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Posted by Rod Posts 392 Registered at 2010-06-24 22:30:48	2015-06-11 01:36:51 - Words, words, words------
	A man opened a new pub, which he was calling the"Frog and Trombone", and he hired an artist to paint a new sign. When the artist had finished, the pub owner looked at it and then told the artist that he was not satisfied with the spacing of the words. He said that the spaces were too small between the 'Frog' and 'and' and 'and' and 'Trombone'. The CHALLENGE is to produce a logical and grammatically correct sentence with six (6) consecutive repetitions of the same word. If it breaks, it's not strong enough--if it doesn't, it's too heavy.
Posted by kroppyer Posts 346 Registered at 2010-02-05 15:25:55	2015-06-11 10:21:31 - Re: Words, words, words------
	Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo Does that count? Or are buffalo, buffalo and Buffalo three different words? wikipedia
Posted by Rod Posts 392 Registered at 2010-06-24 22:30:48	2015-06-11 13:02:30 - Re: Words, words, words------
	Eight!!! I'm impressed! "Nine" any one? Do I hear 'Nine'???? If it breaks, it's not strong enough--if it doesn't, it's too heavy.
Posted by kroppyer Posts 346 Registered at 2010-02-05 15:25:55	2015-06-11 14:13:58 - Re: Words, words, words------
	Funny thing is, in your 5 consecutive "and"s, there is a single quote between "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and". I used double quotes between "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and". Am I disqualified yet? --- Last Edited by kroppyer at 2015-06-11 14:16:48 ---
Posted by Rod Posts 392 Registered at 2010-06-24 22:30:48	2015-06-11 15:54:24 - Re: Words, words, words------
	I'm still trying to work out the logic and grammatical correctness of your 55 "and" sentence....... If it breaks, it's not strong enough--if it doesn't, it's too heavy.
Posted by Rod Posts 392 Registered at 2010-06-24 22:30:48	2015-06-11 16:00:18 - Re: Words, words, words------
	I suspect that you cannot be beaten---at least by any "normal" human being---or should that be "human" being? If it breaks, it's not strong enough--if it doesn't, it's too heavy.
Posted by Gilles Posts 126 Registered at 2009-07-18 11:05:22	2015-06-12 12:56:37 - Re: Words, words, words------
	Kroyper: could you please explain to me which is the difference between the first sentence "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" and "and" that comes second? (this will never end...) Yes i know...I am not normal human, I am a SOLer eheh --- Zuletzt bearbeitet von Gilles am 2015-06-12 12:58:29 ---
Posted by Rod Posts 392 Registered at 2010-06-24 22:30:48	2015-06-12 13:41:01 - Re: Words, words, words------
	Up to seventy one (71) ands----I do fear that I have started something that will consume the entire world, converting the whole thing into a string of ""and" and""s. Perhaps we should stop while there is still time..???? If it breaks, it's not strong enough--if it doesn't, it's too heavy.
Posted by Rod Posts 392 Registered at 2010-06-24 22:30:48	2015-06-12 13:47:34 - Re: Words, words, words------
	Rod said @ 2015-06-12 13:41:01: Up to seventy one (71) ands----I do fear that I have started something that will consume the entire world, converting the whole thing into a string of ""and" and""s. Perhaps we should stop while there is still time..???? There are, afterall, only a finite number of atoms in the Universe, and we really wouldn't like to run short... If it breaks, it's not strong enough--if it doesn't, it's too heavy.

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