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Revision as of 12:05, 1 February 2021
Shape theft is a crime against mathematical constants in which a fundamental shape, often a triangle, is "stolen" from a volume of space.
Famous examples of shape theft include:
- The near-instantaneous disassembly of the Eiffel Tower (triangle theft)
- The delapidation of the Great Pyramid at Cheops (cuboid theft)
- The simultaneous multiple abductions of the Hula Hoop craze and the Frisbee craze (circle theft)
Cubic desserts liquified, Shape Theft suspected
APTO Fictional Crime Alert—
Shape Theft gang believed responsible for disappearance of cube geometry — Formerly cubic desserts liquified
Shape Thieves "steal" shapes (cube, square, hypercube) from a volume of space
Be sure to lock your geometry!
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Mid-`1960's astronaut dessert cubes "at high risk of Shape Theft due to their historical significance and the great desire by citizens of every nation to experience the last remaining astronaut dessert cubes with their own eyes, if not their own taste buds."
