# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/41 "2002-12-04T19:22:34Z")
I’d be a whole number. I’m just not complex enough to be anything else. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/42 "2002-12-04T19:26:28Z")
One in a million, Baby. ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/43 "2002-12-04T19:28:53Z")
35007 (read it upside down…) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/7cd45c/32.png) [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/44 "2002-12-04T19:31:00Z")
(and backward…) does anyone else remember this stupid calculator gag? ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/45 "2002-12-04T19:33:52Z")
Mersenne Prime all the way, baby! ---
**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:** [December 4, 2002, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/46 "2002-12-04T19:38:28Z")
I’d be indivisible, but not under God. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/47 "2002-12-04T19:48:05Z")
I would be an irrational (and possibly complex with an _i_ coomponent of absolute value much less than 1) number that at the same time manages to appear to be 42, but 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, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/48 "2002-12-04T19:53:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by «Ðëëp¤F®ïêd»™ \* > \*\*(and backward…) > does anyone else remember this stupid calculator gag? \*\* 5318008 ---
**Author:** ![knock\_knock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/22d042/32.png) [@knock\_knock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knock_knock)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/49 "2002-12-04T22:15:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jehovah68 \* > \*\*867-5309 \*\* > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by StPaul_ > **I’d like to be a song and dance one.** I’m surprised that you don’t consider yourself to be a [supernatural](http://www.ripon.edu/Faculty/BlauS/papers/ggodel.html) number. Or at least trascendental. ---
**Author:** ![lovelyluka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@lovelyluka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lovelyluka)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/50 "2002-12-04T22:20:03Z")
Did **Bark’s dog food** actually take 42 or just point out that 42 was not yet taken? I want to be 42! ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/51 "2002-12-04T22:40:49Z")
Numerator. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/52 "2002-12-04T23:30:43Z")
I’m not sure what number I would be. But I would be expressed in base fibonacci. ---
**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/53 "2002-12-05T00:01:59Z")
Cute. ---
**Author:** ![NardoPolo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NardoPolo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NardoPolo)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2002, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/54 "2002-12-05T00:46:14Z")
> [@](#): > > Cute. No, no, you must be thinking of angles… (snicker) As for me, I’d be 7: [ul]There’s 7 notes in a musical scale, 7 chakras in our body. If you avoid the 7 deadly sins you can get to 7th Heaven. If you use your 7 pillars of wisdom you can see the 7 Wonders of the World, and the House of the 7 Gables! Where 7 Brides and 7 Brothers watched the 7th Voyage of Sinbad on channel 7 for the 7th time, Standing for a 7th inning stretch they scratch a 7-year itch when double-0-7 comes in and tells them that God rested on the 7th day. And went to a 7-11. To have a 7-up. With the 7 dwarves. [/ul] it’s a quote from someone long ago but I’ve no idea whom. if someone can let me know the author I’d be thankful. ---
**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 6, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/55 "2002-12-06T14:49:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lovelyluka \* > \*\*Did **Bark’s dog food** actually take 42 or just point out that 42 was not yet taken? > > I want to be 42! \*\* You can have it, I am the square root of -1 or _i_ ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/56 "2002-12-06T15:20:56Z")
I would be 58 without a doubt. ---
**Author:** ![Mort\_Furd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mort\_Furd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mort_Furd)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/57 "2002-12-06T15:34:51Z")
I’d be an irrational complex transcendental number. ---
**Author:** ![Fibonacci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Fibonacci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibonacci)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/58 "2002-12-06T16:19:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MaxTheVool \* > \*\*I’m not sure what number I would be. But I would be expressed in base fibonacci. \*\* All your base are belong to us. ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/59 "2002-12-06T16:29:40Z")
0/0 ---
**Author:** ![dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorkusmalorkusmafia/32/7266_2.png) [@dorkusmalorkusmafia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorkusmalorkusmafia)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-a-number-what-kind-of-number-would-you-be/140357/60 "2002-12-06T16:30:49Z")
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