Anagrams (was Re: Tom Tomorrow) • s******r@s**.***.*****n.edu 11/06/1996 00:00:000 UTC Yes, I enjoy _This_Modern_World_ by Tom Tomorrow. Even though the funniest strips (to me) are unintentionally so--when he presents his extreme political naivete as what he considers to be wide-awake cynicism--still, he sometimes has a knack for putting things in perspective. But the *best* thing about Tom Tomorrow's web page is that it gave a pointer to a web-based anagram generator: http://mmm.mbhs.edu/~bconnell/anagrams.html The only drawback is that you are limited to 15 characters. Still, that can be stunning. Check it out. I put in my wife's name, "Patricia Sterner". How many "meaningful" anagrams do you think it gave me? Try 83,531! What a firehose! That number doesn't suffer from combinatorial inflation, either. If it gives me "A CARPENTER I STIR", it doesn't give me "I STIR A CARPENTER". There are also several words that could easily be used in anagrams that apparently weren't in its dictionary. For example, "AARP CENTRIST IRE" was of my own invention, as it doesn't know about the AARP. OTOH, most of them aren't very enlightening. Most of them are things like "A STEARIC RENT RIP" or "ARCTAN TREE PI IRS", which can't really be jumbled into anything good. Of course I haven't (yet) perused all 83,531, but I did browse through and find some good ones: Rip a tat since err (appropriate; she's avid about tatting) Erratic penis art Retract air penis Car rear penis tit Rat penis car tire A rare cistern pit I sent it rare crap (appropriate; she works for an antiques dealer) Crap arrest tie-in It's a print career (The best one--she's a graphic designer) Art is entire crap (The second best one) It crap art, I sneer I steer in crap art It's crap art, Ernie A critter rape sin (there's a newsgroup for that) A rear incest trip (...and for that) It's a PA cretin err A cretin err, I spat A ripe cretin tsar Nip restrict area (could be a pasty or a concentration camp) Tit spec in arrear CERN errata: it's pi I repsect raritan Saran critter pie (Yum!) Ripe NASA critter AARP centrist ire A sincere rat trip I trap sincere rat Praise art cretin CERN is pirate art Arise, rapt cretin! Raise part cretin Rare cretin, I spat Pat is rare cretin (actually, she prefers "Trish") I arrest PA cretin I stir a carpenter I strip an erect RA (would be better if I were still a research asst.) A part erect in sir Crepe as irritant Erect raisin part Raisin tart crepe Errant septic air A recent airstrip Ten acre airstrip Rapier incest art (ouch) A satire CERN trip I stir pear nectar Print race satire Inert satire crap I rent crap satire Pert Sinai crater A tater crisp rein Arsenic treat, RIP (yum-yum!) A TRISTAN epic err (i.e. my thesis. The data was taken at TRISTAN) Air transit creep Strain rat recipe (more goodies!) An IRS art reciept "Career tart", I snip Erratic art snipe Enter a car spirit I resent a car trip Enter its crap air Car rap--I resent it (I picture a lowrider blasting LL Cool J) I sneer at car trip I rip art scene rat A race tire sprint Intricate rapers Spa rent criteria Ripe art canister Rear pit canister Certain part rise Practise ain't err (not cheating per se, it's a Brit spelling) Restrain Patrice Erratic rain pest Erratic naps tire ("tire" here is a verb) Stearic terrapin I err: it's pecan tar IRS prance attire Ace terrain strip It is errant caper Scrape tit in rear Retina scar tripe Retina tear crisp (from Nabisco(TM)) Star retina price Retina art precis IRS nitrate caper (the next Timothy McVeigh?) Ripe nitrate scar Nitrate ear crisp (also from Nabisco(TM)) Carpet is terrain Crap terrain site Ripe scat terrain Eat crisp terrain (soggy terrain is awful) As terrain I crept I preen scar trait Parasitic net err (i.e. this post) Let's abuse this resource until it gets removed! -- K. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin L. Sterner | U. Penn. High Energy Physics | Smash the welfare state! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- • **@***.com 16/06/1996 00:00:000 UTC Kevin Sterner (s******r@s**.***.*****n.edu) wrote: : : Yes, I enjoy _This_Modern_World_ by Tom Tomorrow. Even though the : funniest strips (to me) are unintentionally so--when he presents his : extreme political naivete as what he considers to be wide-awake : cynicism--still, he sometimes has a knack for putting things in : perspective. : : But the *best* thing about Tom Tomorrow's web page is that it gave : a pointer to a web-based anagram generator: : : http://mmm.mbhs.edu/~bconnell/anagrams.html : : The only drawback is that you are limited to 15 characters. Still, that : can be stunning. Check it out. I put in my wife's name, : "Patricia Sterner". How many "meaningful" anagrams do you think it gave : me? Try 83,531! What a firehose! Have you ever tried NAMEGRAM,Neil Rubenking's program? I fed it "Kathaleen Kelly Cutone" (Boston area skater/lawyer) and it came up with 4,191,263 anagrams! : That number doesn't suffer from combinatorial inflation, either. If it : gives me "A CARPENTER I STIR", it doesn't give me "I STIR A CARPENTER". Ditto : A critter rape sin (there's a newsgroup for that) : A rear incest trip (...and for that) Really?Two separate groups,yes,but a specific one? : : Let's abuse this resource until it gets removed! And run Namegram thereafter?? Namegram was how the creators of the film SNEAKERS got the anagrams used in the film and its multimedia presskit. • k******d@d*****i.com 21/06/1996 00:00:000 UTC > But the *best* thing about Tom Tomorrow's web page is that it gave > a pointer to a web-based anagram generator: > > http://mmm.mbhs.edu/~bconnell/anagrams.html Yes! Tres amusing! I entered my name and got: Dick Oven No - perhaps a comment on my sex life or a condemnation of that particular form of castration Cod Kevin No - a warning? (maybe I should get tested for Cod allergies) Doc Kevin No - advising me to drop my nickname? Neck Void On - opinion of my intelligence or mental state? Icon Vend OK - this seems to be telling me I should become a dealer at I-CON! And I found something only Forumites will appreciate: a phone anagram generator! Many of will remember the famous 928-FISH or my 632-USA1. Unfortunately the best I can do with my current phone number is: SPUD038 or SPUE038. May you have better luck! Check it out at the above address...PHUN! -- Doc k******d@d*****i.com "...And remembers being small Playing under the table and dreaming. Take these chances Place them in a box until a quieter time Lights down, you up and die."