Pythagoras was quiet unfair on
boys and girls-but what's the use?
People still tell me there is a square on the Hypotenuse.
Trust the hypotenuse; it's fine;
It won't have snakes or bears on;
But nor, since it's just a line, will it have squares on.
And yet when I said this at school,
I had to spend my youth
In being called all sorts of fool
For speaking the truth.
Pythagoras, of Samian birth, studied phylosophy;
An ass, as he thought, returned to earth
As you or me.
Metempsychosis- transmigrating-
Two frightful words to spell;
A frightful notion also, rating a padded cell.
Yet to this madman's tender cares
They gave me my adolescence,
Commanding to his silly squares
My acquiescence.
His followers were set on fire
Around five ten B.C.
A date in history to inspire
The likes of me.
My teachers lives have terminated;
So has Pythagoras's;
In case they've all been transmigrated
I'm kind to asses.
(apologies to Paul Griffin on Pythagoras 582-500 BC)
Last edited by Frank Arouet; 20th May 2013 at 11:46.
Reason: Re Styx Courier Servive. Try not to make eye contact.