fun with a dollar

My roommate bought a package of plastic flourescent-colored alphabet magnets at the Dollar Store when we first moved in. Over the past months, I've self-imposed the challenge of using this single set of twenty-six letters, one each, to arrange as many anagram-style combinations as possible. The first of these (GNATZ BRICKQ FOXY JV MUD WHELPS) is the only one that truly utilized each letter; in later attempts, I found it provided a more entertaining versatility if I manipulated certain letters to be used as others. For example, the letter Q turned upside down made a passable second O; the V upside-down offered another A; the J a lower-case R; etc. It was (is) technically cheating, I suppose, much like the sometimes-creative spelling (think vanity plates), but the game has proven more fun for me that way.

Here is a sampling of these decoratives, offered as a lighter alternative to the heavy introspective crap that already seems to be dominating this new web foray of mine. You may note that some examples have only twenty-five letters, a result of the niece we regularly babysit who likes to put letters in her pockets and then hide them around the house like Easter eggs. Currently I am using the Z turned on its side in place of the letter N, which, after much dragging of the yardstick beneath the larger kitchen appliances, seems to be gone for good.

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TWIN CRMBLE FUDGY SAXOPHON ARK

FLUMMOXED JOHNNY PICKT GABARS

PUDGY ROMANTIC NAB FRESH OX MLK

FLUPHY VIXENS M D JACK BOOGERTWN

WHINE ROPNG MUY COLDA BRKFAST

BAD WINKS PROJECT N MY HULA FOG

DAMN IF U PLUG HATBOX MONKEYS JR

PLATZBURGH FRED MY ANXIOUS WOK

PRONTO HUNKY FUD BREW AXIAL MSG

GLUMBH FX DRINK RONCO YAM PASTE

WAXY PHLEGMDRUNK FASCINOT JOB

CHUNKY MOGWAI BLENDS RX TO FRAP

BLUDGEON MY JOCK WITH RAP FANS

LUCKY WOMBAT FIN PHONES GRAD J

PENNY K GRAX WORLD FAMOUS BITCH

GEN X MATRIARCH BOFS MOLDY PUNK

PIMENTO FORK DUBS MARCH GALXY

JAX GOPHER CHUK BIT MY SWOLN PUD

XACT YOUR RVNGE MS WIFLBOK PHD

BRAINY JEW FUNK GULPS HMO TOAD

MR SPOCK HAD ATE MY FUNBOX GIRL

HUG DAMP CRAX BLINK TWO FOR YES