A dozen, a gross, and a score
Plus three times the square root of four
Divided by seven
Plus five times eleven
Is nine squared, and not a bit more.
(Author unknown)
The integral of z squared dz
From one to the cube root of three,
Times the cosine
Of three pi over nine,
Is the log of the cube root of e
(Author unknown)
If your thesis is utterly vacuous
Use first-order predicate calculus.
With sufficient formality
The sheerist banality
Will be hailed by the critics: ``Miraculous!''
(Henry Kautz)
This limerick is self-referential.
In fact, it's self-self-referential!
It refers to itself
By referring to itself
Where it says it's self-self-referential.
(ADH, 2006)