“Pi may be irrational, but free pizza is anything but”, Conway said in a statement.
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Physicist Larry Shaw, who worked in the electronics group at the museum, started celebrating pi on March 14, 1988, primarily with museum staffers. In fact, if we could have a pie day say once a month, it would be fine with us.
Personally I prefer the one to the right.
Celebrations call for food and we believe any excuse to eat pie is a good thing. It’s the day when you can indulge in outrageous amounts of pizza and pie, let out your inner nerd with Pi Day memorization contests, and even have a fast-casual wedding at &pizza.
O.H.S.O. Eatery + NanoBrewery in Arcadia will have pie beers and pie cocktails with samples of homemade pie from the Pie Snob. They will be up by 8 a.m.
Eateries and retailers in cities around the country are getting in on the fun by offering pi day promotions.
Miracle Mile Deli in Phoenix is offering $2 pie slices with any entree purchase. This year, Pi Day has special significance because at 9:26:53 am and pm the date and time represent the first 10 digits of π.
Many offices brought in pie for employees, and pizzerias offered discounts.
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Kitchen stores such as Kitchenworks have 15 percent discounts off pie related cookware, and Lulu.com has free shipping with the code PISHIP. Sign us up! Now, the best deal of them all isn’t going to come easily. Answer one of Pizza Hut’s math challenges correctly and you’ll be in the running for plenty of a different kind of pi: 3.14 years’ worth of pizza.
