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Hypotenuse Cooked My Goose
A mathematician, I am not
How to figure I forgot.
Forget the hypotenuse,
For it ain’t no use.

Pythagoras, keep your theorem,
For it causes me delirium.
A mere child said he’d explain,
With a smirk to cover disdain.

“Three 3s are 9; four 4s are 16.
Stay with me, and see what I...

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Categories: hypotenuse, math,
Form: Quatrain
Premium Member The Square On the Hypotenuse
gift from father beyond cemetery,
bound red book named Euclid's geometry,
father was head teacher of known repute,
but the son's reading skills were less astute.

wrapped in fine velvet it was in dad's room,
they thought "a clear sign from him from the  tomb".
church minister has spoken of...

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Categories: hypotenuse, blessing, christian, funny,
Form: Rhyme

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