Talk:Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

Does anyone remember (or have a source for) the rest of the (once popular) limerick about the Silver Street site:
 * ''There was a department named Damtp
 * ''Whose car park was exceedingly cramtp
 * ''If you left your car there

??
 * And return to find it had been clamtp.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by JackyR (talk • contribs) 18:50, 26 February 2006 (UTC).

The correct quote, to the best of my knowledge, is


 * ''There was a department called DAMTP
 * ''With a car park exceedingly cramtp
 * ''If you leave your car there
 * ''The Porters go spare
 * You'll return to find it has been clamtp.

[I'm not 100% sure about the final line]

It was probably published in Eureka sometime, but the online copies of Eureka are incomplete. I think that Mark Owen may have created it, or been involved with its creation. Of course the limerick doesn't make much sense, because Silver Street never had "Porters". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 131.111.8.99 (talk • contribs) 17:12, 26 July 2006 (UTC).


 * See Eureka 47 (February 1987), page 28, where it is attributed to Messrs. Owen and Edgington:
 * ''There is a department called DAMTP,
 * ''Whose car park is exceedingly cramtp.
 * ''If you park your car there,
 * ''The porters go spare,
 * And make sure your wheels get clamtp.
 * Joseph Myers 22:36, 26 July 2006 (UTC)


 * Oh well done! I've been trying to remember it for years! JackyR | Talk 22:40, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, I think my version is better than Mark and David's! (I think his first name was David...) Their version doesn't actually scan. (Robert Hunt)81.178.211.36 21:46, 31 August 2006 (UTC)