6. Hofstadter: GEB limericks, GEBerwocky
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This article is from the Hofstadter and GEB FAQ, by TANAKA Tomoyuki tanaka@cs.indiana.edu with numerous contributions by others.
6. Hofstadter: GEB limericks, GEBerwocky
big limerick site: http://www.katsden.com/webster/limerick.html
Kaberi Chakrabarty <kaberi19@mail.idt.net> wrote:
>
> "There once was a fellow named Go:del,
> Whose law gave logicians a hurdle" ---
> DRH with his flock
> Of both Escher and Bach
> Put the words in the mouth of a turtle.
There once was a book that explained
AI and math; entertained.
Grant me to ask its name,
Everyone who's game,
By hinting this rhyme's self-contained.
(by TT)
Mike Geller <mgeller@avnet.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Here's one about Go:del.
>
> There was a young man named Kurt
> Who oft wore an interesting shirt
> Upon it was writ
> In calligraphic script
> "This sentence misspells one wurt."
"GEBerwocky" by TT
(see http://www.pair.com/~keithlim/jabberwocky/ )
'Twas brainiac, and the chalming zombs
Did cyber and symble in the Cage:
All chinocells were overbached,
Ant Thememe neuroed epiphenage.
"Beware the Go:dzella, my friends!
The Go:del-numbing of the 'Spell of G'!
Beware the poisonous Pen-rose gardens
And other dualistic absurdity!"
They packed their favorite tome to be brought:
Long time the metal-logical foe they sought---
So rested they by the Escher-esque tree,
Humming a Fugue in G.
Then came Go:dzella, fuming flames frumiously,
And casting the spell of String G:
"You two are but characters in a book;
And hence can never kill me!"
Almost caught in a Strange-Loop trance,
They found the code, but alas the manual's in Japanese.
Then Doug's voice echoed: "Use the Source, Luke!"
They left the beast to freeze.
"And did you snuff out the Go:dzella?
Oh, happy day! T. and A.!
I reward you with Dumplings and a tale
Of a monster-hunt which begins as: 'Twas ...'"
<repeat first stanza>
for "BladeRunnerwocky", more self-ref limericks, etc
see http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/tanaka/GEB/limericks.txt
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