# joke **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 26, 2015, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke/723514 "2015-06-26T04:41:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke/723514/21 "2015-06-27T18:29:59Z")
That’s what HE said. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke/723514/22 "2015-06-27T18:30:23Z")
He said _vintage_, man! 1957 Camry is my answer. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke/723514/23 "2015-06-27T20:26:52Z")
First one, THEN the other! ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke/723514/24 "2015-06-27T21:26:48Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Camry. > > Way too easy. Okay, how about this? I am thinking of a number. If that number is spelled out, it has nine letters. Exactly five of those letters are vowels (a, e, i, o, or u). What is the number? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke/723514/25 "2015-06-27T21:28:50Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Okay, how about this? > > I am thinking of a number. If that number is spelled out, it has nine letters. Exactly five of those letters are vowels (a, e, i, o, or u). What is the number? Eleventy-Eight ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke/723514/26 "2015-06-27T21:54:02Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Okay, how about this? > > I am thinking of a number. If that number is spelled out, it has nine letters. Exactly five of those letters are vowels (a, e, i, o, or u). What is the number? Denominator. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke/723514/27 "2015-06-27T22:13:36Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Okay, how about this? > > I am thinking of a number. If that number is spelled out, it has nine letters. Exactly five of those letters are vowels (a, e, i, o, or u). What is the number? e minus one or one minus e ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke/723514/28 "2015-06-27T22:34:07Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Eleventy-Eight Nice try. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2015, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke/723514/29 "2015-06-27T23:52:16Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > e minus one > > or > > one minus e I wouldn’t even know how to think of this number… But I like the answer! No complex mathematics here. The answer to the riddle is simple number. No joke! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke/723514/30 "2015-06-28T00:10:36Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > I wouldn’t even know how to think of this number… But I like the answer! > > No complex mathematics here. The answer to the riddle is simple number. No joke! Eighty-Thousand does it, and includes ‘y’. Eight-Thousand doesn’t have the ‘y’ but is a smaller number. I’m curious what the smallest such number is, but not curious enough to try to work it all out. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke/723514/31 "2015-06-28T00:32:22Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Eighty-Thousand does it, and includes ‘y’. Eight-Thousand doesn’t have the ‘y’ but is a smaller number. I’m curious what the smallest such number is, but not curious enough to try to work it all out. However the number must have only have nine letters… ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke/723514/32 "2015-06-28T00:40:59Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > However the number must have only have nine letters… I like the OP’s riddle better, it was a lot easier. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke/723514/33 "2015-06-28T00:58:57Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Okay, how about this? > > I am thinking of a number. If that number is spelled out, it has nine letters. Exactly five of those letters are vowels (a, e, i, o, or u). What is the number? English? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke/723514/34 "2015-06-28T01:06:15Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > English? Si. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke/723514/35 "2015-06-28T02:10:53Z")
112? (Spelled out as one one two) ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke/723514/36 "2015-06-28T02:20:48Z")
“1 googol” fits the bill as well. I don’t think that’s what **Biotop** has in mind, though. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke/723514/37 "2015-06-28T02:29:23Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > I wouldn’t even know how to think of this number… But I like the answer! > > No complex mathematics here. The answer to the riddle is simple number. No joke! The number e - 1 is the limit of the series: 1 + 1/2 + 1/6 + 1/24 + 1/120 + … + 1/n! + … Really, it’s a pretty simple number. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke/723514/38 "2015-06-28T02:42:52Z")
> [@jimbuff314](#): > > “1 googol” fits the bill as well. I don’t think that’s what **Biotop** has in mind, though. One googol is a good answer that fits the criteria. It is not the number I am thinking of, however. “One eleven” for 111 is also possible, but I would argue that this integer should be written as “one hundred eleven” and therefore it is not an acceptable solution. I can say this: The number I am thinking of would be written out the same way using the same nine letters by everyone – at least by everyone who can spell correctly. So no “one two one” for 121 etc. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke/723514/39 "2015-06-28T02:50:13Z")
Whole number? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joke/723514/40 "2015-06-28T02:54:21Z")
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