Ode to the TI-89.

by Griffinkeeper

Published March 13, 2006

In Humor

There are times when I'm low
and I've nowhere left to go,
except to the lonely hole
inside my room.

In there I will dwell,
pondering of the hell
that my calculus can
bring man.

THEN!
A FLASH AND A BANG
EVERTHING GOES ZIP AND ZANG
AS I GRAB THE BEST THING FOR MEEEEEEEE!

TI-89!
EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS FINE
WHEN I'VE GOT MY TI-89!
INTEGRALS DON'T HAVE A CHANCE,
EVERYONE GET UP AND DANCE
TI-89!

Calculus is such a bore,
but you never have to snore,
if you have a calculator like mine!

Watch the problems start to die,
geez who needs to multipy?
TI-89!

T is for the time I save,
I is for the integrals it craves

8 is for the verses I sing
9 is the times that people scream
T-I-89!

*Inspired by The Usergroup.*

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Auxiira
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Auxiira commented Comment · Jan 31, 2014

TI-86 is the best....

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Kamas
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Kamas commented Comment · Jun 28, 2010

I'm a TI - 84 girl myself.

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Sins
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Sins wrote a review Review · Jun 28, 2010

Uh... very interesting... :lol:

Now, if you ask me, it's lyrics like this that are truly beautiful. You really have interpreted the beauty of a calculator in this. You actually brought me to tears. It was incredible... if only we had more lyrical writers like you... the world would be such a wonderful place...

:smt007

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inkwell
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inkwell commented Comment · Jun 22, 2010

Clever and fun, you managed to animate even the words. I laughed the whole way through.

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Riedawriter23
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Riedawriter23 wrote a review Review · Mar 30, 2007

Haha, I can actually sing this! Twas wonderful! :) Who knew grew was such a songwriter?! (probably a lot of people, but not me) I think I might save this for those times I have to do my homework. This poem totally put me in a new prospective.... XD

It was hilarious AND rhymed. *claps hands*


~Rieda

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Snoink
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Snoink commented Comment · Mar 30, 2007

...this remains one of my favorite tunes on YWS to this day.

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innerbeauty555
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innerbeauty555 commented Comment · Mar 20, 2006

Wow. Awesome. Hilarious. What else can I say? Go, TI-89! Poem of the week! :-)

-*-*--Diana--*-*-

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NovaRose
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NovaRose commented Comment · Mar 15, 2006

TI-89 TITANIUM BABY!!!

When you're bored, play Kirby or Mario Land! :D

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Griffinkeeper
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Griffinkeeper commented Comment · Mar 15, 2006

I could probably do the same for other topics, but it wouldn't be half as satisfying.

Although it would be funny to listen to a boy band sing it.

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-KayJuran-
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-KayJuran- wrote a review Review · Mar 14, 2006

Woah! Hehe, I can hear the tune too! :P

SO great that you can make a song about something like a calculator actually work. I don't know much about calculators myself. Haven't done math since GCSE.

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Areida
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Areida wrote a review Review · Mar 14, 2006

Ode to the calculator! :mrgreen:

Wow, Grif. It brought a tear to my eye... I think I shall have to sing it to my sisters and see what they think.

*one bad rendition later*

ADRIENNE (age 12): That's awesome!!! *sings* T I eighty niiiiine!!!
HALEY (age 10): What's that?
ME: It's a calculator. You know how I have a TI-84? This one's just cooler.
HALEY: Oh. *goes back to whatever she was doing*

Hee hee. Fun times. This should definitely be poem of the week.

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kiashana
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kiashana commented Comment · Mar 14, 2006

Oh. My god. That's absolutely... Wow.
Makes me feel all sad that I only have a TI-83 for my calculus class D:

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Shriek
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Shriek commented Comment · Mar 14, 2006

There are no words...
It reminded me out of something out of Captain Underpants, to be completely honest.
And I love Captain Underpants.

Nice work, Grif.

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Crysi
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Crysi wrote a review Review · Mar 14, 2006

I can too, smaur. *shakes head*

Wow. Griff, this is... special, lol.

Actually, it's convinced me to get the TI-89. The fact that it was the top choice out of the ones my future calc teacher gave me has nothing to do with it. :P Very nice. Thanks for helping me make that decision - I couldn't've done it without you, man.

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smaur
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smaur commented Comment · Mar 14, 2006

Oh ... god.

(I knew it was either Snoink or Griffinkeeper — I knew it.)

Is it scary that I can hear the tune in my head?

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Meshugenah
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Meshugenah wrote a review Review · Mar 14, 2006

"The Usergroup", eh?

um.. dare I ask? And what does Dono have to do with this?

but it is pretty funny..

and it rhymes. and not badly. I'm scared, shocked, stunned, and amazed. And a little awed.. I can't rhyme a thing.

and ditto Snoink's fifth, though I have no sway in that derpatment.

Caligula's Launderette wrote a review Review · Mar 13, 2006

Oh. My. Goddess. W. T. F? Texas Instruments...

I don't think I can think anymore - I draw a blank - quedado un blanco... all that's there is someone in my mind asking -

'Did you just read that?' - maybe it's my conscious

On second thought I love it. Nothing much else to say. Wonderful ode.

EDIT: I third Snoink's fifth reaction.

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Snoink
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Snoink wrote a review Review · Mar 13, 2006

Oh. My. God.

First reaction: TI-89? Did Dono convert from the dark side?

*clicks link*

Second reaction: Oh, my brother did a poem about... a calculator?

Third reaction: Wow... this is really bad. It reminds me of my old poetry...

Fourth reaction: But it *is* kind of funny...

Fifth reaction: A shoo-in for the poem of the week!



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