183: Snacktime Rules

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Snacktime Rules

Title text: I am not making this rule up. Although my mom wants you all to know it made perfect sense at the time.

Explanation

Nerdiness and science often go hand-in-hand, but Randall feels that a lot of his nerdiness was actually influenced by his mother. If Randall really had this random math-based rule during his childhood, he would only have been allowed a snack in his room before bed at ages: (2), 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, (20 and 23).

Transcript

My dad was always the one who taught me about science, but looking back, I'm starting to realize how much my nerdiness was influenced by my mom.

[A woman and a child are talking]

Child: Mom, can I have a snack in my room before bed?

Mom: No, Dear. You know you only get that privilege when your age is one less than a multiple of three.

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Discussion

Hm, how can we know, really, if it's Randall or Cueball speaking? –St.nerol (talk) 20:19, 5 March 2013 (UTC)

It's Randall. I was there. Spotlouise (talk) 16:13, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure that Cueball is basically just an abstraction of Randall. Black Hat, too, at times. Odd that no one seems to notice. Daddy (talk) 15:43, 28 April 2013 (UTC)