Harold and Kumar Poem May 3, 2008
Posted by halfawake in Entertainment.Tags: david feinberg, harold and kumar, poetry, sad irrationality, square root of three
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I’m not going to review Harold and Kumar, but I will say that it made me feel… conflicted. My favorite part was the poem that Kumar recited near the end, which is apparently a real poem by David Feinberg:
I’m sure that I will always be
A lonely number like root threeThe three is all that’s good and right,
Why must my three keep out of sight
Beneath the vicious square root sign,
I wish instead I were a nineFor nine could thwart this evil trick,
with just some quick arithmeticI know I’ll never see the sun, as 1.7321
Such is my reality, a sad irrationalityWhen hark! What is this I see,
Another square root of a threeAs quietly co-waltzing by,
Together now we multiply
To form a number we prefer,
Rejoicing as an integerWe break free from our mortal bonds
With the wave of magic wandsOur square root signs become unglued
Your love for me has been renewed-David Feinberg
This is how I wish I applied my creativity more often. The lives of scientists are sad irrationalities.
Cool poem, but it’s “Harold” not “Harlod.”
Thanks for the catch asad!
sweet! I love the poem! (and I will never see H&K)
me and panda just had a moment about is poem…
i love the poem..
I love the poem!! and it actually makes sense too!
thanks you helped me make time with my wife
i dont get the part about the integer how would they become one?
@sane genius (sqaure root 3) * (square root 3) = 3. Since square root 3 is irrational, and 3 is an integer, the two have combined to form an integer.
The question is, what’s so bad about being irrational?
it’s david feinberg.. not david kleinberg
oops. Thanks for the correction, amina!
hehe there are two kleinbergs in the CS department
Yeah, I think that’s how I got Kleinberg into my head. Speaking of Kleinberg, I saw him at the Ithaca book sale last weekend.
awesome poem
just want to make corrections. i see the posted version all over the net, but i watched the vid on youtube several times.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=YPBmyoOIO8E
and it’s clearly..
“i FEAR that i will always be..”
and
“HAS quietly come waltzing by.”
several times, it sounds more like “a” than “the” (i’ll leave it open for debate, but those two corrections make the poem make more sense, and i’m pretty sure anyone who actually watches the clip again will agree with me.
thanks.
@crazy baldhead - is it possible that they modified the original in the movie?