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Sunday, February 18, 2024

OuLiPo Countdown

     OuLiPo's founders plumped 
for the use of mathematical 
constraints in the creation of 
a new literature. Perhaps they 
should have looked to this 
august eleven for inspiration.

Alfred 10yson
Ernest Borg9
Phoebe C8s
Ali 7s
Beatr 6
Ral 5s
George 4man
Tyrone Gu3
Henri de 2louse-Lautrec
Stevie 1der
0 Mostel

     Key: Alfred Tennyson, Ernest Borgnine,
Phoeve Cates, Alice Evans, Beatrice Hicks,
Ralph Ives, George Foreman, Tyrone Guthrie,
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Stevie Wonder
and Zero Mostel

Room For One More...?

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