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    Even or odd?

    If you have a decimal, say 2.5, is it even or odd? I mean the decimal is odd, but the whole number is even! What about all the other decimals? Are THEY even or odd?

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    2.5 is even, 2.6 is odd.
    I think

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    By definition, the terms even and odd are for integers only.
    Maybe, perhaps, likely, possibly, probably, potentially.

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    A George Carlin Chestnut

    If you have 24 odds and ends on a table and 23 of em' fall off, what do you have left? An odd or an end?

    Oh yeah, what he said. Only integers are odd or even.
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    This whole thread is odd. Definitely odd.

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    Originally posted by Inquartata
    This whole thread is odd. Definitely odd.
    haha
    ya evens and odds only apply to integers
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    Wow, I never thought of that.

    I guess you could see 2.5 as 2 1/2 which 1/2 to me is even and then it goes every other. Though I tend to make up my own rules for math.

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    Probably just to integers, but it does make yout hink.
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    I think they're neither even nor odd. They are decimals.
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    They are evenly odd?
    Maybe, perhaps, likely, possibly, probably, potentially.

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    Originally posted by C.J.
    They are evenly odd?
    Like, not even!

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    Oddly even, then.
    Maybe, perhaps, likely, possibly, probably, potentially.

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    Even more odd!

    ( I can go on like this indefinitely! )

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    Odd that they are not even, nor odd.
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    Its only even if it can be divided by 2 and come up with a whole number. It can't be, thus it is odd.

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    oddly evenly odd and ev...

    ahh, screw it. Shame on the person who started this. I hate you guys. especially you, Kenny, I HATE you.
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    Originally posted by The Messenjah
    ahh, screw it. Shame on the person who started this. I hate you guys. especially you, Kenny, I HATE you.
    So much hate.

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    Even hating is odd...

    *checks into mental-asylum*
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    Originally posted by MikeHarm
    Its only even if it can be divided by 2 and come up with a whole number. It can't be, thus it is odd.
    By whole number you mean integer.

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