Shortest Pangram Challenge

[nice90sguy]

From https://wordsmith.org/pangram/index.html:

A pangram is a piece of text that uses all the letters of the alphabet. Example: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”
Ever wondered if there are any pangrams in a work of literature, an office memo, a love letter, tax code, etc.? Find out here.

I pasted the first page of one of my stories into the Pangram Finder (the URL above).

To my surprise it found lots of them!

The shortest one (they're ordered by increasing length) was 235 letters long:

It was tuned to a porn channel, with the volume at full blast. Loud grunts and squeals filled the room, and Gordon stared transfixed at a huge pair of jiggling, shiny tits. Then the camera panned down to show a slippery hairless pussy sliding up and down over a veined, rock-hard porn-sized dick.

Try it -- see if you can beat 235!

 

[AlinaX]

From A Night at the Theatre

206 words:

I would have to be careful. I guessed Mr Johnson had a remote control in his pocket. My whole body tingled in response to the unexpected stimulation and I grabbed my breasts, squeezing them, pinching the nipples gently through the lacy fabric of my dress.

(Fun - thanks!)

 

[nice90sguy]

From A Night at the Theatre


(Fun - thanks!)

206! Actually, if you removed the "pinching the nipples" and put a period rather than a comma before it, it would be quite a lot shorter!

 

[AlinaX]

But cheating, lol.

 

[yowser]

Something different, another new amusement.

Best i could find was 217 words, 3 sentences:

Only once did my focus waver, but a quick glance to Sarah restored my composure, and we broke for another array of panels. The day oozed by in smeared, broad stroke colors. I attended a few afternoon papers, one on John Locke's time at Oxford (which overlapped with Harvey's.)

 

[Candy_Kane54]

154 characters ...

I was thrilled they were so excited about seeing Virginia ...
October 1985
I was brought out of my reverie when Virginia squeezed my hand and jokingly said, “Ground Control to Bonnie. Come in, please.”

a:9, b:4, c:4, d:7, e:20, f:1, g:6, h:5, i:16, j:1, k:1, l:5, m:3, n:12, o:14, p:1, q:1, r:10, s:7, t:9, u:5, v:3, w:4, x:1, y:4, z:1

 

[XerXesXu]

121.

I’ve got some spectacular shots boxed up in the loft. I lead a quiet life these days, watching TV or a quiet drink, Allyza is just my Saturday night treat.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

235

Then I heard his fly pop open and unzip and I lifted my head to have a look. He was pushing down his jeans and his thick bulge curled straining inside his grey boxers. On instinct I raised myself to my elbows and instantly squeaked in pain at the burning sting of the metal beneath my right one.

154

Just one hit was all that she needed. Reaching out for the pipe and lighter, she cooked up and inhaled pure bliss. It came quickly. Within five minutes there was a fuzziness in her extremities.

106

"Come on, let's go!" Vince ordered. "Excusez-moi?" "Thank you all, it's been a pleasure," Joaquim smiled. "Now if you'll kindly all get the fuck out."

^This one actually has a version at 94 but it cuts off the beginning of the dialogue and that felt like cheating.

 

[nice90sguy]

I'm determined to include "Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs" into my next story.

 

[AlinaX]

A longer one, but funny.

It's one thing to wish for a cock, quite something else to discover you've grown one in the space of an hour. It had definitely not been there when I dressed in the morning. I judged it now to be about the size of my thumb, nothing to brag about except that it was there at all.

 

[yowser]

This is likely the best I can do, 189 words:


I got groceries once a week, and the occasional pizza delivery, but it was pretty lonely. Except for when Uncle Quim would make his periodic pilgrimage. I couldn't wait to see him. I would be jumpy with anticipation the whole day before.

 

[pink_silk_glove]

Uncle Quim? Srsly??

 

[AlinaX]

Sir Reginald Quim was a mature fellow with the most impeccable taste, and much adored by the ladies.

 

[yowser]

Uncle Quim? Srsly??

It's a pet name from a niece for her uncle (you can deduce the background.) One of my few 'incest' stories (a category for which I have no interest, but thought I would write one just to see if I could pull it off.) Who knew it would end up getting sent through the magic pangram program? Quiminal Intent