# Happy Pi Day! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/313551 "2005-07-21T22:58:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/313551/1 "2005-07-21T22:58:43Z")
Another year has passed, and Pi Day is upon us once more. Happy Pi Day! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/313551/2 "2005-07-21T23:00:59Z")
Isn’t Pi day March 14? ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/313551/3 "2005-07-21T23:03:35Z")
Not where I’m from. Today is July 22, or 22/7. Pi, or a reasonable approximation thereof. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/313551/4 "2005-07-21T23:05:26Z")
You’re from accross the pond, I take it? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/313551/5 "2005-07-22T00:00:35Z")
New Zealand, so across _a_ pond. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/313551/6 "2005-07-22T00:18:43Z")
A somewhat larger pond than I thought. ---
**Author:** ![VegemiteMoose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/df788c/32.png) [@VegemiteMoose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VegemiteMoose)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/313551/7 "2005-07-22T00:45:48Z")
Ah, Pi Day-Eve. I remember Pa in the field making crop circles. Ma would be cross-stitching rings while my younger sister was happily engaged with her Hula-Hoop. Now of course it’s just so commercialized that I don’t even bother to celebrate. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/313551/8 "2005-07-22T01:58:18Z")
Oh, and now that we’ve got the confusion cleared up, happy π day, to you too! I guess those of us that live in “months first” countries will celebrate π day on a different day then those in “days first” countries. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/313551/9 "2005-07-22T02:13:07Z")
> [@VegemiteMoose](#): > > Ah, Pi Day-Eve. I remember Pa in the field making crop circles. Ma would be cross-stitching rings while my younger sister was happily engaged with her Hula-Hoop. Now of course it’s just so commercialized that I don’t even bother to celebrate. Seems they’re advertising it earlier and earlier, too: this year the signs and decorations were in the shops in May. Still, you can still have a good old-fashioned Pi day at home with the family, sitting around the fire, sipping mulled wine, and calculating Pi to 20 decimal places. And of course there’s that timeless look on the children’s faces as we decorate the Pi tree. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/313551/10 "2005-07-22T07:02:54Z")
31 April (31/4) might make some sense in month-first countries, but 22/7 is much more logical. The advantage of American Pi Day is that it’s also Einstein’s birthday (IIRC). Happy pi day in any case. ---
**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/313551/11 "2005-07-22T07:08:55Z")
Oh oops. April has 30 days, huh? Please ignore my failings. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/313551/12 "2005-07-22T08:19:44Z")
When come back, bring… calendar 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/313551/13 "2005-07-22T09:52:34Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > I guess those of us that live in “months first” countries will celebrate π day on a different day then those in “days first” countries. Yeah but the best month first countries can manage is [Professor Frink] PI is exactly 3.14 ! [/Professor Frink] No wonder America is falling behind in the sciences! ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/313551/14 "2005-07-22T12:05:14Z")
You can do better than 3.14 if you go the the pi hour, minute, second, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/313551/15 "2005-07-22T12:09:52Z")
I started watch _Pi_ last night, but turned it off when he was poking the brain in the subway station. I think we need a better movie for this holiday. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/313551/16 "2005-07-22T13:54:18Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > I started watch _Pi_ last night, but turned it off when he was poking the brain in the subway station. > > I think we need a better movie for this holiday. Oh, that dreadful screeching sound effect when he jabs it with a pen! Whatever the mental equivalent of instinctively crossing your legs to protect your balls is, I did it with my brain. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2005, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/313551/17 "2005-07-22T15:11:17Z")
When come back, bring 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944 592307816406286208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647 093844609550582231725359408128481117450284102701938521105559 644622948954930381964428810975665933446128475648233786783165 271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273 724587006606315588174881520920962829254091715364367892590360… ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Dirx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Sir\_Dirx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Dirx)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/313551/18 "2005-07-23T00:34:20Z")
> [@betenoir](#): > > Yeah but the best month first countries can manage is [Professor Frink] PI is exactly 3.14 ! [/Professor Frink] > > No wonder America is falling behind in the sciences! 22/7 isn’t any better. That comes out to 3.142857… ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/313551/19 "2005-07-23T01:25:39Z")
When come back, bring 355/113. Sorry, don’t know how to best work that into a calendar thingy. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-pi-day/313551/20 "2005-07-23T04:25:26Z")
When come back, bring 3. 1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510 5820974944 5923078164 0628620899 8628034825 3421170679 8214808651 3282306647 0938446095 5058223172 5359408128 4811174502 8410270193 8521105559 6446229489 5493038196 4428810975 6659334461 2847564823 3786783165 2712019091 4564856692 3460348610 4543266482 1339360726 0249141273 7245870066 0631558817 4881520920 9628292540 9171536436 7892590360 0113305305 4882046652 1384146951 9415116094 3305727036 5759591953 0921861173 8193261179 3105118548 0744623799 6274956735 1885752724 8912279381 8301194912 9833673362 4406566430 8602139494 6395224737 1907021798 6094370277 0539217176 2931767523 8467481846 7669405132 0005681271 4526356082 7785771342 7577896091 7363717872 1468440901 2249534301 4654958537 1050792279 6892589235 4201995611 2129021960 8640344181 5981362977 4771530920 By the way, 3.142857 is closer to pi than 3.140000 is…