Benjamin Franklin's 220 Expressions for "Drunk"


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Have you ever been offered a lot to drink and afterward found yourself contending with Pharaoh?

If you know what I mean.

No, you don't? Well, that was one of Benjamin Franklin's 220 euphemisms for being drunk. He published a list of them in 1737. Here's Keith Habersberger of the comedy team I Made America playing the role of Benjamin Franklin. It's one of many videos by the troupe about six Founding Fathers kidnapped by time travelers and abandoned in Chicago in 2012.

Troupe Website -via Flavorwire

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Thanks, Nathan. Actually, I spotted that old post and linked to it in this one. I figured that this take on the 220 euphemisms was different enough to justify its own post.
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Try that input:
plot e^(-3*((0.5+x)^2+y^2/2))+e^(-x^2-y^2/2)*cos(4*x), x=-3..3, y=-5..5

I don't think it's possible to see the intersection at z=0.001 as they've done in the picture though.
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The source page says "plot the following equation over the region -3<x<3, -5<y<5. It also suggested that you should only plot the z values in the range 0<z<0.001."

Is there a way to clip the 3D plot in Wolfram Alpha?
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I was going to post the same thing. Wolfram Alpha seems to disagree, that's not HI.

Neat link though. I already knew the batman one (previously featured at Neatorama, IIRC), and the origami mermaid is worth trying
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