Comments on: Poem which uses all 100 Scrabble tiles http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/poem-which-uses-all-100-scrabb.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 08:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: SoItBegins http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/poem-which-uses-all-100-scrabb.html#comment-1451159 SoItBegins Sat, 16 Jun 2012 04:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166478#comment-1451159  Be careful. Next thing you know, someone'll <i>actually</i> start making vinyl pajamas.  Be careful. Next thing you know, someone’ll actually start making vinyl pajamas.

]]> By: Jason Baker http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/poem-which-uses-all-100-scrabb.html#comment-1451048 Jason Baker Sat, 16 Jun 2012 01:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166478#comment-1451048 Okay, that was addictively fun to write. Here's another, made of fake Boing Boing titles. My "blank letters" this time were an S and a G. Again, not iambic pentameter, but fun: "A Female Hitler Sex Quiz" "Twelve Nuns Irradiated" "Vinyl Pajamas" A huge fair use geek, Cory Doctorow posted it on Boing Boing. Okay, that was addictively fun to write. Here’s another, made of fake Boing Boing titles. My “blank letters” this time were an S and a G. Again, not iambic pentameter, but fun:

“A Female Hitler Sex Quiz”
“Twelve Nuns Irradiated”
“Vinyl Pajamas”
A huge fair use geek, Cory Doctorow posted it on Boing Boing.

]]> By: Jason Baker http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/poem-which-uses-all-100-scrabb.html#comment-1451025 Jason Baker Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166478#comment-1451025 The iambic pentameter is indeed the ONLY impressive part. Since when did 100 character anagrams become difficult? Here's my own Scrabble word remix: An inadequate ox got in my soil: An engineer fucked it with a plow. A grislier lump of ooze rusts, yet abroad, cave herb jived. Yes, that's 98. Use your two free spaces as you see fit. Perhaps an "sh" before "it" on the second line? The iambic pentameter is indeed the ONLY impressive part. Since when did 100 character anagrams become difficult? Here’s my own Scrabble word remix:

An inadequate ox got in my soil:
An engineer fucked it with a plow.
A grislier lump of ooze rusts,
yet abroad, cave herb jived.

Yes, that’s 98. Use your two free spaces as you see fit. Perhaps an “sh” before “it” on the second line?

]]> By: blueelm http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/poem-which-uses-all-100-scrabb.html#comment-1450934 blueelm Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166478#comment-1450934 Wow. Just...  Wow. Wow.
Just… 

Wow.

]]> By: Houston Lang http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/poem-which-uses-all-100-scrabb.html#comment-1450929 Houston Lang Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166478#comment-1450929 To be fair, 'Impressive' appears in five out of six comments, and 'Impressed' in two. To be fair, ‘Impressive’ appears in five out of six comments, and ‘Impressed’ in two.

]]> By: Ipo http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/poem-which-uses-all-100-scrabb.html#comment-1450915 Ipo Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166478#comment-1450915 Lol. The first four, now five comments, use the word "impressive".  It is.  Lol. The first four, now five comments, use the word “impressive”. 

It is. 

]]> By: Cameron Postelwait http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/poem-which-uses-all-100-scrabb.html#comment-1450897 Cameron Postelwait Fri, 15 Jun 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166478#comment-1450897 me thinks the iambic pentameter component to this is the most impressive. me thinks the iambic pentameter component to this is the most impressive.

]]> By: Kommkast http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/poem-which-uses-all-100-scrabb.html#comment-1450896 Kommkast Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166478#comment-1450896 *slow claps* Bloody impressive I must say. *slow claps* Bloody impressive I must say.

]]> By: Lithi http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/poem-which-uses-all-100-scrabb.html#comment-1450889 Lithi Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166478#comment-1450889  *applause* Color me impressed.  *applause* Color me impressed.

]]> By: show me http://boingboing.net/2012/06/15/poem-which-uses-all-100-scrabb.html#comment-1450858 show me Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=166478#comment-1450858 I don't care who ya are, that's impressive right there. I don’t care who ya are, that’s impressive right there.

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