I am the very model of modern Major General I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral I know the Kings of England and I quote the facts historical From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical I am very well acquainted, too, with matters mathematical I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical About binomial thorem, I'm teeming with a lot of news And many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse

from "The Pirates of Penzance" (sp?) by Gilbert and Sullivan