N + 7: Select a passage from one of your newspaper articles. Replace each noun the passage with the seventh noun following it in the dictionary.After I substituted the nouns I moved the words around until I was satisfied – it’s pretty nonsensical, but at least it seems syntactically correct. (Plus I learned some new vocabulary!)
Pearl Grissaille
He was the inchoation of the showdown
a shameless hamlet and hooligan
big and constant
singing, dancing, and wisecracking
in his blond hairdressing…
Liftoff,
his onlooker could imagine
a motorboat, a cricket at the millstream
Sourced from The Contra Costa Times, Bay Area News Group, April 7, 2014 (Mickey Rooney, legend of the screen, dies at 93.)
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Hooligan makes many appearances with the Ouliposters!
Ha! Funny isn’t it?
It makes perfect sense to me. But then again, I am often surrounded by Hamlet-y hooligans.
I know- me too!!