Ella Minnow Pea
Well, well, well ! Look at all these bloggers who signed up for a Fun Monday that is being hosted right here at The Asylum.
Not only did they sign up, but many of them signed up before the spell was cast. What a brave lot of bloggers they are.
I'm not going to spend much time explaining what the challenge was because they were given permission to not follow THE RULES !
But, there are always those who "mind their manners" and do as they are told. Those are the blogs where you will find something posted about the ABC's.
Then, there are those who leave comments like this one. And, I'm sure what Nekked Lizard Man has so succinctly said here, echoes what most of you think about my Fun Monday challenges, Tags, and MeMe's... and I quote, "Why is it that your Fun Mondays always remind me of a weekend binge, then trying to go back to work, but you can't find your keys and even if you could, your wallet was somehow left in your pants and washed, so you can't find the number to AAA due to the little paper is now all balled up, - since - when you walked out to your car, you found you had a flat...
Can you rename your Fun Mondays to "Just submit a number and that will suffice"? NLM
So, without further adieu, the curtain is rising, and I present you with the cast of characters who are ALL a few "blocks short of the alphabet" starring in today's Mon Funday:
DRUM ROLL PLEASE (Give it a listen !)
Robin (the pensieve one) OUR HOSTESS for March 31
Jo Beaufoix OUR HOSTESS for April 7
Nekked Leezards OUR HOST & HOSTESS for April 14
Chris B
Gattina
Hula Girl at Heart
Nikki
Carrie
Janet
Jettied
Kaytabug
Aoj & the Lurchers
Junebug
Melanie
Christine
Min
Beckie
Alison
PamelaJamela
Shirley (help me here...I don't have a link for Shirley)
Peter
Celeste
Tiggerlane
Sauntering Soul
Jientje
Sandy (If you keep cornfoosin' me, I'm gonna whack you !)
Julie
Sayre
Faye
Karisma
Arkansas Songbird
Simply Jenn (typing with all the fingers on her left hand)
Jan
KarmynR
MamaLang
Ellen B
JulieBug (Be sure to sign up for her Thankful Thursday)
Chaotic Lisa
Karina
Mariposa
I.T. Guy
My4Kids
Kitten Katie
Hootin' Anni (Please ! Please ! Keep your clothes on !)
Molly
Swamp Angel 65
Rachel
Amanda
IAmWhoIAm
Baba Night Owl
Jill
Jenn V
JanJanMom
Here is an ABC idea from my days in the classroom:
This is a little book that can be used to record memories. It is especially useful for children when traveling or just as a "journaling technique." List names of people, places, events, phone numbers, restaurants, draw illustrations, etc. in ABC order. Different trips can be dated and color-coded, and the book can be used many times. Makes a great reference book for later. I find these at Barnes & Noble or Borders, and they cost about $4.00.
Or, a sheet of lined paper with the ABC's listed down the pages works just fine. These pages can be titled, dated and kept in a 3-ring notebook. "Kids" like the idea of jotting down words or phrases instead of complete sentences. This teaches "note-taking" techniques with the use of key words.
Now, for the ASSIGNMENT today:
Post something about the ABC's.
PANGRAMS:
A pangram is a sentence constructed using all the letters of the alphabet.
The most widely know example is: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Ideally, pangrams are short and do not contain proper names. A pangram is also known as a "holoalphabetic phrase."
A: A quart jar of oil mixed with zinc oxide makes a very bright paint.
B: Back in my quaint garden, jaunty zinnias vie with flaunting phlox.
C: Cozy sphinx waves quart jugs of bad milk.
D: Dental surgeon zaps sexual joker with quick-frozen valium.
E: Exquisite farm wench gives body jolt to prize stinker.
F: Five jumbo oxen graze quietly with packs of dogs.
G: Grumpy wizards make toxic brew for the evil queen and jack-in-a-box.
H: Hark! Toxic jungle water vipers quietly drop on zebras fror meals.
I: I have quicly spotted the four women dozing in the jury box.
J: Just work for improved basic techniques to maximize your typing skill.
K: King Alexander was just partly overcome after quizzing Diogenes in his tub.
L: Lazy jackal from raiding zebec prowls the quiet cove.
M: Monique, the buxom coed, likes to fight for Pez with the junior varsity team.
N: Now is the time for all quick brown dogs to jump over the lazy lynz.
O: Opium frequently leads to bad palpitations, hazy judgement, and causes weak sex drive.
P: Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.
Q: Quick waxy bugs jump the frozen veldt.
R: Rowdy virgins have quite often been willingly picked for prized in juicy sex marathons.
S: Six boys guzzled cheap raw plum vodka quite joyfully.
T: The risque gown marked a very brazen exposure of juicy flesh.
U: Uphill jogging will tax pounding heart muscle very quickly: better to be lazy.
V: Vexed funky camp juggler quit show biz.
W: We could jeopardize six of the gunboats by two quick moves.
X: Xylophone wizard begets quick jive form.
Y: You go tell that vapid existentialist quack Freddy Nitzxche that he can just bite me, twice.
Z: Zelda quickly wove eight nubby flax jumpers.
Suggested reading: Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
Very quickly & zealously, why don't just compose a pangram before exiting ?
...Or not.
At least say, hi.
So tell me.....what are you and your cohorts planning with your "W"? INquiring minds wanna know!!
And my dear....I made a special point of showing you that I was being real good....I kept my clothes on. At least some!!!
My F M 26 is done already. And after all that, I must say I'm in dire need of a tequila shot!!
Here's My 26 'sky's the limit'!!
Posted by: Hootin' Anni | March 23, 2008 at 04:23 PM
My post is only half completed~ I'm not sure I haven't made it too complicated for myself.Too tired to finish it tonight. It's great we have the next 3 weeks covered- you've obviously been putting a spell on them to volunteer!!
Posted by: chrisb | March 23, 2008 at 05:08 PM
Thanks for your kind words Swampy, can I call you Kathy?
Posted by: Peter | March 23, 2008 at 05:21 PM
Cool!
Posted by: kitten (Katie) | March 23, 2008 at 06:06 PM
I cannot imagine the mind that figured out all those pangrams. If you check closely, you'll see this sentence does not qualify ;).
THANKS FOR HOSTING MY TRASHY FRIEND!!!
:)
(and thanks for the journaling tip...we might just try that this summer!)
Posted by: Robin (PENSIEVE) | March 23, 2008 at 06:57 PM
My post is up - The ABCs of a Weekend with the Ex-Wife. Thanks for hosting!
Posted by: Sayre | March 23, 2008 at 07:58 PM
Oh, Swampy, I love "G"! I think your mind is a little quirky, but oh what quirks you have!
Thanks for hosting this week. I'll have mine up in the morning!
Posted by: Sandy | March 23, 2008 at 08:25 PM
Thank you, jubilant Swampwitch for creating this very delightful, quixotic, zany pastime.
Posted by: Molly | March 23, 2008 at 09:06 PM
My favorite is D and U!!!
I wish I had your imagination!!
Thanks for hosting!!! After all my complaining about it...I actually enjoyed it....but I made my own rules!!!
Posted by: Alison | March 23, 2008 at 09:24 PM
Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs. Who are we kidding I would have drunk them while packing. Thanks for hosting.
Posted by: IamwhoIam | March 23, 2008 at 09:34 PM
Very creative. I stuck with photos, easier on my brain.
Posted by: Jan | March 23, 2008 at 09:34 PM
BEWITCHED, BOTHERED :& BEWILDERED
Oh yea..!
Posted by: Pamela | March 23, 2008 at 09:46 PM
I have just decided that you are the person I should be asking a certain question that has been bothering me for, well, for years. I know I saw, or rather heard, this word on Dawson's Creek years ago and I really don't want to have to rewatch the whole series just to find the answer so I am hoping that Swampy, in all her wonderful wisdom will save me that fate.
Ok, on to the question. . . that would really tick my hubby off, he would say just spit it out already. But, please, help me finally get some sleep and increase my vocabulary. When you tell me this word I will never forget it again, I will guard it deep down in my brain to never escape again. Okay, I'm looking for a word that means basically, "that there is more said in the silence than what could be said in words" I hope that makes sense. Please tell me you know what word it is.
Posted by: Lisa's Chaos | March 23, 2008 at 09:57 PM
I am not going to be able to play because my Monday is too busy. I don't play when I can't visit around to other participants. This would have been fun. My panagram is "Little Johnny stood in front of the class and said 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO_QRSTUVWXYZ'. The teacher said 'Johnny, where is your P?' He answered 'Running down my leg'....."
Yea Jen - every letter of the alphabet!
Have a fun Fun Monday!!
Jen
Posted by: jennifer | March 23, 2008 at 11:57 PM
I hope you have fun with my messed up alphabet about a funny Belgium.
Posted by: Gattina | March 24, 2008 at 12:05 AM
I'm off to Barnes and Noble --can think of many uses for an ABC list book. Hopefully many people are making you happy by not following the rules--I, unfortunately, was rather compliant. . .
Posted by: Faye | March 24, 2008 at 12:43 AM
You made me think...and it's a Monday...I try not to think on Mondays...it makes me nuts! LOL
Nice theme...and I love your entry! Happy Easter and have a great Fun Monday!
Posted by: Mariposa | March 24, 2008 at 12:44 AM
My fun Monday A B C 's is done and is about my husband.I don't see my name on your list...
Posted by: Baba/night owl | March 24, 2008 at 02:38 AM
Pheeewwww!
I did it! It's up! Glad to have joined again today!
Posted by: Jientje | March 24, 2008 at 03:20 AM
so i will say HI then!
have lots of fun funmondaying
Posted by: katy | March 24, 2008 at 03:33 AM
oohh my.....Iam late in getting to this as we have been gone. And I can't think right now!! I think I'll just visit others this time. Iam too worried about our kitty!!
Posted by: jettied | March 24, 2008 at 04:29 AM
Oh that's very clever!
Posted by: Aoj & The Lurchers | March 24, 2008 at 05:11 AM
I really enjoyed this Fun Monday! Thanks!
Posted by: kitten (Katie) | March 24, 2008 at 05:51 AM
Pheew, that's too difficult for me,! I only know the quick fox, lol !
I only used a few letter of the alphabet (I had to, grin*!)
Posted by: Gattina | March 24, 2008 at 05:54 AM
Ok You are hilariously creative. I enjoyed your abc's. I posted something but I kinda feel like a dweeb. Have a fun monday!!
Posted by: ellen b | March 24, 2008 at 06:47 AM
Damn you for making me think this week! Great job!
Posted by: nikki | March 24, 2008 at 07:14 AM
umm i forgot to sign up for fun monday? can i be signed up now? please?
Posted by: jill | March 24, 2008 at 07:56 AM
oh my GOODNESS!!!
i humbly bow to your amazing ability to examine our complex language and quickly conclude that every letter has been effectively and joyously used.
Posted by: janet | March 24, 2008 at 08:21 AM
Wow...just wow. I don't think I could come up with anything this early on a Monday! ;-)
Posted by: Karina | March 24, 2008 at 08:44 AM
A taxing suggestion while gazing vapidly across my frequently junky desk.
Posted by: Arkansas Songbird | March 24, 2008 at 09:42 AM
I left out 'b'. Darn!
A taxing suggestion while gazing vapidly across my frequently junky brown desk.
Posted by: Arkansas Songbird | March 24, 2008 at 09:45 AM
Whew! Those panagrams plum wore me out! I did get my Fun Monday posted finally though! Have a great week!
Posted by: Jenn V | March 24, 2008 at 11:07 AM
HI !!
I loved "Y" the most ... too funny ...
Posted by: Melissa in NZ | March 24, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Oh my goodness! Who has the time to come up with all of those? That would be way too much work for me to do.
Posted by: Melanie | March 24, 2008 at 12:57 PM
I thought mine was hard...but hey, I can't do yours, too much for me!
I'm finally UP! Happy FUN Monday!!!
Posted by: I.T. Guy | March 24, 2008 at 05:05 PM
OOHh thank you!! Come by and see what we finally found!!!
Posted by: jettied | March 24, 2008 at 05:28 PM
I played along as a latecomer. Read about it at Hulagirl's blog. Good idea. It was fun. I will have to try it with my kiddos soon!!
Posted by: janjanmom | March 24, 2008 at 05:54 PM
Love your list....but did you really sit down and figure out all those sentences?
Posted by: Sirdar | March 24, 2008 at 06:03 PM
Wonderful lists and I like your idea for journaling on trips. I started a fun Monday thing in my head, but got busy renovating, so decided not to do one. I have been enjoying other's entries though. Also, I thought of you last week when I was sitting in the coffee shop and this older guy started a conversation with me. I thought of your post on Bill and sat back and enjoyed the conversation.
Posted by: Dawn | March 24, 2008 at 08:17 PM
Wow. You did an amazing job!! I don't know why I sound surprised, it should be no surprise at all, you are amazing after all!!
Posted by: kaytabug | March 25, 2008 at 08:50 AM