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The resulting consolation prize is the "Uncanny similarity to the first entry in Google relating to the question asked" prize:
Google:
There's no simple exact formula for the perimeter of an ellipse. The exact formulas aren't simple, and we'll tell you how good the simple ones really are!
Churchill:
There's no simple exact formula.
Thinking about it, I've just though of a way in which I could plot an ellipse outline using integers, with no understanding of how to calculate the circumference of said ellipse. But then this isn't the place for a geek p*ssing contest.
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