Thread: It's going to be a weird 8 days

Speaking of weird al anyone see his contribution to epic rap battles?

Let (u) = "Under the sea"

Therefore does 2(u) equate to: "Under the sea, Under the sea"

THE SONG OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
I.

2(u)
Mark how the telegraph motions to me,
2(u)
Signals are coming along,
With a wag, wag, wag;
The telegraph needle is vibrating free,
And every vibration is telling to me
How they drag, drag, drag,
The telegraph cable along,

II.

2(u)
No little signals are coming to me
2(u)
Something has surely gone wrong,
And it’s broke, broke, broke;
What is the cause of it does not transpire,
But something has broken the telegraph wire
With a stroke, stroke, stroke,
Or else they've been pulling too strong.

III.

2(u)
Fishes are whispering. What can it be,
2(u)
So many hundred miles long?
For it’s strange, strange, strange,
How they could spin out such durable stuff,
Lying all wiry, elastic, and tough,
Without change, change, change,
In the salt water so strong.

IV.

2(u)
There let us leave it for fishes to see;
2(u)
They'll see lots of cables ere long,
For we'll twine, twine, twine,
And spin a new cable, and try it again,
And settle our bargains of cotton and grain,
With a line, line, line,—
A line that will never go wrong.


- James Clerk Maxwell, 1857

It's a bit late to send a "Thank You" card to Isambard Kingdom Brunel, or to Maxwell or Issac Newton for that matter, but there's still time to vibrate your needle at Bill Nye and offer him his props.

Tending the fire is just as important as building it higher.


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