Party?
Posted by Smokey Stover on March 02, 2005
In Reply to: Party? posted by xfactor on March 02, 2005
: Where does these phrases come from?
: now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party...
: the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog..
: slicker than snot on a door knob...eewww...
The two first phrases are often used as practice sentences by typists, occasionally as font jobs (formerly) by printers. The second sentence has all the letters of the alphabet, which is handy for some purposes. Who first used them? No idea. Of course, snot is slippery (slick), and on a doorknob this is particularly evident as one tries to turn the knob. And thick snot dries out rather slowly, to add to the torture. SS
- Party? Steve E. 02/March/05
- Quick brown fox R. Berg 02/March/05
- Party? Smokey Stover 02/March/05