# I am sick of all these Scalene Triangle Diagrams!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 1, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sick-of-all-these-scalene-triangle-diagrams/680299 "2014-02-01T20:26:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sick-of-all-these-scalene-triangle-diagrams/680299/21 "2014-02-04T11:57:39Z")
I don’t get any of the three points. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sick-of-all-these-scalene-triangle-diagrams/680299/22 "2014-02-04T13:31:46Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Heretic! Burn him! > > ;)😃 Like a Shirtwaist Company! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sick-of-all-these-scalene-triangle-diagrams/680299/23 "2014-02-04T14:01:33Z")
**drewtwo99** : bravo, sir. This is a work of art. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sick-of-all-these-scalene-triangle-diagrams/680299/24 "2014-02-04T14:16:06Z")
Well, that certainly is a bold stance. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sick-of-all-these-scalene-triangle-diagrams/680299/25 "2014-02-04T17:14:12Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > This an excerpt from a message I posted to Scalene Triangle Diagrams, specifically a triangle named Triangle Man who showed up in a They Might Be Giants song, which is soooooo destructive! Actually, I hear he patched things up with Particle Man and they’ve got a place in the Castro. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sick-of-all-these-scalene-triangle-diagrams/680299/26 "2014-02-04T21:11:57Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Say it in your best Samuel L. Jackson voice, too. Yes, that much is plane. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sick-of-all-these-scalene-triangle-diagrams/680299/27 "2014-02-10T17:04:29Z")
> [@](#): > > **Young Triangles are EXTREMELY calculable.** I could only manage to get this far without bursting out laughing. Well done. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sick-of-all-these-scalene-triangle-diagrams/680299/28 "2014-02-10T17:15:42Z")
This doesn’t seem like the right angle to me. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sick-of-all-these-scalene-triangle-diagrams/680299/29 "2014-02-10T17:40:03Z")
Anybody come up with a good “Hypotenuse Lautrec” pun yet? Been workin’ night and day on it, an’ ah gots nuthin’. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sick-of-all-these-scalene-triangle-diagrams/680299/30 "2014-02-11T21:28:26Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Anybody come up with a good “Hypotenuse Lautrec” pun yet? Been workin’ night and day on it, an’ ah gots nuthin’. Well, he was an acute figure on the French art scene. \ ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sick-of-all-these-scalene-triangle-diagrams/680299/31 "2014-02-12T01:47:40Z")
> [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > I could only manage to get this far without bursting out laughing. Needlessly hyperbolic. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sick-of-all-these-scalene-triangle-diagrams/680299/32 "2014-02-12T22:57:38Z")
You are such a square, it was a nice tri though. Maybe you need to round off some of your sharp edges. Go for a walk around the corner and try to get into shape. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sick-of-all-these-scalene-triangle-diagrams/680299/33 "2014-02-13T00:23:41Z")
Uh… Hold it, everybody. You all remember what they did to Scalene Triangles in Flatland, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-sick-of-all-these-scalene-triangle-diagrams/680299.md?page=1)