Tupardic Numbers are numbers that only come out even if the number line is bent.  Expressed as a Tupardic Number, Pi comes out even (3.1422), along with numbers such as the sum of 20 divided by 3 (6.66).  Dr. Tupidsay also claimed that, when fully understood, what he termed the “Tupardic Ruler” could be used to precisely measure sphered surfaces, such as the earth, and when measuring time and space it would make the Theory of Relativity obsolete.

Dr. Ivan Tupidsay first postulated his theory at the Numbers Are Fun! educational conference in Akron, Ohio, in the fall of 1992.  Since that time, Dr. Tupidsay’s theory has come under fire throughout academia, as well as the public sector.  The main complaint is that the bend in his ruler seems arbitrary, other than it is always a parabola. 

Dr. Tupisay, in defense of his theory, argued that, left to its own devices, nothing in the Universe would be naturally straight, and even our concept of “straight” is based on a fallacy.  “After all,” he argued, “the most absolute measure of straight that we have is a beam of light, but it has been proven that light bends.  So why not bend our rulers, too?”

Be that as it may, his critics argued, even if Tupardic numbers were correct, they have no practical application in the real world.  Dr. Tupidsay, in an attempt to prove that his theory was superior, and that it did, indeed, have practical applications, built a house using a Tupardic Ruler as his only measuring device.  Fortunately, nobody was hurt.