There was once an Indian squaw who spent all day just sitting on a hippopotamus hide. Since she did nothing else, she grew to be very obese.
The squaw in the next tepee had 2 sons, each of whom was a giant of a warrior, and when they were in camp, they each sat on deer hides when they were relaxing.
The other warriors started arguing about who weighed more – the squaw or the 2 warriors who were brothers. Since they had no scale, they approached the medicine man to settle their arguments.
The medicine man studied the situation, and he then proclaimed: “The weight of the squaw exactly equals the combined weight of the 2 warriors.â€
The tribe demanded to know how the medicine man knew this to be true. He responded, “It’s very simple. I just used the Pythagorean theorem. ‘The squaw of the hippopotamus equals the sons of the squaw of the other two hides.’â€

