Comments on: Expert: Capitol Square ‘Technically’ A Trapezoid

By: Christian

Christian — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:58:53 +0000

the word pentagon isnt pretentious at all. good thing, too, because governors street bends at east grace street to form a 5th corner! aaaugh! pandemonium! maybe we should just wall off any part of capital hill which does not fit the square shape, such as the governor’s mansion.

By: Jake

Jake — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:12:49 +0000

This is an interesting example of early political spin when a 1786 poll conducted by Ye Olde Harris Interactive/Time/CNN public opinion surveys showed that more voters preferred squares to trapezoids on account of a trapezoid sounded “all pretentiousy or whatever”.

By: Gil In Mechanicsville

Gil In Mechanicsville — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:56:40 +0000

Upon further review… You may be onto something, while we often hear of phrases like “The Golden Triangle” never is and area referred to as the “Golden Trapezoid”. You may be onto a novel marketing idea and the next cool catch phrase…

By: Christine B

Christine B — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:10:36 +0000

you crack me up! very, very funny stuff.

By: bcarr

bcarr — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:23:09 +0000

Well, by all means: strive for perfection.

By: Gil In Mechanicsville

Gil In Mechanicsville — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:19:05 +0000

Gee, and I thought it was called the Capitol Nerd. Now we will have to start calling it something else, like the Fonz because it has a way cool shape….

By: tobaccoavenue

tobaccoavenue — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:34:13 +0000

By way of striving for absolute perfection I will change it to 3.14 in the story, however I will keep your comment so people know that sometimes, this Web site gets it wrong.

By: bcarr

bcarr — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:04:30 +0000

Pi is 3.14… Or is this some sort of inference on VCU professors? :p

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:04:16 +0000

Thanks for pointing this out. A math professor has nothing else better to do with his time!

By: JY

JY — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:41:06 +0000

Would’ve felt more better if it were a rhombus.