Harold & Kumar, The Square Root of Three
By Bob Plankers on Apr 29, 2008 in General Rambling
I saw “Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay” tonight. Pretty funny, but not as good as “Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle” in my opinion. The end is terribly anticlimactic. NPH does a good job, though. Mmm, unicorns.
Kumar does recite a poem by David Feinberg, “The Square Root of Three,” which I thought bears more attention since it’s my kind of dorky. Props to FilmChat for having a copy.
I fear 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 threeHas quietly come 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
:-)
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18 Comment(s)
By DaMamaJama on May 11, 2008 | Reply
Just saw the clip on YouTube again – some slight modifications based on Kumar’s recitation:
Line 1: instead of “I’m sure that I will always be”, it’s “I fear that I will always be”
Line 13: instead of “As quietly co-waltzing by”, it’s “Has quietly come waltzing by”
Thanks!
By ira on May 18, 2008 | Reply
i love this!:)
By Bob Plankers on May 19, 2008 | Reply
Edits are made, thanks for the corrections!
By Gauravkittz on Jul 18, 2008 | Reply
Awsm ;)
By HICHAM on Sep 18, 2008 | Reply
damn i liked that part of da movie, cuz it totally make sense, who ever thought that math and love could ever meet :P
its gr8
By Angelie on Oct 14, 2008 | Reply
I love it!
thanks for posting..
By Laxamana on Dec 6, 2008 | Reply
I love this!!!!!!!!!!
By Ashley :] on Dec 31, 2008 | Reply
This is cute :)
I lovve it!
By Cooney :) on Feb 28, 2009 | Reply
this is such a great poem, and it reminds me of my taylor
iloveyoubabe<33
By ed on Apr 10, 2009 | Reply
so very sweet, and the turn of each rhymes just takes the poem into different layers every few utterance
By juice on Apr 17, 2009 | Reply
The poem is really great. I love the rhythm and the lyrics.How great mathematician yon are.
By irishpmen on Jun 6, 2009 | Reply
this is feakin sick. i wish i maid this up.
By CAPTAIN MATH on Jun 30, 2009 | Reply
RHOMBUS!
By mrniceguy on Jul 2, 2009 | Reply
aw. i love this poem.
the movie was really fun and i was like enjoying myself, but then when i watched the part when kumar recited this poem, i was really amazed.
im also fond of writing poems and i never thought that math concepts could also produce a lovely poem. aw. this poem is so great, that both intellect and emotions made a good harmony.
By Vizing on Jul 7, 2009 | Reply
last line… instead of Your love.. it’s And love for me…
By HeArTbReAKer_-_$!l) on Oct 7, 2009 | Reply
Jus LUv It
By dale on Dec 16, 2009 | Reply
a bit reminiscent of math acapella group Klein 4…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTby_e4-Rhg
By Harshad on Dec 23, 2009 | Reply
Awesome poem!!!!
I love it :-)
The way Kumar recites the poem is very nice.
You need to feel this poem rather than just understanding it.