Strange hobbies: the church of pi

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6473710,00.html

They are the acolytes of the church of pi.

And once a year many of them gather to talk about pi, rhapsodize about it, eat pi-themed foods (actual pie, sure, but so much more), have pi recitation contests and, just maybe, feel a little less sheepish about their unusual passion.

That day falls on Wednesday this year: March 14. Or 3.14. Obviously.
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According to this article:

(Incidentally, the world record belongs to Chao Lu, a Chinese chemistry student, who rattled off 67,890 digits over 24 hours in 2005.
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Pah that's nothing, OT'ers have been gathering together to rattle off 67,890 digits worth of absloute rubbish every day for years. :)


Anyway, nominate your favourite strange hobby.
 
I play Civilization III and Alpha Centauri. I also occasionally post on obscure internet forums.
 
Ooh, thanks for the reminder, I've been meaning to send one of my friends a Happy Pi Day card for years. :)

:hmm: Oh snap, and my dad's birthday was yesterday! :run: :eek:

Er ... strange hobbies. Um. Hamster-breeding? I subscribe to a club and journal about hamsters and keeping hamsters and breeding hamsters, despite the fact that I have only made one (unsuccessful) attempt ever at breeding one of my hammies. Oh, and I haven't had one for nearly five years. :cry:
 
May Pi save your soul Pboily. Maybe ten "Hail pi's" would do it?

I've found something similar:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/3989457a4560.html

HELSINKI: A Finnish member of parliament is aiming for re-election by campaigning with a translation of his website into Klingon, used in the TV series Star Trek.
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Learning Klingon's got to be a pretty strange hobby. And if you're an MP, writing your election website in Klingon is slightly strange too.

On the other hand, if your other language is Finish........ :lol:
 
pboily said:
Good god, how I wish these nerds would stay as far away as possible from mathematics.
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And you call yourself a mathematician? :shake:
 
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Yes, worship the mighty hiragana pi!!! :mwaha:

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Or you can worship the mighty katakana pi! :mischief:

Just one example on how The Church of pi is one of thoes wasting your time hobbies ;).
 
Well, time to eat some 3.1415926535897932384626... And that's all I got memorized. Too lazy for more.

Sophie 378 said:
:hmm: Oh snap, and my dad's birthday was yesterday! :run: :eek:
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Send him a card dated on his birthday by mail, and just blame slow mail for it not arriving on time if he asks. ;)
 
sleep is a hobby of mine...pretty rare practice these days...even I don't have much time to indulge in it

creating completely random and ridiculous movies as part of a mini-TV series...with so many inside jokes very few other than the creators find the vidoes humorous
 
Extreme Ironing:

http://www.extremeironing.com/

We've lost an empire and we're looking for a role - not any more. We may be a second rate island off the coast of France, but when we're World leaders at extreme ironing! :lol:

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I like to randomly surf the Wikipedia in search of articles that need editing. When I find one, I fix the spelling, grammar, and punctuation. And that's fun.

As for pi, my favorite kind is saskatoon. :yumyum:
 
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