Comments on: Limerick http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/10/19/limerick/ faults | sins | abuses Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:03:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Chris http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/10/19/limerick/#comment-106358 Chris Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:12:49 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/10/19/limerick/#comment-106358 The really impressive thing is that it does, of course, equate the way it says it does. I could probably string together numbers and mathematical operators into euphonious phrases, but to actually have it be <i>correct</i>...wow. The really impressive thing is that it does, of course, equate the way it says it does. I could probably string together numbers and mathematical operators into euphonious phrases, but to actually have it be correct…wow.

]]> By: joanna http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/10/19/limerick/#comment-105347 joanna Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:22:25 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/10/19/limerick/#comment-105347 You get humility points, Brad. You get humility points, Brad.

]]> By: bradley http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/10/19/limerick/#comment-105311 bradley Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:07:51 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/10/19/limerick/#comment-105311 I didn't even try to get the meter. I was just trying to make sense of the dang thing. If it takes a sodoku brain to make these things up, don't call me Will Shortz or however he spells his name. It was quite exciting to get it though. I felt smart! I didn't get the one syllable for equals part until now. I didn’t even try to get the meter. I was just trying to make sense of the dang thing. If it takes a sodoku brain to make these things up, don’t call me Will Shortz or however he spells his name. It was quite exciting to get it though. I felt smart!

I didn’t get the one syllable for equals part until now.

]]> By: joanna http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/10/19/limerick/#comment-105124 joanna Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:05:59 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/10/19/limerick/#comment-105124 Quote the Howard: "Not a bit more. . . ." Seriously, I'm impressed with both of you--it's like you're bilingual, writing poems with words and numbers. Quote the Howard: “Not a bit more. . . .”

Seriously, I’m impressed with both of you–it’s like you’re bilingual, writing poems with words and numbers.

]]> By: mike http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/10/19/limerick/#comment-105085 mike Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:16:54 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/10/19/limerick/#comment-105085 Absolutely right on target, my friend. Perhaps rhythm's a matter of personal taste -- I'm kinda partial to A dozen, a gross and a score Plus three times the square root of four Divided by seven Plus five times eleven Is nine squared and not a bit more. So yeah, you totally got it. I so totally love the idea of math limericks, and I want to invent some, but I have no idea whatsoever where I'd begin. Does that take a sudoku kind of brain? What do you think, Joanna? Absolutely right on target, my friend. Perhaps rhythm’s a matter of personal taste — I’m kinda partial to

A dozen, a gross and a score
Plus three times the square root of four
Divided by seven
Plus five times eleven
Is nine squared and not a bit more.

So yeah, you totally got it. I so totally love the idea of math limericks, and I want to invent some, but I have no idea whatsoever where I’d begin. Does that take a sudoku kind of brain?

What do you think, Joanna?

]]> By: bradley http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/10/19/limerick/#comment-104994 bradley Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:01:25 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/10/19/limerick/#comment-104994 Score! Gross! Dozen! line one: one dozen, one gross and one score line two: plus three times the square root of four line three: divided by seven line four: plus five times eleven line five: equals 9 squared and no more! That must be it! Right?!?!?! It works, I think. Score! Gross! Dozen!

line one: one dozen, one gross and one score
line two: plus three times the square root of four
line three: divided by seven
line four: plus five times eleven
line five: equals 9 squared and no more!

That must be it! Right?!?!?! It works, I think.

]]> By: mike http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/10/19/limerick/#comment-104785 mike Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:58:40 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/10/19/limerick/#comment-104785 Bradley's got it: the third and fourth lines are <blockquote>divided by seven plus five times eleven</blockquote> and, well, OK, I'll point out that a synonym for 20 rhymes with "four," which might indicate that there are other synonyms in the first line, as well -- like for 144 and 12. (And for the last line: what's a one-syllable word for 'equals'?) Bradley’s got it: the third and fourth lines are

divided by seven
plus five times eleven

and, well, OK, I’ll point out that a synonym for 20 rhymes with “four,” which might indicate that there are other synonyms in the first line, as well — like for 144 and 12.

(And for the last line: what’s a one-syllable word for ‘equals’?)

]]> By: bradley http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/10/19/limerick/#comment-104777 bradley Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:32:23 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/10/19/limerick/#comment-104777 Okay, I see how two lines rhyme: "divided by seven" and "five times eleven" but that's as far as I'm getting and I don't know if I wanna try any harder. Okay, I see how two lines rhyme: “divided by seven” and “five times eleven” but that’s as far as I’m getting and I don’t know if I wanna try any harder.

]]> By: joanna http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/10/19/limerick/#comment-104444 joanna Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:27:10 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/10/19/limerick/#comment-104444 Thanks, Professor Edwards. Thanks, Professor Edwards.

]]> By: mike http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/10/19/limerick/#comment-104210 mike Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:02:13 +0000 http://www.vitia.org/wordpress/2007/10/19/limerick/#comment-104210 As an example: one line might be, "divided by seven," and the next might begin, "plus. . ." As an example: one line might be, “divided by seven,” and the next might begin, “plus. . .”

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