Wow, I like a great magnitude . . .

[omorka]

I've been working some of the tournament tests from last Saturday. Dang, these are hard! I'm really proud of the kids who scored well now . . .

An absolute gem from the Team Trivia test:

Sir, I bear a rhyme excelling
In mystic force and magic spelling
Celestial sprites elucidate
All my own striving can't relate

All I can say is . . . wow. I'd never heard that riddle before. (Okay, I'm sure it's common knowledge to many of y'all, but I've been sheltered, I guess.) It's brilliant. Sure, it's easy, but it's still . . . elegant.

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[kansas-dave.livejournal.com]

Sir, I bear a rhyme excelling
In mystic force, and magic spelling
Celestial sprites elucidate
All my own striving can't relate
Or locate they who can cogitate
And so finally terminate.
Finis.

...then you get to the first zero.

[wyldraven.livejournal.com]

Check out this one....

http://users.aol.com/s6sj7gt/cadenza.htm

[starcat-jewel.livejournal.com]

I'd never heard it before either, but I'm guessing it's a mnemonic for pi.