On Aug 21, 2008, at 1:06 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: > On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, David Hobby wrote: > >> Mauro Diotallevi wrote: >>> On 8/21/08, Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> Great, now I feel old -- I checked it out of the library in >>>> college after >>>> a friend of mine had recommended it, and it was fairly new at the >>>> time. >>>> (As in, not out in paperback yet.) >>> >>> How about a limerick to cheer you up? >>> >>> ((12 + 144 + 20 + (3 * 4^(1/2))) / 7) + (5 * 11) = 9^2 + 0 >>> >>> (limerick by John Saxon) >> >> Mauro-- >> >> Thanks, but I had to google for the answer. >> Without having seen previous examples of the >> form, I got about as far as "Twelve plus one-forty-four". >>
I was having a hard time rhyming "twenty" with "square root of four" until I realized that 12, 144, and 20 have special names... Dave _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
