From: "William D. Turcotte" <turco002@gold.tc.umn.edu> Newsgroups: alt.quotations Date: Mon, 27 May 96 01:35:48 CSTOn Sat, 25 May 1996 11:37:02 -0500, Patrick A Clark <cc000054@interramp.com > wrote:
>Can anyone repeat the limmerick about relativity? I know that it has
>something to do with a fight between a boyfriend and girlfriend and one
>departing at the speed of light and returning the previous night.
>
>If there are any other humorous poems about relativity I would also
>appreciate them. I would like to use them for my high school physics
>bulleting board.
>
>Thanks,
>Pat Clark
There was a young lady named Bright, Who traveled much faster than light. She started one day In the relative way, And returned on the previous night -------Anon
There was a young man from Trinity, Who solved the square root of infinity. While counting the digits, He was seized by the fidgits, Dropped science, and took up divinity. -------Anon
There was a young fellow named Fisk Whose fencing was agile and brisk. So fast was his action, The Fitz-Gerald contraction Diminished his sword to a disk. -------Anon
from Fantasia Mathematica by Clifton Fadiman Simon and Shuster 1958
Bill
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