November 27 2010
Gold Pangrams
Vexingly, the Storm judge squeezed back with prof….
Whatever that means. Not much. In fact it’s rubbish compared to the platinum pangrams this modest Storm attracted. Modest but mighty – and my task was vexing, fair dinkum.
So let me talk you through the very best, and why each deserves some lionising. The first roar goes to Nib, for somehow using just the alphabet-plus-two, which is next to impossible. But Nib did it, and kept things dinky-di, as well as vaguely sensible:
Spritz VB, go wax my FJ Holden quick! (28)
Jaw-dropping effort. Though JD merits silver in the Pan-Pacific Pangramathon for a sleek 32, which may entail two sentences, but the image is delightful:
Ex-PM Hawke quits job. Lodger of cozy van. (32)
JD also created the most classroom-friendly example, which is Aussie and handy to recite:
Graphic of vexed jumbucks quickly waltzing.(37)
A dabbled in flattery, with a Fantale bio of matching length, also caught the judge’s eye:
DA:Maker of X-words, webquiz,TV judge/lynchpin. (37)
In fact we could trim that sucker into a Who Am I question, dropping the DA bit, and gaining a pick of the board for a 35-zinger.
But let’s not overlook the brilliance of Gymbunnies, who are one-half Pom as far as i can figure. All the more impressive for the rabbitohs’ grasp of native fauna, a pangram cutie:
Quokka can’t view pygmy lizard or box jellyfish (39)
In short, Nib wins. JD is a dazzling second. And GymBunnies a podium must. Especially for their elegant sign-off:
Vexed, we jump our boozy qantas flight deck (35)
See y’all in the duty-free bar, for a less alphabetic apocalypse on Tuesday.
Comments
JD — 27 November at 05:37PM
I must give credit to my sister, DK who gave the bones of the DA pangram.
She wasn't to impressed with the starter I gave her which involved Mel Gibson, and made good use of the letters f,k,j,and w.
GymBunnies — 27 November at 06:07PM
Just to clarify, we are one half ex-Pom Australiaphile, and one half dinky-di Aussie with Anglophile tendencies. Confused? We are...
DA — 28 November at 11:56AM
Either way, the chemistry works. On paper, anyhow.
Nib — 28 November at 03:32PM
'We are'?
You refer to yourself in the third person plural; you MUST be British. :P
Had great fun reading over everyone's entries and totally stole your FJ Holden, DA, so should get disqualified for performance-enhancing plugs.
DK — 28 November at 07:23PM
JD did justice with my pangram. I started with DA puzzle king and Throsby, but couldn't get the rest to work out. X pointz all rownd.