Mogmatt16   
Apr 15, 2002
| No way you thought of that on your own. |
golfer132003
Feb 14, 2003
| I have got that riddle as well.
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Rowsdower
Dec 28, 2003
| Fun teaser! And why is Mogmatt so uptight? Mog, my friend, take a vacation to a peaceful place. |
insert_username
Mar 05, 2004
| oops i accidently sent in a teaser like this one  though mine has different wording. P.S. I was looking for my riddle and see if it got submitted when i saw som1 else had it |
linz2229 
Dec 06, 2004
| that was cool, i never would of geussed the "e" was missing |
Sunrose 
Sep 25, 2005
| I enjoyed this one, fun, and ita a bit hard as well. Great Teaser!!!  |
Question_Mark
Oct 26, 2005
| Kind of like a book I know of. Over 15 000, or was it 50 000 words without the letter e.  |
Angelli
Oct 28, 2005
| what a good tasr. vry nic...grat |
peppamintp
Nov 10, 2005
| Awesome    |
WyndRyder76 
Nov 19, 2005
| I love this teaser, it's very fun. Glad I could see it again ^_^ |
LindseyAnne34
Nov 22, 2005
| Thats awesome! |
lycanthrope
Nov 25, 2005
|  from the comments I've read so far. 1/2 hour?  I got it on the first read through! Keep them coming though, I don't see enough of these.  |
bluehawk
Nov 25, 2005
|  THIS WAS SO EASY!!! RIGHT OFF eye NOTICED NOT ONE "e" WAS IN THIS UNUSUAL PARAGRAPH . I TRULY ENJOYED THIS ONE. NICE "PHYLISS", GREAT JOB  |
jbray
Nov 25, 2005
| Saw it. The first day I saw this conundrum I got it on my first try. It was nt hard to find that it didnt contain that particular digit. Good work though. Fun stuff!! Good-day!! |
(user deleted)
Nov 25, 2005
| Excellent teaser - really had to think! |
Cregan
Nov 25, 2005
| Mog was right though...this teaser coms right out of some book, quite literally. |
hassell
Nov 25, 2005
| Very good - this type of composition is known as a lipogram. |
Chakoteya
Nov 25, 2005
| Spotted it in about 5 minutes, because I was looking for the word 'where'...don't ask.
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boodler
Nov 25, 2005
| Have seen similar before, but not so long as this one |
formation007
Nov 25, 2005
| Very good teaser but wow, thats got to be my quickest solution ever. Took just less than 2 seconds according to my watch. However, i guess it does not count when you have seen the teaser elsewhere on television. Nevertheless, it is good to see it here on braingle. |
MAroxmysoxonice
Nov 25, 2005
| i don't care wat other people think. i thought that was really cool.
i would have never guessed.
good job!!!!! |
smee
Nov 25, 2005
| I've seen this one before a long time ago in a Reader's Digest magazine. Shortly thereafter, it started getting circulated around in email forwards, so I was able to get it right away. However, the first time I ever saw this one, I couldn't get the answer, so in all, I think this was a really good teaser. |
wizkid
Nov 25, 2005
| Great teaser. |
morning_rain08
Nov 25, 2005
| You know, I looked at that paragraph for like 5 minutes, and I finally realized that it wasn't indented.  Still wrong! Ah!
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blm12
Nov 25, 2005
| Closer to 10 seconds, but a fun riddle. never saw it before. |
WA2TTD
Nov 25, 2005
| Got it right away. Have seen it many times over. |
Brainy_1
Nov 25, 2005
| I would have never guessed! Very clever! I guess I need to pay more attention! |
lindquist_25
Nov 25, 2005
| That's pretty cool how you can write an entire paragraph without an e. I thought it would be that the paragraph was not indented. But that comes from a grammer freak, so ya. Good job anyway. |
choptlivva
Nov 25, 2005
| I was on a completely different track.... looking for meanings behind key words. and trying to make sense of them!!!
Egads!! .... and I call myself an ENGLISH major??!!!! |
mmoffia
Nov 25, 2005
| there is no e missing from the paragraph and u i copy and paste it on to microsoft words and did spelling check and it didn't correct and e and i know that for a fact cuase you can check it for yourself |
CHICANA812
Nov 25, 2005
| Two thumbs up! |
beaver
Nov 25, 2005
| didnt get it oh well good teaser |
mrtickles
Nov 25, 2005
| A very, very old one. |
GMoney
Nov 25, 2005
| mmoffia, please tell us you were kidding. if not, that might be the funniest comment i've ever seen on this site. |
mogur
Nov 25, 2005
| I have to agree, GMoney. That is hilarious, whether he is kidding or not. |
flamingsword
Nov 25, 2005
| Easy. But the first thing i noticed was that it was not indented. (Not that i'm shure that matters on the computer.) |
gummybearbkakey
Nov 25, 2005
| dat was hard..still dont get it but w/e |
gumdrop480
Nov 25, 2005
| I didn't get it... I thought that it was that it wasn't indented....I didn't even think about looking at the letters! |
bookerj07
Nov 25, 2005
| man that was pretty clever!!! |
emmh
Nov 25, 2005
| Think about it, Lycanthrope! It has to take a half hour because there is an e in "second" and "minute" and "quarter" so it's the shortest expression for a length of time without an "e". No, it's the only expression for a short length of time....... If you see what I mean. I've got a bit garbled! I sometimes wish I'd never started!!!!!!!
Anyway, great teaser. Got it quick, but I suspect I've seen it somewhere before. I'm not usually that bright! |
emmh
Nov 25, 2005
| P.S. Do people still indent paragraphs? |
rubberducky36
Nov 25, 2005
| wow, i actually feel smart! i got it!!!
maybe it's because i've seen this one before. lol |
stephiesd
Nov 25, 2005
| This came straight from mind trap, but even the first time i saw it, i got it right away.
good one though. |
hockeygirl
Nov 25, 2005
| that was Ez |
halfmoonscott
Nov 25, 2005
| It's pretty lame when most of the comments are people saying they got it but that they had seen it before. So much for originality. Sorry, but I thought it was boring. |
jessjspieks
Nov 25, 2005
| I liked it...I have seen it before and still did not get it As for the people who are so negative, get over it....Great job |
Lady_Lani 
Nov 25, 2005
| good job, it is unusual |
Graceiswayneat
Nov 25, 2005
| Question Mark, i know what book your thinking about, it was french wasnt it? |
okie12342004
Nov 25, 2005
| Great one. never would've got it. |
thumper690sbaby
Nov 25, 2005
| Good one!! This was fun! I guessed the answer was the word "the" isn't used...I was close, but wrong!! lol |
ceeyaaa
Nov 25, 2005
| Did not get it... Great teaser!! |
mlrncobos
Nov 25, 2005
| I love it!! Very Challenging. Whoever came up with this must have been doing some hard thinking. |
Dance24-7
Nov 25, 2005
| how does every1 get these teasers or riddles so fast? i can never get them rite while ever1 else is like "Oh That Was So Easy!"
GRRRR! lol
it was a good 1 tho! |
leroy_h
Nov 25, 2005
| boring, boring! Most people wont get it,,justs like i didnt. |
pinkpiglet
Nov 25, 2005
| this was a very good teaser bt it was kind of easy |
poopstain
Nov 25, 2005
| I didn't even come close....but that's just because I'm stupid. Oh well. |
trueJesusfreak
Nov 25, 2005
| That was really entertaining! Got it right away, but, arent paragraphs supposed to be indented? Just a thought. that was great. |
POPS
Nov 25, 2005
| WELL DONE Spent 20 minutes and then gave up |
crazyhobo
Nov 25, 2005
| i've heard this one like a million times before, no joke |
Fame_Kraze
Nov 25, 2005
| i thought it was that there was no indent
but it was still good |
shawneeo
Nov 25, 2005
| That's a good teaser, I didn't get it. I'm new so from what I've read here I assume all teasers are supposed to be original? I noticed the "no indent" thing, but with word processing the indent has been left behind, it's not used much even on business letters done on PC. I thought maybe it was that there were no contractions! But, maybe that's not so unusual. Never would've got it I don't think!  |
weisman232
Nov 25, 2005
| the letter "e" i didnt think it was possible but now i know it is. ggo 1 |
mrbrainyboy
Nov 25, 2005
| dang... thas hard@#! |
halo3975
Nov 25, 2005
| it was so easy |
(user deleted)
Nov 25, 2005
| man that is a good one i didn't get it right off and my mom didn't get it right off . keep these comming .i enjoy them |
emme_lou
Nov 25, 2005
| i feel dumb i didnt get it. |
magnum58
Nov 25, 2005
| Never knew this one but figured it out after abuot 1 minute, Cute one though |
rubberducky36
Nov 25, 2005
| hey shawneeo--that is a good point about no contractions. i like that! |
choptlivva
Nov 26, 2005
| A paragraph without an indent is perfectly acceptable. It is part of a "writing style" often used in business letters!! |
shawneeo
Nov 26, 2005
| Thanks rubber! |
Elem_Eduk8
Nov 26, 2005
| Isn't there also a double negative? I thought you couldn't use 'nothing" twice in one sentence. |
bookworm91
Nov 26, 2005
| This is actually from the game MindTrap, but that's ok! I thought about submitting it myself so obviously I got it right away cuz I knew the answer but when i first saw it it stumped me big-time. good one |
hvkenny
Nov 26, 2005
| the question was worded wrong! it should've asked... what is DIFFERENT or UNUSUAL about this paragraph? technically, there is nothing WRONG with it. |
David1966
Nov 27, 2005
| That waz cool keep sending these in!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
David1966
Nov 27, 2005
| HVkenny is right!!!!!!! |
litt1eME
Nov 27, 2005
| i would've never gotten that! |
boriqua
Nov 28, 2005
| Very Clever |
azbee123
Nov 29, 2005
| THIS IS SOOOO GOOD! Definetley my favorite briangle. YAY FOR PHYLLIS! |
cuteandditzy
Nov 29, 2005
| Never would have gotten that in a million years. |
talkinghands
Nov 29, 2005
| Got it quick, so I feel good, and I never saw this before! |
jacstop
Nov 29, 2005
| Hmmm, |
FulanitoGM
Nov 29, 2005
| Uh, hvkenny? If it had used the word "different," there would be e's in the paragraph, and the answer would be invalid... never mind the fact that it doesn't say at all that anything is wrong with the paragraph, only that one would think nothing is "wrong" with it.
And more importantly than no e's, did anyone else notice that it has no j's, v's, x's or z's?!?!?! Oh, the horror...
Of course, adding the words "just," "vast," "maximum" and "zany" in there would take care of those letters. Then you could reword the answer to say that "the paragraph uses every letter in the alphabet except the most common one..." |
BrenBeadSP
Nov 29, 2005
| The first time I saw this one was about 40 years ago. My Grandma's neighbor gave me a copy to share with my Dad - he loved teasers. Thanks for bringing back some good memories.
So what if it's been around - there are always new people to share things with. I was impressed I could pull the answer from my memory - so I loved it. |
sln03
Dec 01, 2005
| Like I seriously thought about going throught the alphabet!!! I thought it was 'cause it wasn't INDENTED!!!!!!!!! |
paul726
Dec 02, 2005
| I got it quickly because I've seen it before. It's still a very good one though! |
GoHarryPotterCS
Dec 14, 2005
| I've seen it be4 cuz itz and old jok but I got par because I noticed it 1/2 through the paragraph the firs time! Cool tho. I like these. Keep up the good work. |
npf2005
Dec 20, 2005
| NICE TEASER. I think that could be in the trick section though |
XXOO555
Jan 21, 2006
| wow that was a good one i didnt even get it i had to look at the answer lol did u com up with that yourself?? that was a good one!! |
solarsistim321
Mar 02, 2006
| you stole that one from the one website, i saw it there you steeler |
TehIgnored
Mar 03, 2006
| I got that one immdediately....but I'm an English Major and an aspiring author....anything of this sorts I key into....
Fun as all get up though..thanks!! |
coltonr1
Mar 15, 2006
| awsome ur like the best teaser maker ever can u help me rate my teasers k there a hard contest and a interesting book k thx! |
jntrcs
Mar 16, 2006
| seen it before |
settra626
Mar 25, 2006
| probally the first teaser Ive ever seen. I saw this in second grade, took me forever, but I finally did it! whoo me! |
virgo51210
Apr 02, 2006
| wow.this is awesome lol I would've never figured it out on my own.... |
bpkeller
May 10, 2006
| Way to mak m fl dumb. Hr is anothr paragraph without that lttr. Wow it is usd a lot! U wr right. Hlp I don`t undrstand what I`m saying anymor! |
stang99
May 16, 2006
| How much did U get in ur Eng, lang. paper recently, Phyllis. U gotta get great marks. |
elshawno
May 22, 2006
| nicely done... i've heard of it before... and i also have heard of this one paragraph that uses every letter in the alphabet... |
rtytherleigh
Jun 25, 2006
| Did you know...
There are 12 "E's" in a Scrabble set |
blonde_genius
Jul 14, 2006
| In response to question_mark, I found a web page that is about the book with over 50,000 words and no 'e'. http://www.spinelessbooks.com/gadsby/
It's pretty cool |
Psychic_Master
Jul 30, 2006
| That's a brilliant teaser! Absolutely fantastic! Going on my favourites for sure. |
lessthanjake789
Sep 14, 2006
| Got it quickly because i have seen things like that before. once read an entire 4 or 5 page story that used 1 syllable words (except for doorjamb... for no reason... i dunno), called "Small Talk from Will Par to the World" - didn't realize that until i was told either. interesting and fun. |
lessthanjake789
Sep 14, 2006
| Got it quickly because i have seen things like that before. once read an entire 4 or 5 page story that used 1 syllable words (except for doorjamb... for no reason... i dunno), called "Small Talk from Will Par to the World" - didn't realize that until i was told either. interesting and fun. |
senther7
Dec 01, 2006
| .........
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nice one. |
cowman12
Dec 09, 2006
| It's not a paragraph. You didn't indent. |
BPKANERVA
Dec 16, 2006
| I had never seen it and I got it within 2 minutes |
coolcow35
Dec 21, 2006
| what cowman said |
(user deleted)
Jan 23, 2007
| Another thing unusual is that it wasn't indented. I saw that right away. |
solarsistim321
Apr 06, 2007
| He didn't think of it on his own. Multiple websites have the EXACT same wording. |
oddrey
May 03, 2007
| I said it was a pattern
question.statement.statement. Question. statement. statement
still, i loved it!! you have themost awsome teases, phyl. |
batatis
May 21, 2007
| heard it b4 |
swirlingmist
Aug 20, 2007
| Wow, this was pretty cool! |
(user deleted)
Dec 14, 2008
| i hate this!!!! who ever made this is sooo dumb because there is something wrong the first time i looked at it i saw NO indent. so u LIED to everyone who read that paragraph. even though it is called "what is unusual about this paragraph?"you said NOTHING is wrong its just unusual. now u are a lair and a dumbo.GO BACK TO KINDERGARTEN |
SEPTILLIONGOLDS
Feb 26, 2009
| Wow this is a good one I was almost gonna say the right answer but I changed my answer so I got it wrong. |
mathisnice
Mar 19, 2010
| Great teaser! |
crocodile 
Mar 28, 2010
| I got it WAY under par!!! |
beyonce123
Jun 01, 2010
| pepsimax: don't call people dumb when you don't know how to spell "liar".
This teaser is great. I already read it in the Encyclopedia of Immaturity. Except in there it was called a puzzla. Really good |
