Does Pac-Man have a tail???
Ok, I'm a math teacher and we were discussing > and < today and the kids said it they learned that Pac-Man ate the bigger number. Somehow they got on the question of whether Pac-Man has a tail. So, what's the opinion here of the experts? Does Pac-Man have a tail? While we're at it, what living creature does Pac-Man most emulate?
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Re: Does Pac-Man have a tail???
A shark lol...Originally Posted by 8bitnes
Nah he don't have a tail.
Some would say he does have a nose .
He'd better not, or my tattoo is gonna need a touch up lol.
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Re: Does Pac-Man have a tail???
No I don't believe so, but if he did, I think he would be a sperm cell.
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Lol, that analogy that greater than/less than symbols are Pac-Man have been around since I was a kid! How was it even possible to teach that stuff before Pac-Man was around? In a way I'm a bit surprised that kids today would even know Pac-Man... do you ever have any that don't?
where did they get that pacman have a tail from? He never had a tale.
In that one bad box cover (Atari 800?) he's got gangly legs, gym shorts and buck teeth, but no tail!
It doesn't get any more serious than a Rhinocerus about to charge your ass.
Before Pac-Man, i was told they used alligators to represent those symbols. I think they still do in some children's textbooks.
That's the analogy I was taught when I was a young'un. I remember the alligator or the shark always wants to eat the most people - which number of people is bigger.Before Pac-Man, i was told they used alligators to represent those symbols. I think they still do in some children's textbooks.
Nowadays, a kid would go home, complain of alligator related nightmares, and I'd lose my teaching certificate!
I told them it was an alligator (how I learned) and as an attempt to get them to give up on Pac-Man, I asked them what = (equal to) would represent. One student felt it is Pac-Man's tail and he rallied support. I was going to say the one alligator invited a buddy over and they each ate, but I never got there.
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It took me until my University education to realize that the '<' and '>' symbols actually weren't supposed to be pac-mans and were actually showing that since the convergent side is smaller, the number on that side is smaller.
And no, I Pacman doesn't have a tail, and neither does < or >
I looked in my personal library for the answer to this conundrum. According to the exhaustive compendium The Florę and Faunę of Pac-Land, "young paclings are born with a tadpole-like tail, which shrinks as they approach adulthood, finally shrinking into a vestigal nubbin located at the base of the tailbone just above the anus".
Wow, pretty graphic!
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That I dont know about, but I know for sure he doesnt have a tailI told them it was an alligator (how I learned) and as an attempt to get them to give up on Pac-Man, I asked them what = (equal to) would represent. One student felt it is Pac-Man's tail and he rallied support. I was going to say the one alligator invited a buddy over and they each ate, but I never got there.
We've hashed out the greater than/less than thing before.
greater then, less then= pacman
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64594
As for whether or not Pac-Man has a tail, I have never seen a tail on Pac-Man in any way, shape or form. You can tell them safely that no, he does not have a tail.
I see where this rumor started.....he leaves a trail, but certainly does not have a tail.
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Now I'm just confused.
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The moral is, don't **** with Uncle Tim when he's been drinking!
Stupid double post
The moral is, don't **** with Uncle Tim when he's been drinking!
Well, rather than let this stupid triple post be, I'm going to edit and put some pics in here:
Perhaps this cro-magnon Pac Man had a tail?
I suppose this one has a tail...
Proof of the nose...
http://www.steverd.com/whatother/xmas.jpg
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http://pics.hoobly.com/full/TQJ6AO4DH5B9.jpg
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Here's a frog named Pac Man with a tail.
http://www.grizzlyrun.com/Pets/amphi...nformation.asp
-Rob
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Nope no tail,even checked the old arcade one just to make sure.
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Pac man doesn't have a tail,and I dont think that he is supposed to be a creature of some sort?If so,I dont know what kind.sry
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Good lord what is that thing? And better yet why is it all over the bed?Well, rather than let this stupid triple post be, I'm going to edit and put some pics in here:
-Rob
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