A great mathematician was in a coma and one of his friends, also a mathematician, came to see him, he was told by the people before him that there was no reply coming from him and his family was losing hope.
Suddenly the man of numbers had an idea: he approached the bed and got closer to his unmoving friend, he said close to his ear:
“The square of twelve?”
The frozen man automatically opened his mouth, and slowly replied:
144!
[sub]I could swear I read about this tidbit, in a history of math book, but now I cannot find the names of the mathematicians![/sub]
That was odd, how did my 136 skip so far ahead.
It’s the damn board gremlins I’m tellin ya.
145 (I hope): Number of seconds I tried to think of something for this number.
146 RBIs for Ken Griffey Jr. in 1998
1 4 9: 1[sup]2[/sup], 2[sup]2[/sup], 3[sup]2[/sup].
150: psalms in the Book of Psalms.
151…the Bacardi that burns…
http://www.twilightbridge.com/hobbies/festivals/newyear/history.htm
the Roman senate, in 153 BC, declared January 1 to be the beginning of the new year.
154: the number of games in a major-league baseball team’s season, up until 1961.
But hardly unique in that respect.
155-- the number that is on the speed limit sign just up the road from my house. ( it is supposed to be 55, but someone with a can of spray paint has given us permission to drive a little faster.)
156 pounds makes you a middleweight boxer (over 154 to 160 pounds)
157 AD Britain was declared a Christian nation by Lucius.
Darn, missed 155 AD: When Polycarp was martyred, as they didn’t have the Pit in those days.
Alfa Romeo 158 Gran Prix race car
http://www.ddavid.com/formula1/images/alfa158.jpg
to view a pic just click
159: at LEAST the number of hits I got trying to Google to get something interesting on 159.
160 - I used to know something important about it, but I can’t remember what it was.
161 - upside-down it’s 191!* (Boy, I’m looking forward to 181!)
*Well, not in this font, but you know what I mean…