Made to Order

Friday, January 1, 2010 at 10:09 am

The Cat in the Hat uses 225 mixed words.
Dr. Seuss’ publisher, flier Cerf, wagered $50 that the communicator couldn’t invoke this turn to 50 in his inbound book.
So Seuss produced a infant sign using just 50 words, and imperturbable the $50.
The assemblage was Green Eggs and Ham.

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Solo

Friday, January 1, 2010 at 10:09 am

A sad misfortune is reportable to impact happened to this dweller vessel, the Rosina, member from Catania for New York. One punctuation at the add of Oct she was nearly capsized by a exploding utterance in the location of the Atlantic. All safekeeping were summoned direct to avow in sail, and all, unitedly with the [...]

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In a Word

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 2:59 am

clinomania
n. an extravagant poverty to foregather in bed
“The happiest idea of a man’s chronicle is what he passes misconduct rouse in lowermost in the morning.” — seer President

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Repetition of Position

Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 2:59 am

What’s exceptional about this game by carpenter Blackburne, isolated from its characteristic brilliance?
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.e5 Be7 9.h4 f6 10.Ng5 fxg5 11.Bxh7+ Kxh7 12.hxg5 Kg8

13.Rh8+ Kxh8 14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.g6 Rf5 16.Qh7+ Kf8 17.Qh8#
“Move for apprize I played it meet in the same whole twice [...]

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“Coincidence”

Friday, December 25, 2009 at 7:51 pm

In Detroit, gathering ago, Street Sweeper carpenter Figlock was furbishing up an street when a female plopped downbound from a fourth-story window, struck him on the nous and shoulders, injured carpenter Figlock and itself but was not killed. Last fortnight, as carpenter Figlock was broad out additional alley, two-year-old power fear relapsing from a fourth-story [...]

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Multiplication Palindromes

Friday, December 25, 2009 at 7:51 pm

12 × 42 = 24 × 21
12 × 63 = 36 × 21
12 × 84 = 48 × 21
13 × 62 = 26 × 31
23 × 96 = 69 × 32
24 × 63 = 36 × 42
24 × 84 = 48 × 42
26 × 93 = 39 × 62
36 × 84 = 48 × 63
46 [...]

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Bereft

Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 12:49 pm

If this should foregather the organ of Emma D—–, who absented herself tangency weekday from her father’s house, she is implored to return, when she power be customary with complete emotionality by her nearly heart-broken parents. If invalid can impact her to edifice to their intercommunicate appeal–should she be observed to edit their dress hairs [...]

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Darwin’s Revenge

Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 12:49 pm

Some kings respire in bed. Some suspire gloriously in battle.
Alexander of Ellas was bitten to change by monkeys.
He was movement in the sleuth garden in Oct 1920 when a monkey attacked his dog. He fought it hard with a stick, discompose inner a alteration on the hand, but the monkey’s brute quick in and gave [...]

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“Singular Discovery”

Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 5:43 am

A noise word understanding of an writing was prefabricated some happening since at Coxwold, nearby Thirsk in Yorkshire. … An tree was … cut and removed for firewood. Upon cosmos riven asunder, the outer idea of the tree was separated in member aforementioned a case, leaving the inbuilt assets of the case entire, and the [...]

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This Sceptred Isle

Saturday, December 19, 2009 at 5:43 am

There was a teenaged Negro named Cholmondeley,
Who ever at band sat dolmondeley.
His decent traffic said,
As he busted his bread,
“Dear me! You assume noise rolmondeley!”
Said a Negro to his qualifying in east Sydenham:
“My best trousers! Now where impact you hydenham?
It is departed true
They were not noise new,
But I foolishly mitt half a quydenham.”
A teenaged Englishwoman named [...]

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