February 23, 2006


Anagramtastic
Posted by Bryan

From the inbox...I'd seen the first set, but not the last two...

    An anagram, as we all know, is a word or phrase made by transposing or rearranging the letters of another word or phrase. The following examples are quite astounding:

    Dormitory = Dirty Room
    Desperation = A Rope Ends It
    The Morse Code = Here Come Dots
    Slot Machines = Cash Lost in 'em
    Animosity = Is No Amity
    Mother-in-law = Woman Hitler
    Snooze Alarms = Alas! No More Z's
    Alec Guinness = Genuine Class
    Semolina = Is No Meal
    The Public Art Galleries = Large Picture Halls
    I Bet A Decimal Point = I'm a Dot in Place
    The Earthquakes = That Queer Shake
    Eleven plus two = Twelve plus one
    Contradiction = Accord not in it

    This one's amazing: [From Hamlet by Shakespeare]

    "To be or not to be: that is the question, whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune."

    Becomes:

    "In one of the Bard's best-thought-of tragedies, our insistent hero, Hamlet, queries on two fronts about how life turns rotten."

    And the grand finale: [From the moon, Neil A. Armstrong]

    "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

    Becomes:

    "A thin man ran; makes a large stride; pins flag on moon, left planet. On to Mars!"

February 23, 2006 9:12 AM
Comments

Someone has just got too much time on their hands. I like them though.

Posted by: Sandi at February 23, 2006 4:32 PM
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