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