"I have a friend in Minsk
Who has a friend in Pinsk
Whose friend in Omsk
Has friend in Tomsk
With friend in Akmolinsk
His friend in Alexandrovsk
Has friend in Petropavlovsk
Whose friend somehow is solving now
The problem in Dnepropetrovsk '
Who has a friend in Pinsk
Whose friend in Omsk
Has friend in Tomsk
With friend in Akmolinsk
His friend in Alexandrovsk
Has friend in Petropavlovsk
Whose friend somehow is solving now
The problem in Dnepropetrovsk '
And this depiction of Cosaack cavalry:
That would actually be scary 
That's a passage from the song "Lobachevsky" by singing mathematician Tom Lehrer. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU_j5cQ2sfQ.
ReplyDeleteFYI, that comment comes straight out of Tom Lehrer's "Lobachevsky" song...
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I was a big fan of Lehrer, long ago, but I do not remember that song.
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