Luke Surl Comics

Discussion (10) ¬

1. JT

   December 8, 2010 at 5:27 am | # | Reply

   I don’t get it D:
2. 
   MrGBH

   December 8, 2010 at 5:07 pm | # | Reply

   I feel as if I should point out that £2 coins are very bad coins to flip because they’re weighted unequally.

   • Destroyer

     December 13, 2010 at 5:07 am | # | Reply

     http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/research/published/diceRev2.pdf
3. AJ

   December 8, 2010 at 5:29 pm | # | Reply

   @ JT: The original quote is:

   “When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin.
   It works not because it settles the question for you, but because, in that brief moment with the coin is in the air, you suddenly know what you are hoping for.”

   I don’t know who originally said it.

   • Peter

     October 14, 2011 at 10:14 pm | # | Reply

     I don’t know if it’s the original, but there’s a lovely version in verse by the Danish poet Piet Hein:

     Whenever you’re called on to make up your mind
     and are hampered by not having any,
     the best way to solve the decision, you’ll find, is simply by spinning a penny.

     No — not so that chance shall decide the affair
     while you’re passively standing there moping;
     but the moment the penny is up in the air,
     you suddenly know what you’re hoping!

     • Peter

       October 14, 2011 at 10:15 pm | #

       (please excuse missing line-break in the first verse; mangled formatting…)
4. Clementine

   December 8, 2010 at 5:33 pm | # | Reply

   V funny my dear. As always
5. 
   Andrew

   December 9, 2010 at 10:28 pm | # | Reply

   I was afraid it was going to be a straight quotation, but you come through on this one Luke
6. Me

   September 22, 2011 at 11:02 pm | # | Reply

   Of course, if you actually don’t care, it does settle the question for you. Is British money really two-color? I thought that was just Euros.

   • 
     Luke

     September 22, 2011 at 11:20 pm | # | Reply

     The £2 coins are.