One of them is called the Samson Ratio. The Samson Ratio refers to the height of a person divided by the length of the person’s hair (on the head).
The Samson ratio would range from infinity to some whole number as high as two or a little less than two for most regular human males, while for women in general, the Samson ratio would be between the values of say 20 (if they’re butch) to about 2 (if they have really long hair). Persis Khambatta, Uma Bharati, Britney Spears and Demi Moore have had a Samson Ratio of infinity at some point of time in their lives.
Now, I am not quite sure why I thought of this when I did, save for the fact that I might’ve been in a boring class or in a random conversation, but it seems quite funny when you’re making small talk.
One could sit and plot the ideal Samson ratio values for the opposite gender that one is interested in, and that could go up as a number on the ideal, desirable characteristic scale in a template that one has in mind for the kind of person that one wants to end up with.
Also, on a personal note, I’ve had my Samson ratio vary from infinity to four. Most pious people visiting Tirupati have an infinite Samson ratio. I could go on and on, but you get the picture.
The next concept or funda is that of the Bittersweet Symphony.
The bittersweet symphony is a new genre of music I’ve concocted which has turned out to be highly personalized, depending on the musical inclinations of the listener. It refers to a song that usually makes you happy sad at the same time.
Invariably, it turns out to be a song that has, at one point of time been real close to one’s heart and now is not thought of in the same way as it had been done before. Also, a bittersweet symphony could be a sad song which sounds happy but actually isn’t. “The one I love” by REM is one such example.
Ironically, based on my classification, Bittersweet Symphony by the Verve doesn’t fall under the genre of bittersweet symphonies. My current favourite songs in this genre include “If I had it all” by Dave Matthews Band and “Everything” by Lifehouse, and the list has expanded at a decent rate.
Until more randomness needs to be unleashed on you…
an errata to the Nonsense.
division by zero is Undefined and not infinity. so Samson ratio cannot be infinity for anyone at any instant of time (unless someone is infinitely tall). however, if there was someone whose hair grew shorter (instead of longer) with time t, then limit of Samson ratio [s(t) = h(t)/l(t)], as t tends infinity, would be infinity. but here l(t) would never be 0 only tending to it.
also s(t) would be a real number (not whole) – h(t) and l(t) are real numbers, their ratio will also be so. it is also possible for s(t) to be less than 1 (i bet there is someone in the Guiness book with l(t) > h(t))
but you could redefine s(t) to be ceiling or floor function of the ratio in which case it would be whole numbers.
Enjoyed!
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