November 23 2010
FJ Holden Wax
We all know the brown fox sprang across the lazy dog. And you might be aware of six boys guzzling raw plum vodka quite joyfully – a sentence of 40 letters, with every letter of the alphabet included.
I’ve also been told that amazingly few discotheques provide jukeboxes – an impressive array of five words, and every letter enlisted. But what about roping Australia into the action? Surely we can cook up a pangram that mentions an Australian name, or place, or has an antipodean vibe. Can’t Kostya Tszyu jump the veldt? Or what’s wrong with a zesty vixen doing a jig in Quilpie?
That’s our challenge this stormy Tuesday, to invent a single sentence which contains every letter of the ABC, as well as a local intimation.
Brevity is important, though not if your sentence is nonsensical. More crucially, each entry must carry every letter of the alphabet at least once, because 25 out of 26 does not a pangram make. Here’s a few I baked earlier:
Elizabeth Jolley waxing opaquely from Val’s deck. (43 letters)
Foxy Mark to chugalug VB jug and spew in pub quiz. (39)
No walk in the park these guys, as you’ll find out. (And if you need more than one sentence, then by all means, succumb.) The best examples will be deftly built and Australian-made. A big help if you could tag each entry with a letter count, which most computers can do for you.
Can’t imagine we’ll match the furore of the last few weeks, at least in volume, though a good pangram is something for all to admire. By last light Thursday, let’s see who’s the KING/QUEEN of svelte jigsawing, Oz style.
Comments
Mr X — 23 November at 10:01AM
I've gone self-referential:
Mr X, jacked up, analyzes quokka v wombat fight. (37)
Mauve — 23 November at 10:01AM
Nice one, DA
JD — 23 November at 12:27PM
Brevity vs. nonsense. A tough call.
Graphic of vexed jumbucks quickly waltzing.(37)
Nib — 23 November at 01:33PM
I made this nonsensical rhyming pangram back when I was 17:
SPHINX JEW QUARTZ VD
LOCK MY BFG
MR LYNX FEW QUIZ TV
JOCK BAGS PHD
Taking similar acronymic liberties:
Very big man Jack fixed QLD Optus? Whiz! (31)
Mauve — 23 November at 03:14PM
A bit tough, this. Had to get one in though...
A day in the life of an Aussie terrorist:
Fly Qantas, hijack VW, gumdrop, bex, zzz (30)
GymBunnies — 23 November at 05:47PM
An homage to SK's AT TALAQ:
Vexed, we jump our boozy qantas flight deck(35)
GymBunnies — 23 November at 06:51PM
Quokka cant view pygmy lizard or box jellyfish(35)
GymBunnies — 23 November at 06:52PM
D'oh! that last one was 39
Nib — 23 November at 08:57PM
Haha loving the references.
Spritz VB, go wax up my FJ Holden quick! (30)
Nib — 23 November at 08:59PM
... Spritz VB, go wax my FJ Holden quick! (28)
SK — 24 November at 01:06AM
Over in the west, doing a coastal walk around the Margaret River area this week (highly recommended). Limited access to technology and Blackberry seems to take 24hrs to update. Nevertheless, a WA themed offering-
QF Six just zoomed over gay Perth's Black Swan (37- and apologies to the locals for inferring anything about their sexual preferences...just had to get the g and y in!)
DA — 24 November at 06:55AM
Maybe I called for this pangram challenge to reduce my judicial duties this weekend! Here's one with tennis looming:
Quick John Fitzgerald vs poxy Newcombe (33)
Mr X — 24 November at 02:15PM
XXX WARNING - LANGUAGE ALERT XXX
The following may reflect the result of a lawsuit between a Premier and ex-Premier:
Vex Bligh. Motza quids won by Jeff (prick!). (32)
JD — 24 November at 02:46PM
Former Prime minister enjoys grey nomad lifestyle:
Ex-PM Hawke quits job. Cozy lodger of van.(32)
Nib — 24 November at 11:42PM
Vain X-Factor judge Kyle whips bum quiz. (32)
Waxy brolga quickens avid flight jump. (32)
Bunyips hijack VW, flog mixed quartz. (30)
(They're at it again!)
Dingo craves quoll fix... pez jaw blemishes tyke. (38)
(Bad taste?)
JD — 25 November at 08:04AM
Some early morning sycophancy:
DA:Maker of X-words, webquiz,TV judge/lynchpin.
(37)
and I might just edit my last entry to:
Ex-PM Hawke quits job. Lodger of cozy van.
philth — 25 November at 12:03PM
bunyip jazz quickly mortifies ex tv-watchdog (38)
a simple vowel trade makes the above a lot more mortifying...
dg — 25 November at 01:55PM
RAMPART: Bit of defence?
(think computer R.A.M.)
dg — 25 November at 01:56PM
excuse...wrong thread. (Where's that palm emoticon?)
Mr X — 25 November at 03:04PM
Reactions after first reading for the sequel to "Australia":
Baz - v. sexy jape; Crowe - quit; Kidman - flight. (33)
DA — 25 November at 07:05PM
DA:Maker of X-words, webquiz,TV judge/lynchpin?
Flattery may actually work on this occasion, JD - a cunning bit of carpentry.
Ray Ward — 11 December at 01:33PM
Dear David
I have been trying to find someway to contact you to tell you about a Government sign in Forest Glen on the Sunshine Coast, they are installing traffic lights, & the sign says
" Signalisastion of the Intersection" Wow