Bakers Dozen

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Sentences made of letters (e.g., C D B = See the bee. Compound words get hyphens. Longer sentences get more points. )

  1. D B S A B-Z B (The bee is a busy bee)
  2. O I C U R N N-M-E (Oh, I see you are an enemy)
  3. O U 8 1 2 (Oh, you ate one too)
  4. K-T S X-M-N-N D N-6 (Katie is examining the insects)
  5. D 2-M-R S B-9 (The tumor is benign)
  6. L-N D-J-N-R-S 1 N M-E (Ellen DeGeneres won an Emmy)
  7. R-2 D-2 S O-K 4 U N I (Artoo Deetoo is OK for you and I)
  8. I-C-U-R-A-Q-T (I see you are a cutie.)
  9. O-I-C-U-R-P-N, 11-U-B. (Oh I see you are peein’, I leavin’ you be.)
  10. U 8 D B-F N I 8 D V-L. (You ate the beef and I ate the veal.)
  11. YY U R, YY U B, I C U R YY 4 ME! (Too wise you are, too wise you be, I see you are too wise for me!)
  12. O O, I C A Q; O, Y A Q B-4 I P? (Oh oh, I see a queue; Oh, why a queue before I pee?)

Just correcting the numbers. Carry on.

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Sentences made of letters (e.g., C D B = See the bee. Compound words get hyphens. Longer sentences get more points. )

  1. D B S A B-Z B (The bee is a busy bee)
  2. O I C U R N N-M-E (Oh, I see you are an enemy)
  3. O U 8 1 2 (Oh, you ate one too)
  4. K-T S X-M-N-N D N-6 (Katie is examining the insects)
  5. D 2-M-R S B-9 (The tumor is benign)
  6. L-N D-J-N-R-S 1 N M-E (Ellen DeGeneres won an Emmy)
  7. R-2 D-2 S O-K 4 U N I (Artoo Deetoo is OK for you and I)
  8. I-C-U-R-A-Q-T (I see you are a cutie.)
  9. O-I-C-U-R-P-N, 11-U-B. (Oh I see you are peein’, I leavin’ you be.)
  10. U 8 D B-F N I 8 D V-L. (You ate the beef and I ate the veal.)
  11. YY U R, YY U B, I C U R YY 4 ME! (Too wise you are, too wise you be, I see you are too wise for me!)
  12. O O, I C A Q; O, Y A Q B-4 I P? (Oh oh, I see a queue; Oh, why a queue before I pee?)
    13 “F U N E M?”
    “S V F M”
    “F U N E X?”
    “S V F X”
    “O K L F M N X.”
    (Stolen from The Two Ronnies; it’s a conversation between a Swedish diner and a Swedish waiter.

“Have you any ham?” “yes, we have ham.” “Have you any eggs?” “Yes, we have eggs.” “Okay, I’ll have ham and eggs.”"
New topic: 20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize:

  1. James Joyce
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New topic: 20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize:

  1. James Joyce
  2. Tennessee Williams
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New topic: 20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize:

  1. James Joyce
  2. Tennessee Williams
  3. Marcel Proust
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New topic: 20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize:

  1. James Joyce
  2. Tennessee Williams
  3. Marcel Proust
  4. Milan Kundera
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New topic: 20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize:

  1. James Joyce
  2. Tennessee Williams
  3. Marcel Proust
  4. Milan Kundera
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien
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New topic: 20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize:

  1. James Joyce
  2. Tennessee Williams
  3. Marcel Proust
  4. Milan Kundera
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien
  6. Arthur Miller (I’m not a big fan, but he was a guy I always expected to win eventually)
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New topic: 20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize:

  1. James Joyce
  2. Tennessee Williams
  3. Marcel Proust
  4. Milan Kundera
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien
  6. Arthur Miller
  7. Carlos Fuentes
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New topic: 20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize:

  1. James Joyce
  2. Tennessee Williams
  3. Marcel Proust
  4. Milan Kundera
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien
  6. Arthur Miller
  7. Carlos Fuentes
  8. Jorge Luis Borges
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New topic: 20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize:

  1. James Joyce
  2. Tennessee Williams
  3. Marcel Proust
  4. Milan Kundera
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien
  6. Arthur Miller
  7. Carlos Fuentes
  8. Jorge Luis Borges
  9. Graham Greene
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New topic: 20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize:

  1. James Joyce
  2. Tennessee Williams
  3. Marcel Proust
  4. Milan Kundera
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien
  6. Arthur Miller
  7. Carlos Fuentes
  8. Jorge Luis Borges
  9. Graham Greene
  10. Joseph Conrad
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20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize:

  1. James Joyce
  2. Tennessee Williams
  3. Marcel Proust
  4. Milan Kundera
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien
  6. Arthur Miller
  7. Carlos Fuentes
  8. Jorge Luis Borges
  9. Graham Greene
  10. Joseph Conrad
  11. Edward Albee
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20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize:

  1. James Joyce
  2. Tennessee Williams
  3. Marcel Proust
  4. Milan Kundera
  5. J.R.R. Tolkien
  6. Arthur Miller
  7. Carlos Fuentes
  8. Jorge Luis Borges
  9. Graham Greene
  10. Joseph Conrad
  11. Edward Albee
  12. Vladimir Nabokov
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20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize:

  1. James Joyce

  2. Tennessee Williams

  3. Marcel Proust

  4. Milan Kundera

  5. J.R.R. Tolkien

  6. Arthur Miller

  7. Carlos Fuentes

  8. Jorge Luis Borges

  9. Graham Greene

  10. Joseph Conrad

  11. Edward Albee

  12. Vladimir Nabokov

  13. Theodore Dreiser
    New topic: Actors/Actresses You’re Surprised Never Won an Oscar (Lifetime achievement doesn’t count)

  14. Cary Grant

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New topic: Actors/Actresses You’re Surprised Never Won an Oscar (Lifetime achievement doesn’t count)

  1. Cary Grant
  2. Leonardo di Caprio
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New topic: Actors/Actresses You’re Surprised Never Won an Oscar (Lifetime achievement doesn’t count)

  1. Cary Grant
  2. Leonardo di Caprio
  3. Claude Rains
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Actors/Actresses You’re Surprised Never Won an Oscar (Lifetime achievement doesn’t count)

  1. Cary Grant
  2. Leonardo di Caprio
  3. Claude Rains
  4. Peter O’Toole
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Actors/Actresses You’re Surprised Never Won an Oscar (Lifetime achievement doesn’t count)

  1. Cary Grant
  2. Leonardo di Caprio
  3. Claude Rains
  4. Peter O’Toole
  5. Gary Oldman
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Actors/Actresses You’re Surprised Never Won an Oscar (Lifetime achievement doesn’t count)

  1. Cary Grant
  2. Leonardo di Caprio
  3. Claude Rains
  4. Peter O’Toole
  5. Gary Oldman
  6. Richard Burton

He was nominated 7 times.

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Actors/Actresses You’re Surprised Never Won an Oscar (Lifetime achievement doesn’t count)

  1. Cary Grant
  2. Leonardo di Caprio
  3. Claude Rains
  4. Peter O’Toole
  5. Gary Oldman
  6. Richard Burton
  7. Donald Sutherland

He’s never even been nominated.