Easy As Pi
March 14, 2012 Happy Pi Day, guys!
Yep, 3/14 is the day a bunch of nutty math nerds decided to celebrate the mathematical constant that is the ratio of any Euclidean circle's circumference to its diameter...
...mostly by doing stuff like this:
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Mmmm. Pi pie.
And yes, the baker DID put the 5 on backwards so it looks like a 2. I'm sure s/he was just testing you, though.
What's that? You didn't IMMEDIATELY catch that?! Well, that just means you need to learn pi out to seven decimals, then!
And what better way to do so than with Cake Wrecks visual aids?
LET'S GO!!
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Three...
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Point...
(Thank you, uh thankyouverramuch.)
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One...
(I know, I know; you thought that was number two, but no.)
[rim shot!]
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Four...
(Yes, I know it's upside down. The question is, why didn't the baker?)
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One...
[singing] "I'M lookin' at the NUMBER innn the mirra'! OW! I'M askin' it to MAKE a cha-hange!! HOOO YA! Sha-MOW! Uh-HUH!"
Ahem.
Where were we?
Let's see... 3.141...what's next?
Oh, right:
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Five nine two...
No lie, you guys: I'm looking through your submissions for a number five, and I find this random cake someone found in a display case with the number 592 on it, and I check my pi cheat sheet, and the next three digits of pi actually ARE 592!! I mean, WHAT ARE THE ODDS? AND WHY AM I SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS?!
Don't answer that.
We all know why.
Ok, so. 3.141592...
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Six!
(Yes, really. It's a six.)
So there you have it: you've learned pi to seven places with Cake Wrecks! Great job! Pocket protectors for everyone!
And for those of you whose day just won't be complete until you see some pie wrecks, a gift from John:
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You're welcome.
Thanks to wreckporters Rachel W., Nasina G., Grahm, Maggie M., Gin D., Caroline C., Rebecca M., and Mike - and also to John for the most painful pun in the history of crockery. I knew I married that boy for a reason.
Reader Comments (122)
Some letters on the first pie are upside down and some arn't.... Uhh.....
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU POSTED THE PIE CONTAINER PIC!??
[Editor's note- Just the once last year. Jen only put it up again because it's my favorite joke ever. I know... it's lame but I love it. Hopefully everybody enjoys the many other pictures in the post. -john]
OK, so why is Lightning McQueen driving on the grass? Me thinks the baker is not only upside down, but backward as well. Or would that be inside out?
Pie...wrecks... John, you are the master! I bow to you, oh pundit of puns. Happy Pi Day!
Love the Pi pie!!
What the heck is that brown thing supposed to be on that blue swirl?? O-o
Pie wrecks!!!!!! That made me LOL!!
Pie Wrecks!!!!!!! I scared my neighbors from laughing so loud. And I live on a farm.
Also, I thought that 1 made out of #2 had an awfully... shall we say... bulbous head?...
Pie wrecks, Pyrex! Jen you are a genius (you too John, I'm SURE you thought of that, right?)
That 592 is going to haunt me all day long...was it the beginning of a phone number, an inside joke, a locker with a clue in it, WHAT?
Breaking the rest down (backwards! Just cuz I can! :)) The six looks more like an amoeba mid-mitosis, Eriyanna's "1" is kind of cute (makes me think of Minnie Mouse) OTHER than being reversed (and just HOW did they do that? Aren't there cake pans in the shape of numbers?) Kieran's 4 is cleary just an "H" that's having some identity problems, the "1" is obviously a poo-dong, the point makes me think of a misshappen baseball cap and the three has enough flotsam to choke a horse, not to mention a 3 year old!
Love the Pi pie though, looks yummy!
When my fiance and I were discussing wedding dates I mentioned March 14, 2015 (31415) and it just happened to be a Saturday!
We just couldn't wait that long, though, so we're doing 6/2/12 because 6 x 2 = 12 and we are dorks.
LOVE the Pi Wrecks!
I work in a lab and we are gathering for pie today at 1:59.
That pie is AWESOME! And (with a few backwards and upside down exceptions) so is the concept of doing the numbers of pi in cake (execution may not, but we kind of expect that at cakewrecks)! You guys rock!!
pi-wrecks. ouch. scary.
Here's my favorite mnemonic for pi, which goes to 15 digits.
How I like a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics.
And I found this one to 21 digits that involves...you guessed it...PIE! (I don't really get it though.)
Now, I wish I could recollect pi.
"Eureka," cried the great inventor.
Christmas Pudding; Christmas Pie
Is the problem's very center.
Okay, am I the only one to notice that Sophia is written in Greek on the 3 cake?
The backwards fives really bugged me! I thought for a second I was remembering Pi all wrong!
Yay Pi Day!
My co-workers and I (a bunch of cool scientists) celebrate Pi Day every year.
"Age of the geek, baby!"
You GUYS! This is my favorite. post. ever.
I just LOVED the Pi pie. The border was my favorite part. I'm such a pi geek, I am saving up to buy the pi shirt, with a graphic-shaped pi that lists pi out to like a thousand. Or something.
Then I got to the last picture of the pie wrecks and laughed so hard stuff came out of my nose.
You guys are great.
The pun at the end is capitol "T" Terrible
592 cake?!? 592? For WHAT occasion?!
I also spy a backwards 2 on that pie, in the lower left.
Maybe the "point" is supposed to be a grand piano viewed from above.
Yay for pyrex! My daughter loves pi and is doing a report on the history of it. We are celebrating Pi Day by eating pie (of course), and now I will make sure she sees this post. She will be in geek heaven. All is right with the world.
I think the point cake also looks like a bad, and backwards Oklahoma. Which, when you think about it, is just about as likely as a bad hand CCC.
Best post in a while.
Happy Pi Day! It's also Registered Dietitian Day! (RDs, we're only slightly less geeky than Pi geeks)
Haha pyrex! I had a pyrex wreck once. I tried to heat something up in it on the stovetop in 6th grade while working on a 4H project. It exploded! Everyone was fine, except the container.
3.14 birthdays ftw! Me and Einstein...and Billy Crystal. Yay Pi Day!
PI and pie for my birthday!!!!!!!
(love the pi wrecks)
Thanks, GrnEyes6, for deciphering Eryanna's name. I thought it was Eryamma. My phonics skills dry up when frosting is involved.
Off to bake a pie in Pyrex for Pi Day.
The following has nothing to do with Cake Wrecks, and only marginally to do with Pi Day, so you can skip if so inclined.
(We once had a Cowboy Poet come do a program. Some of the staff members wrote haiku about cows. We turned them into a book entitled Cowpieku.)
Took me several moments, then my groans were monumental. Well done, John (the hubby of Jen), well done! *groan*
My sister made a whoopie pi. Here's the pic: http://rocksaltuk.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/x-079.jpg
I don't know why it's the wrong way round. It doesn't appear that way on her blog. Still, pretty neat, eh?
Had to say 'pie wrecks' out loud to get it. Hopefully my coworkers didn't hear me....
Pie Wrecks...........I didn't get that for WAY too long.
Is it sad that the first thing I noticed about the pie was that the 2 was supposed to be a 5? I mean THE.VERY.FIRST.THING.
Pie-wrecks has made my day. Thank you!
Pi gets all the love.
One day we'll celebrate e
with compound interest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_(mathematical_constant)
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You guys are better than Valium. Also, I think you just straightened out the crick in my neck. Maybe it was the laughing, or maybe it was the twisting around I had to do to see the numbers. Either way, you're cheaper than a chiropractor.
Feeling so lame for not getting "pie wrecks" right away....Love the post, super smart!
"Pie Wrecks"
Wait for it................. wait for it..................
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
theeeerrrrreee it is, ah yeah
What are the odds? At least 3,141,592 to 1.
WHAT event was that cake FOR???
Actually LOL'd at pie wrecks. :P My co-workers are used to my giggle-snorts at lunchtime, so no weird looks came my way. :P
And that is definitely a poo-Wang for the first "one". ;-)
I can't even conceive of what that first "1" was supposed to be commemorating, and that's probably a GOOD thing, in terms of my own mental health... O_o
Thanks Jen for mentioning about the backwards 5, as I too am a nerd and was scratching my head at it ... and unfortunately the "Pie Wrecks" at the end took me far too long to get too ! Well done all around !
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I don't usually post a comment, but I just had to. This was a brilliant way to start my day! I love it. No one in my office understands the significance of Pi day though. I'm glad others do! :) Thanks again. This is one of my favorite posts!!!
The #1 that looks a little like #2 also looks creepily phallic. Just sayin'.
The first picture for "one" will haunt me all my days. As far as the backwards 5 on the first pie, I don't care. That Pi pie is too gorgeous to cut!
Pie wrecks...awesome!
Pi Day is cool, but as a Chemistry geek I'll be looking forward to Mole Day!
Pie wrecks?!? Waaa wahhh!!! Well played.
So glad someone mentioned the link between pie wrecks and pyrex. I'm going... 'huh?'
I blame it on pregnancy brain :)
592? Y?
(Why?)
Oh I am off today ... it took me forever to get BOTH the "man in the mirror' lyrics reference and the final "pie wrecks" ... I heart you guys but please stop making me think so much!
Am I the only one who thinks the jammy pi symbol on the pie looks like blood? *tubleweed* Just me then... #toomuchDexter
Only the text on the #4 is upside down. Turn the picture over!
My son's Math Club had a fundraiser at Pollie's Pies in celebration of Pi Day.
It also happens to be my birthday! However, I've a feeling I will not be celebrating with pie or a cake wreck. Just some plain old cake from a box. Mmmm.
Happy Birthday to the other birthday Wreckies. Happy Pi Day to all the rest!
They also put the two on backwards so it looks like a five. (bottom left of the pie, below and to the left of the pi).
Confusion...furrowed eyebrows....re-reading the pun...looking at the picture...the light, smiling, and laughter. Now I get it.