# IF "paranormal" was observed, would it be parnormal?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 9, 2007, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-paranormal-was-observed-would-it-be-parnormal/418567 "2007-09-09T13:39:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-paranormal-was-observed-would-it-be-parnormal/418567/261 "2007-09-13T20:40:25Z")

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[QUOTE=Indistinguishable]  
Sure thing, buddy. How about this?: “pi”.  
(Yeah, I know you’re just mocking **Iknewit** ; still, this is the requisite answer whenever this sort of challenge comes up)  
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Fine. When I divide ‘pi’ into ‘circle’ I get ‘crcle’ with a remainder of ‘p.’ Is that about right? Should there be ‘p’ on my calculator?

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**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-paranormal-was-observed-would-it-be-parnormal/418567/262 "2007-09-13T21:48:47Z")

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[QUOTE=Contrapuntal]  
Fine. When I divide ‘pi’ into ‘circle’ I get ‘crcle’ with a remainder of ‘p.’ Is that about right? Should there be ‘p’ on my calculator?  
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Not if you use bathroom hygene, there shouldn’t be.  
Also, your math is terrible. You don’t divide pi into a circle; you divide it into a circumferance or a radius. And worse yet, you didn’t divide, you subracted: your result should have been ‘crcle/p’. (Or better yet, ‘crcumferance/p’ or ‘radus/p’.)

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**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-paranormal-was-observed-would-it-be-parnormal/418567/263 "2007-09-13T22:46:42Z")

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[QUOTE=begbert2]  
Not if you use bathroom hygene, there shouldn’t be.  
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So there’s a bathroom hy gene? Is that what makes people friendly in the bathroom?? Is that why Senator Craig got into trouble? Does Hawking know about this?

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-paranormal-was-observed-would-it-be-parnormal/418567/264 "2007-09-13T22:58:46Z")

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Just out of curiosity, are Hawking’s views on UFOs and wart charming on record? I mean, if he’s going to be used as an authority in this thread, let’s get the whole picture.

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**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2007, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-paranormal-was-observed-would-it-be-parnormal/418567/265 "2007-09-13T23:07:11Z")

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[QUOTE=Contrapuntal]  
So there’s a bathroom hy gene? Is that what makes people friendly in the bathroom?? Is that why Senator Craig got into trouble? Does Hawking know about this?  
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There can be only one response to this.

[Male Bathroom Ettiquite (YouTube)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzO1mCAVyMw)

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