'Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes... « The New Adventures of Mr Stephen Fry

Forum

> General musings

'Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes...

Pages 12 >

Author	Post
Topic RSS \| Reply to topic
AxmxZ Moderator	Posted Sat Apr 7th, 2007 5:29am Post subject: 'Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes... Just what it says on the tin. Who can read this limerick? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . anyone? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . anyone at all?.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . scroll down for the answer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (sure you don't want to try for it yourself?) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . well, all right then... . . . . . . . Integral t-squared dt from 1 to the cube root of 3 times the cosine of three pi over 9 equals log of the cube root of 'e'.
Back to top
ClareBear Moderator	Posted Sat Apr 7th, 2007 7:10am Post subject: 'Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes... NOT the best thing for a Saturday morning.
Back to top
Canzonett Member	Posted Sat Apr 7th, 2007 8:28am Post subject: 'Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes... Ah. I wasn't sure what the "hoc" referred to until I got to see your equation. No "nimium" for me - rather a Swedish "lagom" (just right). What exactly are "t" and "d" supposed to mean?
Back to top
Maniac Member	Posted Sat Apr 7th, 2007 12:40pm Post subject: 'Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes... WTF!?
Back to top
Terri Member	Posted Sat Apr 7th, 2007 12:50pm Post subject: 'Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes... I always suspected I wasn't clever enough to be a real fan of Stephen Fry - you people scare me!
Back to top
Fourth Feline Member	Posted Sat Apr 7th, 2007 4:35pm Post subject: 'Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes... I just love these quaint Irish traditions .......
Back to top
Aoibheann Member	Posted Sat Apr 7th, 2007 5:11pm Post subject: 'Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes... I just love these quaint Irish traditions ....... What quaint Irish traditions? im lost....?
Back to top
boffinbabe12 Member	Posted Sat Apr 7th, 2007 5:54pm Post subject: 'Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes... I'm supposed to be on holiday you meanie!
Back to top
trouser material Member	Posted Sat Apr 7th, 2007 6:35pm Post subject: 'Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes... I feel sick.
Back to top
Soupy Twist Member	Posted Sat Apr 7th, 2007 6:47pm Post subject: 'Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes... My head hurts.
Back to top
AxmxZ Moderator	Posted Sat Apr 7th, 2007 6:55pm Post subject: 'Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes... I always suspected I wasn't clever enough to be a real fan of Stephen Fry - you people scare me! Well, it's more for math nerds than Fry fans, really... math not really being Fry's milieu.
Back to top
AxmxZ Moderator	Posted Sat Apr 7th, 2007 6:55pm Post subject: 'Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes... I just love these quaint Irish traditions ....... What quaint Irish traditions? im lost....? Limericks. Ah. I wasn't sure what the "hoc" referred to until I got to see your equation. No "nimium" for me - rather a Swedish "lagom" (just right). What exactly are "t" and "d" supposed to mean? No idea. Just random derivative of a variable.
Back to top
Aoibheann Member	Posted Sat Apr 7th, 2007 7:03pm Post subject: 'Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes... I just love these quaint Irish traditions ....... What quaint Irish traditions? im lost....? Limericks. oh right, sorry. did you know there is a county in Ireland called Limerick? Stab city as its know here...... ohh im only joking in case anyone from Limerick is reading....
Back to top
Britannicus Member	Posted Mon May 14th, 2007 8:57am Post subject: 'Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes... Oh. My. God. Excuse me while I go scratch the math class off my fall semester course list. I'm not ready for the torture just yet. "Your room...it's CLEAN!!!" "I prayed to God...and...it happened...but...where's my million dollars and horse!? Damn it!"
Back to top
joan Member	Posted Mon May 14th, 2007 9:40am Post subject: 'Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes... Way back in the olden days, when I was an obnoxious little fourth former at Heckmondwike Grammar School, studying languages, my brother was a sixth former, studying science. He told me a really funny limerick, but all I can remember is the last line: ' But what he thought was H2O was H2SO4' Does anyone know the rest of it???
Back to top

Pages 12 >

Reply »

You must log in to post.

GENERAL STORE