A mathematician stumbles home drunk at 3 a.m., and his wife is livid. "You swore that you'd be home by 11:45!"
"No," slurs the mathematician, "I said I'd be home by a quarter of 12."
The Drunk Mathematician's Alibi
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Explain Bear
Alright, listen up, you dummy. So, you know how a quarter of something is like, a fourth of it? And 12 o'clock is midnight, right? So, a quarter *of* 12 (midnight) is 3, which is when the dude actually got home. The wife is mad 'cause she thought he meant a quarter *to* 12 (11:45). Get it now, Einstein?