Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site watmath.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!jagardner From: jagardner@watmath.UUCP (Jim Gardner) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: YAEMP Message-ID: <16257@watmath.UUCP> Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 09:25:33 EDT Article-I.D.: watmath.16257 Posted: Fri Aug 23 09:25:33 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Aug-85 18:15:14 EDT References: <1451@vax3.fluke.UUCP> <154@rtp47.UUCP> Reply-To: jagardner@watmath.UUCP (Jim Gardner) Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 19 In article <154@rtp47.UUCP> throopw@rtp47.UUCP (Wayne Throop) writes: >An engineer, a mathematician and a physicist were each asked if all odd >numbers are prime. The mathematician replied, "Well, nine is odd, yet >not prime, so not all odd numbers are prime." > >The physicist said "Well, three's prime, five's prime, and seven's >prime... I think that's enough data... they must all be prime!" > >The engineer said "Well, three's prime, five's prime, seven's prime, >nine's prime, eleven's prime, thirteen's prime...." A chemist said, "Well, three's prime, five's prime, seven's prime, nine... well, nine isn't prime, but eleven and thirteen are. All odd numbers are prime and nine is just an impurity in the sample." A theologian said, "Three is prime. Therefore..." Jim Gardner, University of Waterloo