Monty by Jim Meddick for June 08, 2004

Transcript:

"So, uh, why is your name 'Mr. Pi'? Do you like pies or something?" "The privy council on Rigel-9 gave me this name before exiling me from the planet..." "Most Rigelians have rational numbers for names like '14' or '286733,' but because I'm half human and tainted with human blood they chose to label me with the irrational number 'Pi'." "Ok. Wait. Wait. Wait." "'Pi' is a number?" "I thought humans were required to learn mathematics in school." "Some do. Some buy calculators."