Monday, June 14, 2010

The Seven-Sided Hexagon; or, Epic Geometric Fail

So there I was in the local Rite Aid the other day, picking up grape juice and glue (don't ask), and my path toward these goodies took me down the Seasonal aisle. Where I discovered, much to my surprise, that though it was already early June the Back to School sales had not yet started and there was not a single Halloween mask anywhere in sight. (I wonder if the Home Office knows about this?)


More amazing still, I spotted a few assorted pieces of summer merchandise. Notably, a large box that contained a "Hexagonal Canopy." Which had a helpful explanatory diagram on the side of the box, for those who weren't quite sure what "hexagonal" meant:



Oops.

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