While I appreciate the beauty that is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to it's diameter is, the idea of Congress spending its time honoring it cuts no ice with me.
From this article via the Politico.
“I am asking our nation’s students and teachers, for all of our sake, to go out and have fun around Pi Day,” said Rep. Lincoln Davis (D-Tenn.) who managed the bill on the floor this week for the House Science Committee.
'Have fun around Pi day'? Huh?
I have visions of urchins running around in circles, screaming "Yay!! It's Pi day!"
“It makes you realize how consequential you really are,” Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-Mass.) said with a smile.
Really? Pi makes you feel consequential? don't you have something important to do? you are a congressman, after all.
“I’m kind of geeked up about it,” Rep. Brian Baird (D-Wash.) told POLITICO. “It’s crazy, but I’m a whole lot more excited about that than congratulating the winner of last year’s Rose Bowl.
I take it you're not into bowling, Brian.
Now get back to work. Or maybe not.
Maybe this isn't such a bad thing. If Congress weren't busy honoring Pi, they would be passing the Omnibus Porkulous bill, or adding earmarks to other stupid bills.
so, here's an idea:
I want Congress to honor the following numbers:
e: 2.71828182845904523536…. Do it next February 7th.
phi: 1.6180339887... The golden ratio... but some might think we were worshipping the sacred feminine...
i: The square root of -1 But now I'm imagining things, right?
Actually, let's have a day for every mathematical constant yet discovered! That should keep Congress busy and stopping them from restricting any more of our freedoms.
update. Greta Van Sustern on Fox news made the distinction between Pi and Pie... Our educational system is SO bad if people have no idea what "Pi" is.