geeky holiday humor

[javasaurus]

Found on the net...

Question:

Why do computer programmers confuse Hallowe'en and Christmas?

Answer:

Because oct31=dec25.

Comments

[wilhelmina-d.livejournal.com]

OK - I don't get it. I thought maybe that oct=8 and dec=10, but 8 x 31 = 248 and 10 x 25 = 250, so that doesn't make since. I also thought maybe it was adding, but 8+31=39 and 10+25=35, or 10+31=41 and 12+25=37.

So, I'm at a loss. Can you please translate? :)

[cozit.livejournal.com]

Ow!

(of course you do realize that I've got a compulsion to share that joke with my up-and-coming-geek of a son... hopefully I'll forget it by tomorrow morning...)