Friday 16 December 2011

The Eternal Triangle...


Geometrically, a triangle is a plane figure bounded by three sides, with three internal angles. At school, we learned there were three types of triangle. The scalene has three sides of unequal length, the isosceles has two equal sides and the equilateral has its three sides and internal angles, equal. Later on, we learned about love triangles, the Bermuda triangle, and the eternal triangle. Always, there is a magical association with the number three. The triangle crops up in nature, mainly as wedges of broken ice. A hunk of matter must have at least three corners, you see, and the triangle is a dead cert.
I learned to love Toblerone, that rather classy chocolate bar that I always associate with airports – though it can be bought in any supermarket or grocer. I still remember their advertising jingle from the 1970s or 1980s; something about a land with triangular bees, and triangular trees, and oh, Mr Confectioner, please…http://www.toblerone.co.uk/toblerone1/page?siteid=toblerone1-prd&locale=uken1&Mid=586&PagecRef=628

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