Tuesday, November 24, 2015

The Test 24: Stacey Demands (More) Numbers

The first thing I want to point out is that the two ladies that I make The Test are very smart. They're great teachers: motivational and analytical and funny and very intelligent. Stacey could talk philosophy with Socrates and Cunningham knows how to tear into a difficult text, AP English style. Their students are lucky to have them.

That being said, listening to them discuss anything numerical is a fascinating cognitive experience. I have to give Stacey credit-- in this episode her answers do make more sense than usual-- but her methods are circuitous and bordering on lunatic. Cunningham actually enters the realm of the absurd. If you haven't tuned in to the show yet, this is the one to start with. It's an interesting set of questions, Cunningham channels Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Stacey does some math, and I question the capacity of the human mind. We get a little testy with each other, and some judgemental pronouncements are made, but in the end a good time is had by all.

Check it out, play at home, and see how your number sense compares the the ladies. I promise you'll laugh out loud, and if you're not careful, you might even learn something before it's done (or get roofied and have your toes licked).


14 comments:

TR said...

This should amuse Mark and Zman (and maybe a few others):

http://gawker.com/killer-mike-treats-his-pal-bernie-sanders-to-some-chick-1744335435

TR said...

Porzingis' YTD numbers :14 ppg, 9 rpg, 1.5 blocks per game.

I'm still not a Knicks fan, but he's intriguing to watch. If he holds at 15/10 and the team is at .500, it will be hard to give rookie of the year award to anybody else. Not that the adjustment factor should matter, but the dude is a 20 y/o Latvian playing in New York. He's fun to watch, if some of you haven't seen him yet. About the only fun thing on that team.

zman said...

Did Bernie smoke the kush or beat the puss? Fox News will have a field day with this.

rob said...

i'm really enjoying booger mcfarland's ascent at espn. he's funny, self-effacing, and knowledgeable as hell about football.

Squeaky said...

Weird band combination of the day: McD's and Black Sabbath. https://www.facebook.com/macsabbath?_rdr=p

TR said...

Not surprisingly, my two boys LOVE Booger, solely b/c of his name.

TR said...

And I totally spaced on KAT, who's putting up better numbers for a surprising T-Wolves team.

Whitney said...

At a La Tolteca in Dover, DE. That's the good news.

The six of us were slated to go to my sister's in PA and her daughter came home with lice. Looks like we're going to drive all the way to Long Island tonight. After La Tolteca.

zman said...

That's an easy drive.

/sarcasm

Dave said...

yikes . . . i wouldn't want to be in the car with me for five hours after a la tolteca meal . . .

mr kq said...

We used to own a gym in Dover and ate at La Tolteca often. Carne asada tacos and a margie or two did the trick.

We used to work in Chicago, in a department store.

Whitney said...

F.

/you

rob said...

the laquan mcdonald story is outrageous, both in terms of what happened and how the police and authorities at the highest levels in chicago covered it up.

rob said...

wojo coaching against hurley tonight, in overtime