Bug in Self-Enumerating Sentence

[Joel Meulenberg]

> --- slagertj at rapistan.com wrote:
> > Hey, why were the six (make that seven when you list it) w's left
> > out? Another
> > hydra!
> 
> Well, it looks like we have a "fool" in our midst!  My spirits are
> uplifted.  My faith is restored.
> 
> Thanks Tim.
> 
> Corrected sentence is below.  Note that I merely forgot to include
> the
> "w" phrase.  Whew!  Hydra head wound - precauterized.  (According to
> mythology, unless you cauterized the wound after lopping off one of
> the
> Hydra's heads, it would immediately sprout two more heads.)
> 
> (BTW, thanks Tim.  Hydra is a much better metaphor than Whack a
> Mole.)
> 
> BTW, anyone got any Perl code to help find self-enumerating
> sentences? 
> That brute force exhaustive search has reawakened my virtuous
> laziness.
>  : )
> 
> - OB/Djinn Kenobe
> 
> =====
> only the fool would take trouble to verify that his sentence was
> composed of ten a's, three b's, four c's, four d's, forty-six e's,
> sixteen f's, four g's, thirteen h's, fifteen i's, two k's, nine l's,
> four m's, twenty-five n's, twenty-four o's, five p's, sixteen r's,
> forty-one s's, thirty-seven t's, ten u's, eight v's, eight w's, four
> x's, eleven y's, twenty-seven commas, twenty-three apostrophes, seven
> hyphens and, last but not least, a single !


=====
only the fool would take trouble to verify that his sentence was composed of ten a's, three b's, four c's, four d's, forty-six e's, sixteen f's, four g's, thirteen h's, fifteen i's, two k's, nine l's, four m's, twenty-five n's, twenty-four o's, five p's, sixteen r's, forty-one s's, thirty-seven t's, ten u's, eight v's, eight w's, four x's, eleven y's, twenty-seven commas, twenty-three apostrophes, seven hyphens and, last but not least, a single !

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