A great mystery has struck the math department.
It seems that every once in a while — most likely during the nights — someone uses the whiteboard in the common room to scribble various notes of the mathematical sort.
It’s not that the math is brilliant. Or that the scribbles prove some hundred-year old mystery.
“But just look at this writing,” a faculty member exclaims one afternoon, “It’s just so neat. And look at these diagrams. Who’s responsible for this?”
Nobody’s really sure.
The board’s been untouched since. Except for single, small addition: “Who’s is this handwriting?” it now says at the top.
And me? I just sit there. Tickled.
Dave says,
haha that’s awesome!
what’s the whiteboard normally used for there? is it just for anyone to write stuff?
Phil says,
Dave, you’re talking about a common room for mathematicians, here. Moreover, mathematicians at an institution like, well, this.
Coffee break starts at 11:15 each day. Attendance is more or less mandatory. And it’s all an excuse to do more math — without a whiteboard, they wouldn’t know what to do.
John says,
Obviously not written by someone in the English department.
Stace says,
My maths lecturer had really neat handwriting, which always unnerved me.
It was those pesky Physics people you had to watch out for…
Jonathan Weatherhead says,
OMG Phil! Did you compile LaTeX on your hands?:P