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ellipse

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Koohii stories:

1) [mcfate] 5-2-2008(32): The 惰 lazy (#629 惰) way to draw an ellipse requires two wooden pegs and some string (http://tinyurl.com/252zgx).

2) [cb4960] 17-3-2009(15): When tasked with planting the trees to form a circle, the somewhat lazy gardener just winged it (instead of measuring) and the result was an ellipse of trees.

3) [timcampbell] 1-1-2009(6): (re: Johnzep's story for lazy) When I went under a tree to beat my meat with my left hand, my motions formed the shape of an ellipse.

4) [mantixen] 27-7-2009(3): A lazy tree doesn't bother making its trunk and branches cylindrical because an ellipse is good enough.

5) [Elphalpo] 15-7-2012(1): Trees that are lazy spend a lot of time lying down rather than standing up like most trees, and the force of gravity squishes them into the shape of an ellipse.

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