# The Square Root of Three

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-square-root-of-three/157001>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [June 25, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-square-root-of-three/157001 "2010-06-25T05:03:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![sophiegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@sophiegreen](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sophiegreen)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 5:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-square-root-of-three/157001/1 "2010-06-25T05:03:51Z")

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I fear that I will always be  
A lonely number like root three  
The three is all that’s great and right  
Why must my three keep out of sight  
Beneath the vicious square root sign  
I wish instead I were a nine  
For nine could thwart this evil trick,  
with just a quick arithmetic  
I know I’ll never see a sum, as 1.7321  
Such as my reality, a sad irrationality  
When hark! What is this I see,  
Another square root of a three  
Has quietly come waltzing by  
Together now we multiply  
To form a number we prefer,  
Rejoicing as an integer  
We break free from our mortal bonds  
With the wave of magic wands  
Our square root signs become unglued  
The love for me has been renewed

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**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-square-root-of-three/157001/2 "2010-06-25T05:13:57Z")

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W. T. F.

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**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-square-root-of-three/157001/3 "2010-06-25T06:01:47Z")

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this if from harold and kumar

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**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-square-root-of-three/157001/4 "2010-06-25T06:20:38Z")

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[http://www.herecomesthescience.com/2008/04/26/square-root-of-three/](http://www.herecomesthescience.com/2008/04/26/square-root-of-three/)

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**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-square-root-of-three/157001/5 "2010-06-25T06:24:12Z")

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they probably put the original author in the credits…hmm

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btw, I think this poem is awesome

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**Author:** ![smokeyV](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/smokeyv/32/5873_2.png) [@smokeyV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/smokeyV)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-square-root-of-three/157001/6 "2010-06-25T07:17:21Z")

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Definitely seen this before. As a math freak ive always loved it.

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**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 7:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-square-root-of-three/157001/7 "2010-06-25T07:19:26Z")

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I just read it aloud and the hot chick didn’t show up. ☹