“I am the very model of a modern major general
I’ve information vegetable, animal and, mineral
I know the kings of England and I quote the facts historical
From Marathon to Waterloo in order categorical
I’m very well acquainted to in matters mathematical
I understand equations both the simple and quadratical
About binomial theorems I am teeming with a lot of news
Lot of news, let’s see
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.”
-Modern Major General, The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan (that one was from memory, not Wikiquote)
