Category: Recreational
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Ten weary, footsore travelers
Anonymous Ten weary, footsore travelers,All in a woeful plight,Sought shelter at a wayside innOne dark and stormy night. “Nine beds — no more,” the landlord said,“Have I to offer you;To each of eight a single room,But the ninth must serve for two.” A din arose. The troubled hostCould only scratch his head,For of those tired…
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A Positive Reminder
James Albert Lindon (b. 1914, d. December 16, 1979) A carpenter named Charlie Bratticks,Who had a taste for mathematics,One summer Tuesday, just for fun,Made a wooden cube side minus one. Though this to you may well seem wrong,He made it minus one foot long,Which meant (I hope your brains aren’t frothing)Its length was one foot…