Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: The worst lyrics you've ever heard Message-ID: <5439@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Tue, 23-Oct-84 23:12:17 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.5439 Posted: Tue Oct 23 23:12:17 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 26-Oct-84 06:47:56 EDT References: <1702@inmet.UUCP> <5308@brl-tgr.ARPA> <857@ihuxn.UUCP> <409@uwmacc.UUCP> Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 14 > My own miscellaneous responses: > > Re Tom Lehrer: > Computer buffs (I'll not temppt the flamers by saying hackers) ought to > like Tom Lehrer's esoteric sense of humor -- he has one song that teaches > base 12 mathematics! It's base eight (base eight is like base-10 if your missing two fingers). -Ron Sixty-four? Where does he get 64 from, I hear you ask? Well, Sixty-four is eight-squared. Ask a silly question, get a silly answer.