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Friday random poetry

by Sean Carroll

Lauren, keeper of the Friday Random Ten (or is it Roxanne? I can never remember), has hit upon a new bit of randomness on which to end your week: Rob’s Amazing Poem Generator. This poem came from the post on What people should know, comments included. I edited it slightly, for which I make no apologies.

What is far the Science
educator, I first
took as a course
contained all the atmosphere
Out which end this
in keeping with a different rest
my major religions
the immediate purpose of undergrads.
Let me a few hours downloading a
great organization, devoted to gather up
else if it’s
dogma,
They succeed in the Advancement of this
looking for good information
on science. simpler to be
seeing how science
is that
cloudy nights seem to get an embarassment
in the controversy.
cow methane. emitted from the physics students
to go a long way and come out
as you, but
publicly the real Nobody questions that.

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August 5th, 2005 6:32 PM
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5 Responses to “Friday random poetry”

  1. 1.   Lauren Says:
    August 5th, 2005 at 8:23 pm

    I have seen the greatest minds of my generation…! Nevermind.

  2. 2.   Ijon Tichy Says:
    August 6th, 2005 at 2:49 am

    I wonder if the design of Rob’s Amazing Poem Generator was based, in part, on Paul Dirac’s amusing comment:

    “In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it’s the exact opposite.”

  3. 3.   Sean Says:
    August 6th, 2005 at 3:11 am

    Lauren, you’re a howl. I mean, a hoot.

  4. 4.   Athena Says:
    August 28th, 2005 at 11:40 am

    More fun with randomness —a random slogan generator! Though often nonsensical, some of the phrases were spot on. For example, I entered the word “fun” and received…”Don’t Be Vague. Ask for Fun.”
    And typing in “love” returned…”Every Kiss Begins With Love.” (aw!)
    “Sex” gave me…”Life Should Taste As Good As Sex.” (Hmm, more risque than anticipated.)
    Then,”Athena” got back…”Aaahh, Athena!”

    So then, howling with laughter, I selected some words from your blog for demonstration purposes, and got the following slogans (well, some editing required — those here were chosen for relevancy and humor):

    Say It With Cosmic Variance.
    A Day Without Clifford is Like a Day Without Sunshine.
    Make Someone Happy with a String Theory.
    The Theoretical Physicist For All Ages.
    Only Spacetime And Geometry Has The Answer.
    Look For The Sean, JoAnne, Mark, Risa, And Clifford Label.

    Okay, my morning run put me in a silly mood — sorry! : ) Try it!
    http://www.thesurrealist.co.uk/slogan.cgi?

  5. 5.   Clifford Says:
    August 28th, 2005 at 1:35 pm

    A Day Without Clifford is Like a Day Without Sunshine.

    Now that is one excellent solgan generator you’ve found. I like it!…. ;-)

    -cvj





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