Poetry Friday: There Once Was a Young Lady Called Bright

September 28th, 2007 (05:12 am)

Current Mood: awake
Current Song: Without a Trace theme song

There once was a young lady called Bright
Who could travel far faster than light
She set off one way,
In a relative way,
And returned home the previous night.

I first came across this limerick in the novel Time Travel in Einstein's Universe by J. Richard Gott.

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Posted by: lizjonesbooks (

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Posted at: September 28th, 2007 01:01 pm (UTC)

That's my all time favorite limerick!!
:D
My version was slightly different, but not meaningfully so.
Any idea what the source is on this one?

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Posted by: Little Willow (

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Posted at: September 28th, 2007 01:03 pm (UTC)

Universe attributed it to A. H. R. Buller.

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Posted by: lizjonesbooks (

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Posted at: September 28th, 2007 01:16 pm (UTC)

Cool!
I'm not sure where I first heard it... I was still in elementary school, but beyond that, can't map it. I'll have to follow it up somehow!

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Posted by: Little Willow (

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Posted at: September 28th, 2007 02:07 pm (UTC)

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Posted by: Little Willow (

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Posted at: September 28th, 2007 02:09 pm (UTC)

Sounds cute.

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Posted by: ((Anonymous))

Posted at: September 28th, 2007 02:38 pm (UTC)

TadMack says:

Hah! Wish I could go backwards or forwards that quickly. I think I'd manage to make it night for a little longer, and spend more time with my bed... bet you're pretty bushed, too!

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Posted by: Little Willow (

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Posted at: September 28th, 2007 03:00 pm (UTC)

Re: TadMack says:

I love the concept of time travel. Bring it ON.

How's life abroad?

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Posted by: ((Anonymous))

Posted at: September 28th, 2007 06:27 pm (UTC)

Cloudscome:

I really wish I could learn this trick for the fund raiser cocktail party I must attend tonight! I'm just not a cocktail type of a girl...

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Posted by: Little Willow (

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Posted at: September 28th, 2007 06:40 pm (UTC)

Re: Cloudscome:

Nor am I.

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Posted by: Jama Rattigan (

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Posted at: September 28th, 2007 08:41 pm (UTC)

Loved this! Hadn't seen it before, and I liked how it surprised and delighted me. Thanks for sharing.

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Posted by: Little Willow (

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Posted at: September 28th, 2007 08:51 pm (UTC)

Isn't it hilarious?

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Posted by: Jeanie the Tortoise-Fly (

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Posted at: September 29th, 2007 10:16 pm (UTC)

Hrm...

Is that the book with all sorts of short stories about time?
One of them has people building so far up that time goes by at a different rate for them than people down at the surface of the earth...
Now I need to go find that book... I knew I should never have quit the bookstore job...
*g*

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Posted by: Little Willow (

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Posted at: September 29th, 2007 10:19 pm (UTC)

Re: Hrm...

It's a very cool book. :)

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