-03-14T14:03:38Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > Happy 126th birthday to Albert Einstein! > > Celebrate with pie, at 1:59 pm. Oh yeah, Einstein’s birthday! That’s even cooler. Now I seriously want cherry pie. I just might make one tonight. ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454/6 "2005-03-14T14:07:43Z")
Ah yes, the great Pi day. Don’t forget to hand out the obligatory “High Pi” to replace your high fives. Hold up your first three fingers, and you will notice that approximately .14 of your pinky finger will be forced to come up. Slap those high-pi to all of your coworkers. You know you want to. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454/7 "2005-03-14T14:08:39Z")
What is this? When come back bring pi? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454/8 "2005-03-14T14:21:40Z")
Have some [pi](http://www.mathwithmrherte.com/pi_digits.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454/9 "2005-03-14T14:23:56Z")
We’re celebrating Pi Day here at school, with all sorts of pies that the kids have brought (extra credit!!) and a Pi T-shirt contest (decorate you T-shirt in the wittiest, geekiest Pi design) plus the halls of the math wing are decorated with Pi to everhowmany places (each number on a sheet of notebook paper and decorated.) It’s really fun and I can have pie for lunch. ---
**Author:** ![RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/53a042/32.png) [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454/10 "2005-03-14T14:40:12Z")
Just for a little background… In his book **The Joy of Pi** David Blatner states the following: The first known record of is attributed to an Egyptian scribe named Ahmes around 1650 B.C. on what is now knows as the Rhind Papyrus. He wrote, “Cut off 1/9 of a diameter and construct a square upon the remanider; this has the same area as the circle.” Since we know that the area of the circle equals pi®squared, if that area is the square of 8/9, then the papyrus implies that the ratio of circumference to radius equals 256/81, or 3.16049… Pretty impressive for Ahmes, I think. Joke: What is Pi? Mathematician: The number expressing the relationship between teh circumference and diameter of a circle. Physicist: It is 3.1415927 plus or minus .000000005. Engineer: About 3. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454/11 "2005-03-14T14:54:49Z")
Circle the wagons! Them injuns is a’ridin’ pi-bald horses! Don’t let 'em in our area! ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454/12 "2005-03-14T15:31:24Z")
Yep–we’re having folks over tonight for Pi day. I baked a blueberry pie last night, and look forward to seeing what other folks will bring. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454/13 "2005-03-14T15:43:23Z")
Well, today _is_ a nice approximation, but the _real_ Happy Pi Day happened back in 1592. 3/14/1592, to be exact. 😉 Or, for those of you who prefer day/month/year, back in 31/4/1592. Mmmmm, fun with Pi … ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454/14 "2005-03-14T15:44:30Z")
Oh, and before anyone nitpicks, I know there’s no such thing as 31/4/1592. That’s what you get for putting your dates in the wrong order! ---
**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, 2005, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454/15 "2005-03-14T16:46:55Z")
Count me in as a staunch advocate of PI DAY. In work I made a sign TODAY IS π (I hope you can see that okay because this is one of those characters that will show up correctly on some computers but not others.) ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454/16 "2005-03-14T16:50:57Z")
> [@Ponder Stibbons](#): > > Oh, and before anyone nitpicks, I know there’s no such thing as 31/4/1592. That’s what you get for putting your dates in the wrong order! That two really should round up to a three. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454/17 "2005-03-14T16:59:46Z")
So who’s bringing the pie, already? I’m hungry! ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454/18 "2005-03-14T18:38:49Z")
Excuse me, I was to understand there would be _punch_ and pi here? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454/19 "2005-03-14T18:41:27Z")
Happy Pi Minute! Oh, wait…are the clocks still 20 minutes off here? Well, either way, it’s now 1:59 EST, and I’ve got my coconut cream. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2005, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454/20 "2005-03-14T20:16:51Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > Happy Pi Minute! > > Oh, wait…are the clocks still 20 minutes off here? Well, either way, it’s now 1:59 EST, and I’ve got my coconut cream. 🙂 Ah, yes, but is it 1:59:_26_? Eh? Eh? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/294454.md?page=2)