# In the aftermath **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 29, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-aftermath/594498 "2011-08-29T14:59:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-aftermath/594498/1 "2011-08-29T14:59:09Z")
What with the natural disasters we’ve seen in the D.C. area in the last week, I hear a lot about the aftermath. Why does everybody always talk about the aftermath but nobody ever talks about the beforemath or duringmath? ---
**Author:** ![inkling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f17d59/32.png) [@inkling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/inkling)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-aftermath/594498/2 "2011-08-29T15:28:31Z")
Because the beforemath is duringenglish and the teacher there is interesting. Duringmath is just math. Aftermath is lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Any\_Other\_Name](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Any\_Other\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Any_Other_Name)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-aftermath/594498/3 "2011-08-29T16:24:54Z")
Because before math there was nothing but dirt. [Aftermath](http://www.word-origins.com/definition/aftermath.html) ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-aftermath/594498/4 "2011-08-30T17:08:18Z")
“Duringmath is hard. Let’s go make cookies for the boys.” (with apologies to Lisa Simpson and Talking Malibu Stacy)