The Panagram Challenge
The Panagram Challenge, found on Major Bedhead.
At first, I thought I had to write my own panagram. So I stewed about for a while, trying to come up with a sentence that uses all 26 letters of the alphabet but wasn't too ridiculous.
I succeeded at writing a sentence that uses all 26 letters, but I didn't escape being ridiculous. My apoligies to ... everyone.
"Gazing at the ubiquitous testing kit, I grabbed my pump and was very grateful for my access to such jazzy technological fixtures."
or
"I would coax the cat to just come inside but she'd rather venture out and pounce the flock of squabbling, fuzzy bees."
I think I may have too much time on my hands.
Comments
wish i had a digital camera so i could add mine. never mind.
:)
Posted by: vicki | June 5, 2006 01:33 PM
Vicki - You should definitely just open up a Microsoft Paint document and write it in there. It will look ... slightly odd, but it would be excellent nonetheless!
Posted by: Kerri. | June 5, 2006 02:15 PM
Dood. A panagram only uses all 26 letters once. I don't know that there IS another one besides the lazy dog one.
Posted by: julia | June 5, 2006 07:26 PM
But "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog." reuses the letters O, E, R, H ... There are 36 letters in that sentence.
The "real panagrams" I found online make no sense. I'll post you a link. I think the lazy dog panagram is just a glorified typing test for eighth graders. :)
Posted by: Kerri. | June 5, 2006 08:39 PM
A panagram uses all the letters of the alphabet, a "perfect" panagram only uses the letters once. Reference
Posted by: Weas | June 6, 2006 04:38 AM
Well, damn. Maybe I should have counted the letters. *slinks off, disgusted with herself*
Posted by: julia | June 6, 2006 07:50 AM
Then there really is no perfect panagram. You simply can't make a sensible sentence using all letters only once... Come on, this was one of those listed on wikipedia:
Quack: XL VD zit grew of nymph's BJ
(They list this translation: A fraudulent doctor attributes huge genital wart to oral sex performed by young lady.)
Are you serious?
I posted this one at Julia's blog earlier; I too misunderstood the object of the game at first. I think it's pretty good -- even though it's not perfect:
A brazen warrior crosses the plane venturing toward something; excited, he quakes with anticipation and finds strange joy in what lies ahead.
Posted by: Nicole Purcell | June 6, 2006 02:17 PM
Did mine this is fun hahah!
Posted by: Gina | June 6, 2006 08:55 PM
"Pack my red box with five dozen quality jugs."
i dont know how to make it without repeating one letter...huhuhuh.. got to think..
Posted by: jesielatorre | September 20, 2006 11:27 PM
by now quite lazy smart arse xenomorph jerks fiddle very carelessly, alright?
Posted by: jonny | December 12, 2006 09:46 AM
the panagram in the picture above isn't correct...it should be jumps. right?
Posted by: Anonymous | April 15, 2007 12:04 PM
The lazy dog is missing a "S"!!!!
Posted by: marc | April 24, 2007 09:27 PM
Ahhh! It is missing the "s"! I will forever be haunted by this typo. ARGH!
Posted by: Kerri. | April 24, 2007 10:20 PM