# If you were a number, what kind of number would you be? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 4, 2002, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357 "2002-12-04T04:04:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [December 4, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/21 "2002-12-04T12:34:16Z")
irrational yet transcendental. ---
**Author:** ![Tiburon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e36b37/32.png) [@Tiburon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiburon)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/22 "2002-12-04T13:22:55Z")
Negative. No, no, just kidding. Integer. Me and just 1 other. Woot! ---
**Author:** ![iconoplast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3d9bf3/32.png) [@iconoplast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iconoplast)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/23 "2002-12-04T13:39:25Z")
1. ---
**Author:** ![Barks\_dog\_food](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@Barks\_dog\_food](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barks_dog_food)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/24 "2002-12-04T13:57:28Z")
I can’t belive no one has taken 42 yet. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/25 "2002-12-04T14:06:05Z")
When come back bring Pi ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/26 "2002-12-04T15:36:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Erika \* > \*\*Trancedental. And preferably difficult to prove as such. \*\* Stop waffling. Be undecidably transcendental! ---
**Author:** ![welby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@welby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/27 "2002-12-04T15:38:45Z")
I’d be 456th decimal place for pi. ---
**Author:** ![Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raymond_luxury_yacht/32/4099_2.png) [@Raymond\_Luxury\_Yacht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raymond_Luxury_Yacht)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/28 "2002-12-04T16:18:22Z")
867-5309 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/29 "2002-12-04T16:20:15Z")
I am a rectangular array of numbers. If you want to identify me, you would say let me be a square array of numbers with ones on the main diagonal and zeros everywhere else. Virtually yours, \*\* 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1\*\* ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/30 "2002-12-04T16:42:11Z")
62 Just 'cuz. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/31 "2002-12-04T17:01:49Z")
I would be equal to the sum of my divisors, of course… ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Scratch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Chicken\_Scratch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Scratch)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/32 "2002-12-04T17:11:34Z")
I’d like to be an 8, but I’m more like a 1. Sigh.☹ ---
**Author:** ![JustPlainBryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/57b2e6/32.png) [@JustPlainBryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustPlainBryan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/33 "2002-12-04T17:14:36Z")
1. It’s a [magic number](http://www.school-house-rock.com/3.html), you know. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/34 "2002-12-04T17:59:18Z")
1. I’d show those bastards what bad luck is! ---
**Author:** ![buckyogi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f17d59/32.png) [@buckyogi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckyogi)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/35 "2002-12-04T18:10:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Number Six \* > \*\*I am not a number, I am a human being! \*\* Actually, the quote is: “I am not a number, I am a free man!” I would be Number 9, Number 9, Number 9… ---
**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:** [December 4, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/36 "2002-12-04T18:17:45Z")
> [@](#): > > ## quote: > > ## Originally posted by Number Six I am not a number, I am a human being! > > Actually, the quote is: > > “I am not a number, I am a free man!” > > I would be Number 9, Number 9, Number 9… nitpick: Wrong reference. He’s not semiquoting **The Prisoner** , he’s semiquoting the David Lynch movie **The Elephant Man**. ---
**Author:** ![buckyogi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f17d59/32.png) [@buckyogi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckyogi)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/37 "2002-12-04T18:23:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CalMeacham \* > \*\*nitpick: > > Wrong reference. He’s not semiquoting **The Prisoner** , he’s semiquoting the David Lynch movie **The Elephant Man**. \*\* Sorry, I didn’t realize the Elephant Man was also known as “Number 6.” ---
**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:** [December 4, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/38 "2002-12-04T18:42:21Z")
I would be the square root of 2 raised to the power of the square root of 2. Consequently, nobody would be able to know whether I was rational or not. ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/39 "2002-12-04T19:12:06Z")
7.560. ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/40 "2002-12-04T19:13:32Z")
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