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by Rodion
Rated: E · Thesis · Comedy · #1421657
Little joke - playing with arithmetic leads to unexpected and funny result
GoodTale = NiceIdea + DynamicMotion + WordPictures

But if this formula is not satisfied:

GoodTale - NiceIdea = SomethingMuddy
GoodTale - DynamicMotion = SomethingBoring
GoodTale - WordPictures = SomethingFlat


Let us sum all these equations:

SomethingMuddy + SomethingBoring + SomethingFlat =
= (G_Tale - N_Idea) + (G_Tale - D_Motion) + (G_Tale - W_Pictures) =
= (D_Motion + W_Pictures) + (N_Idea + W_Pictures) + (N_Idea + D_Motion) =
= N_Idea*2 + D_Motion*2 + W_Pictures*2 =
= GoodTale*2

Therefore:

GoodTale = (SomethingMuddy + SomethingBoring + SomethingFlat) / 2

Ingeniously! Let me have some training... *Wink*

(this little joke was firstly posted by me under pen-name of "Marie Rodionova" - I prefer it to remain signed by this cute alias later, though I do not think I want to create new account)
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