I'd buy it :)
Not because I am numbers-challenged, but because I am obsessive/compulsive about precise measurements ... a by-product of being a draftsman I guess.

But, see, that's exactly (precisely?) why you probably wouldn't like this product. I have a hard time believing that when you measure out 36 7/16ths inches that it will give you the proper precise center measurement. I have yet to see a tape measure that goes to 32nds of an inch.

You are that precise, are you not? ;-)

Oh, THAT'S how you center stuff?

just kidding. :)

I inspire ignorance!

Well, yes.
If it doesn't measure to the 32ths ... forget about it :)
Measure 17 times, cut once is my motto.

Measure 17 times, cut once is my motto.

Why, that's just crazy talk! I mean, if everyone thought that way, how would Home Depot stay in business?!

I follow your point, but I suppose that having such a tape measure and not having to do dozens of such divisions (with fractional inches) every day would be quite a boon to a carpenter or picture hanger type person.

If you want to get into advanced uses, once you mark the center point, you can read across from that number to find the quarter marks!

Or, you could sober up and do some math.

Or, you could sober up and do some math.

More crazy talk.

Of course, of the money I'd save by doing the calculation myself, I'd probably spend 90% of it on wine, women and good times. And the other half I'd just waste.

...wine, women and good times

You make it sound like the first two have nothing to do with the last one. ;-)

And the other half I'd just waste.

I could listen to Rice grads tell math jokes all day long!

OK, so, a sociologist, a physicist and a mathematician are all given equal amounts of fencing, and are asked to enclose the greatest area. The sociologist pauses for a moment and decides to enclose a square area with his fence. The physicist, realizing he can fence off a greater amount of land with the same amount of fencing, promptly sets his fence in the form of a circle, and smiles. "I'd like to see you beat that!" he says to the mathematician. The mathematician, in response, takes a very small piece of his own fencing, and wraps it around himself, proclaiming, "I define my location to be outside of the fence!"

Uh, are those mathematicians supposed to be here for THIS show?...

I think they've defined themselves as being elsewhere, but as long as you're here all week, help yourself to our complimentary salad bar.

Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou.

An engineer and a physicist are in a hot-air balloon. After a few hours they lose track of where they are and descend to get directions. They yell to a jogger, "Hey, can you tell us where we're at?" After a few moments the jogger responds, "You're in a hot-air balloon." The engineer says, "You must be a mathematician." The jogger, shocked, responds, "yeah, how did you know I was a mathematician?" "Because, it took you far too long to come up with your answer, it was 100% correct, and it was completely useless."

Why, no, I never had a girlfriend in college. How did you guess THAT?

Why, no, I never had a girlfriend in college.

You mean, of course, that we can define your suite of college female companionship as the null set.

You mean, of course, that we can define your suite of college female companionship as the null set.

Perhaps. Remember, there are only 10 types of people in the world — those who understand binary, and those who have girlfriends.