Top Ten Things That Math and Sex Have in Common

10. Explicit discussions of either topic is a faux pas at most cocktail parties.
9. Historically, men have been in control, but there are now efforts to get women more involved.
8. There are many joint results.
7. Both are prominent on college campuses, and are usually practiced indoors.
6. Most people wish they knew more about both subjects.
5. Both involve long and hard problems, and can produce interesting topology and geometry.
4. Both merit undivided attention, but mathematicians are prone to think about one while doing the other.
3. Saint Augustine was hostile to both, and Alan Turing took an unusual approach to both.
2. Both typically begin with a lot of hard work and end with a great but brief reward.
1. Professionals are generally viewed with suspicion, and most do not earn high pay.

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Thanks, Satchamo. The comment is also from the site. I'm glad you like it!

Die mathematischen Metaphern der asymptotischen "Anschmiegung" und der "Berührung im Unendlichen" zählen zu dem Erotischsten, das menschlicher Geist je hervorgebracht hat.
*schwelg*

Thanks,Johanna! I hope this translation is close:

The mathematical metaphors of asymptotic "clinging" and "touch at infinity" are among the erotic, the human mind has ever produced.
* schwelg *

... the most erotic figures of thought ...
*wallow*