| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
53.07 |
1.1198 |
0.0422 |
247 |
3 |
47.83 |
2009-02-13 |
| 2. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
51.38 |
1.1093 |
0.0109 |
220 |
7 |
46.78 |
2009-01-13 |
| 3. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
49.40 |
1.1086 |
-0.0260 |
233 |
7 |
44.70 |
2009-01-07 |
| 4. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
54.96 |
1.1070 |
0.0966 |
265 |
6 |
45.67 |
2009-02-17 |
| 5. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
54.69 |
1.0960 |
0.1068 |
315 |
3 |
49.79 |
2009-02-13 |
| 6. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
49.38 |
1.0901 |
-0.0064 |
288 |
3 |
41.11 |
2009-02-11 |
| 7. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
49.70 |
1.0881 |
-0.0032 |
210 |
2 |
48.53 |
2009-02-13 |
| 8. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
52.94 |
1.0877 |
0.0691 |
129 |
2 |
44.90 |
2009-01-07 |
| 9. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
49.88 |
1.0873 |
0.0025 |
243 |
5 |
46.13 |
2009-01-15 |
| 10. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
55.81 |
1.0867 |
0.1323 |
171 |
7 |
49.93 |
2009-02-13 |
| 11. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
49.36 |
1.0865 |
-0.0054 |
237 |
5 |
43.90 |
2009-01-11 |
| 12. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
51.20 |
1.0845 |
0.0362 |
212 |
5 |
48.14 |
2009-02-11 |
| 13. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
50.80 |
1.0800 |
0.0301 |
213 |
7 |
44.25 |
2009-01-05 |
| 14. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
50.48 |
1.0800 |
0.0190 |
129 |
2 |
44.48 |
2009-02-13 |
| 15. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
51.83 |
1.0777 |
0.0559 |
226 |
7 |
45.31 |
2009-02-13 |
| 16. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
56.97 |
1.0743 |
0.1758 |
297 |
3 |
49.61 |
2009-02-15 |
| 17. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
45.42 |
1.0686 |
-0.0705 |
354 |
2 |
44.24 |
2009-01-17 |
| 18. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
49.76 |
1.0682 |
0.0230 |
266 |
2 |
46.53 |
2009-02-13 |
| 19. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
40.31 |
1.0672 |
-0.1865 |
239 |
1 |
40.31 |
2008-12-05 |
| 20. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
42.30 |
1.0669 |
-0.1379 |
379 |
2 |
41.40 |
2008-12-26 |
| 21. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
55.25 |
1.0654 |
0.1432 |
247 |
5 |
44.79 |
2009-02-13 |
| 22. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
52.90 |
1.0638 |
0.0935 |
247 |
7 |
44.84 |
2009-02-13 |
| 23. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
44.70 |
1.0628 |
-0.0822 |
363 |
1 |
44.70 |
2009-01-04 |
| 24. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
54.92 |
1.0617 |
0.1402 |
171 |
2 |
52.27 |
2009-01-17 |
| 25. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
39.63 |
1.0615 |
-0.1976 |
201 |
4 |
39.34 |
2008-12-25 |
| 26. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
47.97 |
1.0607 |
-0.0072 |
357 |
1 |
47.97 |
2009-01-16 |
| 27. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
47.97 |
1.0601 |
-0.0126 |
256 |
5 |
43.18 |
2009-01-08 |
| 28. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
42.61 |
1.0600 |
-0.1271 |
351 |
5 |
39.52 |
2009-01-11 |
| 29. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
42.06 |
1.0590 |
-0.1396 |
250 |
2 |
40.69 |
2008-12-25 |
| 30. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
41.42 |
1.0588 |
-0.1523 |
281 |
2 |
40.17 |
2008-12-25 |
| 31. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
54.17 |
1.0576 |
0.1269 |
231 |
7 |
41.13 |
2009-01-02 |
| 32. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
39.84 |
1.0567 |
-0.1854 |
314 |
2 |
39.76 |
2008-12-24 |
| 33. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
50.92 |
1.0561 |
0.0577 |
227 |
4 |
44.95 |
2009-02-15 |
| 34. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
52.61 |
1.0557 |
0.0984 |
289 |
2 |
51.10 |
2009-02-11 |
| 35. |
Whether they use the title or not, many lyrics have evocativ... |
49.30 |
1.0543 |
0.0224 |
182 |
2 |
44.07 |
2009-01-12 |
| 36. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
55.32 |
1.0540 |
0.1536 |
184 |
4 |
46.10 |
2009-02-13 |
| 37. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
47.70 |
1.0529 |
-0.0056 |
373 |
2 |
43.63 |
2009-01-12 |
| 38. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
43.18 |
1.0521 |
-0.1126 |
197 |
2 |
42.98 |
2008-12-25 |
| 39. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
50.83 |
1.0511 |
0.0644 |
252 |
8 |
44.01 |
2009-01-12 |
| 40. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
51.46 |
1.0506 |
0.0766 |
259 |
2 |
43.09 |
2009-02-13 |
| 41. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
51.50 |
1.0498 |
0.0798 |
261 |
5 |
43.22 |
2009-02-13 |
| 42. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
39.62 |
1.0495 |
-0.1833 |
323 |
1 |
39.62 |
2008-12-10 |
| 43. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
43.45 |
1.0487 |
-0.0998 |
253 |
4 |
40.84 |
2008-12-25 |
| 44. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
50.90 |
1.0479 |
0.0657 |
205 |
4 |
46.72 |
2009-01-17 |
| 45. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
53.45 |
1.0476 |
0.1144 |
110 |
5 |
46.44 |
2009-01-13 |
| 46. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
50.07 |
1.0472 |
0.0434 |
149 |
2 |
45.79 |
2009-01-11 |
| 47. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
50.38 |
1.0466 |
0.0568 |
230 |
5 |
43.63 |
2009-01-16 |
| 48. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
42.91 |
1.0464 |
-0.1022 |
294 |
1 |
42.91 |
2009-01-07 |
| 49. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
52.23 |
1.0462 |
0.1013 |
340 |
4 |
49.62 |
2009-02-17 |
| 50. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
51.27 |
1.0432 |
0.0808 |
276 |
5 |
47.29 |
2009-02-13 |
| 51. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
52.06 |
1.0427 |
0.0990 |
269 |
3 |
50.26 |
2009-02-17 |
| 52. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
42.30 |
1.0426 |
-0.1208 |
131 |
3 |
39.22 |
2009-01-12 |
| 53. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
49.14 |
1.0419 |
0.0377 |
341 |
2 |
45.96 |
2009-02-23 |
| 54. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
44.68 |
1.0418 |
-0.0628 |
214 |
2 |
39.83 |
2009-01-09 |
| 55. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
50.45 |
1.0414 |
0.0630 |
234 |
7 |
45.48 |
2009-02-13 |
| 56. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
48.23 |
1.0411 |
0.0171 |
341 |
2 |
44.42 |
2009-02-17 |
| 57. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
56.17 |
1.0403 |
0.1893 |
234 |
7 |
45.02 |
2009-02-13 |
| 58. |
Every time I think of you I feel shot right through with a b... |
47.65 |
1.0387 |
0.0091 |
333 |
2 |
44.11 |
2009-01-07 |
| 59. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
46.75 |
1.0362 |
-0.0061 |
437 |
3 |
44.88 |
2009-01-02 |
| 60. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
54.24 |
1.0351 |
0.1576 |
276 |
1 |
54.24 |
2009-02-11 |
| 61. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
45.35 |
1.0341 |
-0.0417 |
273 |
2 |
42.70 |
2009-01-09 |
| 62. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
48.01 |
1.0334 |
0.0176 |
261 |
3 |
45.42 |
2009-02-23 |
| 63. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
44.40 |
1.0333 |
-0.0664 |
176 |
3 |
44.37 |
2008-12-30 |
| 64. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
49.47 |
1.0332 |
0.0499 |
267 |
4 |
44.89 |
2009-01-13 |
| 65. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
45.76 |
1.0320 |
-0.0240 |
401 |
1 |
45.76 |
2009-01-11 |
| 66. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
38.26 |
1.0291 |
-0.1945 |
240 |
2 |
37.27 |
2008-12-20 |
| 67. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
50.27 |
1.0288 |
0.0678 |
166 |
4 |
44.28 |
2009-02-13 |
| 68. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
51.31 |
1.0287 |
0.0945 |
269 |
3 |
47.36 |
2009-01-12 |
| 69. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
48.28 |
1.0279 |
0.0239 |
172 |
3 |
44.57 |
2009-01-11 |
| 70. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
41.05 |
1.0272 |
-0.1311 |
226 |
3 |
39.85 |
2008-12-24 |
| 71. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
43.89 |
1.0270 |
-0.0656 |
303 |
3 |
41.16 |
2008-12-22 |
| 72. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
45.76 |
1.0267 |
-0.0216 |
261 |
7 |
42.47 |
2009-01-13 |
| 73. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
50.18 |
1.0265 |
0.0766 |
375 |
2 |
46.72 |
2009-02-13 |
| 74. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
48.40 |
1.0264 |
0.0295 |
191 |
6 |
44.71 |
2009-02-15 |
| 75. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
46.13 |
1.0250 |
-0.0120 |
271 |
2 |
46.02 |
2009-02-13 |
| 76. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
43.18 |
1.0234 |
-0.0742 |
392 |
1 |
43.18 |
2009-01-02 |
| 77. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
46.05 |
1.0208 |
-0.0125 |
231 |
3 |
40.74 |
2008-12-30 |
| 78. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
51.74 |
1.0199 |
0.1100 |
225 |
5 |
43.90 |
2009-02-13 |
| 79. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
47.58 |
1.0197 |
0.0206 |
204 |
4 |
44.17 |
2009-01-08 |
| 80. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
47.84 |
1.0194 |
0.0263 |
224 |
1 |
47.84 |
2009-01-02 |
| 81. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
47.09 |
1.0189 |
0.0118 |
290 |
2 |
42.37 |
2009-01-07 |
| 82. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
47.70 |
1.0181 |
0.0279 |
276 |
5 |
42.53 |
2009-01-17 |
| 83. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
51.96 |
1.0178 |
0.1191 |
207 |
5 |
41.69 |
2009-02-13 |
| 84. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
37.63 |
1.0165 |
-0.1944 |
316 |
2 |
37.40 |
2008-12-20 |
| 85. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
48.02 |
1.0132 |
0.0392 |
371 |
3 |
44.63 |
2009-01-17 |
| 86. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
47.40 |
1.0130 |
0.0252 |
288 |
2 |
46.64 |
2009-01-12 |
| 87. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
46.23 |
1.0125 |
-0.0017 |
232 |
5 |
42.18 |
2009-01-05 |
| 88. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
52.04 |
1.0125 |
0.1229 |
171 |
1 |
52.04 |
2009-01-08 |
| 89. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
44.17 |
1.0115 |
-0.0497 |
189 |
1 |
44.17 |
2009-01-11 |
| 90. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
50.99 |
1.0106 |
0.1056 |
302 |
5 |
47.64 |
2009-01-08 |
| 91. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
44.70 |
1.0103 |
-0.0374 |
209 |
1 |
44.70 |
2008-12-22 |
| 92. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
47.36 |
1.0101 |
0.0289 |
336 |
7 |
40.79 |
2009-01-09 |
| 93. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
45.80 |
1.0095 |
-0.0080 |
211 |
4 |
41.52 |
2009-01-08 |
| 94. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
46.90 |
1.0094 |
0.0178 |
256 |
5 |
43.82 |
2009-01-07 |
| 95. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
49.11 |
1.0086 |
0.0629 |
218 |
5 |
44.67 |
2009-02-13 |
| 96. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
47.16 |
1.0082 |
0.0196 |
212 |
3 |
39.27 |
2009-01-17 |
| 97. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
49.42 |
1.0079 |
0.0737 |
273 |
10 |
42.92 |
2009-01-09 |
| 98. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
46.12 |
1.0060 |
0.0046 |
225 |
3 |
40.96 |
2009-01-08 |
| 99. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
49.05 |
1.0059 |
0.0698 |
283 |
6 |
43.22 |
2009-01-09 |
| 100. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
48.77 |
1.0042 |
0.0603 |
168 |
4 |
41.12 |
2009-01-05 |
| 101. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
48.31 |
1.0036 |
0.0556 |
277 |
3 |
46.23 |
2009-01-16 |
| 102. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
40.94 |
1.0035 |
-0.1071 |
310 |
2 |
40.75 |
2008-12-30 |
| 103. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
47.43 |
1.0033 |
0.0358 |
203 |
5 |
40.39 |
2009-01-15 |
| 104. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
46.91 |
1.0028 |
0.0234 |
259 |
3 |
43.80 |
2009-01-08 |
| 105. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
46.94 |
1.0018 |
0.0265 |
246 |
3 |
44.07 |
2009-01-13 |
| 106. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
51.23 |
1.0016 |
0.1193 |
217 |
5 |
42.85 |
2009-01-16 |
| 107. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
44.04 |
1.0006 |
-0.0365 |
311 |
2 |
39.52 |
2009-01-11 |
| 108. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
43.19 |
0.9981 |
-0.0536 |
211 |
2 |
42.93 |
2009-01-16 |
| 109. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
37.89 |
0.9980 |
-0.1672 |
295 |
5 |
35.31 |
2008-12-25 |
| 110. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
44.56 |
0.9974 |
-0.0258 |
163 |
4 |
39.55 |
2009-01-08 |
| 111. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
46.94 |
0.9957 |
0.0321 |
323 |
4 |
43.43 |
2009-02-13 |
| 112. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
49.50 |
0.9948 |
0.0885 |
233 |
7 |
45.57 |
2009-02-17 |
| 113. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
47.45 |
0.9931 |
0.0506 |
339 |
2 |
44.21 |
2009-01-12 |
| 114. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
44.74 |
0.9931 |
-0.0175 |
218 |
4 |
42.16 |
2009-01-12 |
| 115. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
47.48 |
0.9928 |
0.0465 |
293 |
2 |
45.40 |
2009-02-13 |
| 116. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
50.40 |
0.9927 |
0.1121 |
276 |
2 |
45.43 |
2009-01-16 |
| 117. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
42.34 |
0.9927 |
-0.0694 |
234 |
1 |
42.34 |
2009-01-05 |
| 118. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
45.96 |
0.9927 |
0.0156 |
262 |
2 |
44.94 |
2009-01-02 |
| 119. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
41.35 |
0.9922 |
-0.0868 |
264 |
2 |
38.09 |
2008-12-30 |
| 120. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
41.44 |
0.9917 |
-0.0828 |
317 |
3 |
38.22 |
2008-12-30 |
| 121. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
45.40 |
0.9915 |
0.0017 |
281 |
1 |
45.40 |
2009-01-13 |
| 122. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
48.02 |
0.9909 |
0.0648 |
334 |
2 |
45.67 |
2009-01-05 |
| 123. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
47.05 |
0.9909 |
0.0441 |
293 |
2 |
42.79 |
2009-01-16 |
| 124. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
48.01 |
0.9890 |
0.0665 |
272 |
4 |
39.16 |
2009-02-17 |
| 125. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
35.15 |
0.9884 |
-0.2177 |
267 |
1 |
35.15 |
2008-12-18 |
| 126. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
47.01 |
0.9880 |
0.0373 |
199 |
3 |
42.05 |
2009-01-12 |
| 127. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
37.35 |
0.9869 |
-0.1738 |
193 |
2 |
36.94 |
2008-12-05 |
| 128. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
41.28 |
0.9866 |
-0.0829 |
308 |
3 |
39.39 |
2008-12-25 |
| 129. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
37.17 |
0.9864 |
-0.1699 |
292 |
2 |
36.14 |
2008-12-25 |
| 130. |
Yet the web of thought has no such creases and is more like ... |
45.93 |
0.9852 |
0.0199 |
235 |
2 |
44.82 |
2009-01-08 |
| 131. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
36.19 |
0.9841 |
-0.1946 |
263 |
2 |
35.99 |
2008-12-22 |
| 132. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
42.23 |
0.9839 |
-0.0599 |
308 |
1 |
42.23 |
2008-12-25 |
| 133. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
43.95 |
0.9836 |
-0.0214 |
289 |
1 |
43.95 |
2008-12-25 |
| 134. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
43.41 |
0.9829 |
-0.0334 |
229 |
2 |
41.21 |
2008-12-30 |
| 135. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
50.02 |
0.9827 |
0.1140 |
314 |
3 |
43.82 |
2009-01-12 |
| 136. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
44.98 |
0.9810 |
0.0088 |
362 |
2 |
41.42 |
2009-01-05 |
| 137. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
44.86 |
0.9809 |
-0.0026 |
209 |
3 |
43.81 |
2008-12-31 |
| 138. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
47.48 |
0.9807 |
0.0476 |
129 |
5 |
42.16 |
2009-01-12 |
| 139. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
49.48 |
0.9801 |
0.1035 |
289 |
4 |
46.69 |
2009-02-15 |
| 140. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
48.37 |
0.9780 |
0.0753 |
173 |
1 |
48.37 |
2009-01-11 |
| 141. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
48.71 |
0.9779 |
0.0876 |
255 |
9 |
44.60 |
2009-01-17 |
| 142. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
50.44 |
0.9768 |
0.1296 |
237 |
8 |
43.01 |
2009-01-06 |
| 143. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
51.91 |
0.9763 |
0.1607 |
143 |
7 |
45.88 |
2009-02-23 |
| 144. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
42.02 |
0.9762 |
-0.0566 |
249 |
1 |
42.02 |
2008-12-24 |
| 145. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
39.12 |
0.9756 |
-0.1206 |
223 |
1 |
39.12 |
2008-12-03 |
| 146. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
32.55 |
0.9713 |
-0.2618 |
193 |
1 |
32.55 |
2008-12-02 |
| 147. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
43.72 |
0.9709 |
-0.0152 |
264 |
4 |
40.00 |
2009-01-02 |
| 148. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
57.26 |
0.9704 |
0.2850 |
254 |
2 |
51.41 |
2009-02-11 |
| 149. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
46.14 |
0.9703 |
0.0467 |
394 |
2 |
44.00 |
2009-01-12 |
| 150. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
44.09 |
0.9680 |
-0.0027 |
256 |
2 |
41.69 |
2009-01-07 |
| 151. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
39.27 |
0.9650 |
-0.1033 |
347 |
2 |
38.89 |
2008-12-03 |
| 152. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
48.46 |
0.9636 |
0.0965 |
281 |
3 |
45.29 |
2009-01-07 |
| 153. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
38.06 |
0.9632 |
-0.1297 |
287 |
1 |
38.06 |
2008-12-26 |
| 154. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
45.13 |
0.9631 |
0.0245 |
273 |
1 |
45.13 |
2009-01-17 |
| 155. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
52.65 |
0.9621 |
0.1888 |
201 |
9 |
45.67 |
2009-01-12 |
| 156. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
49.24 |
0.9621 |
0.1190 |
212 |
3 |
47.22 |
2009-01-12 |
| 157. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
44.50 |
0.9604 |
0.0117 |
285 |
2 |
42.16 |
2008-12-25 |
| 158. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
42.70 |
0.9597 |
-0.0249 |
251 |
1 |
42.70 |
2009-01-02 |
| 159. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
39.53 |
0.9594 |
-0.0965 |
258 |
2 |
39.13 |
2008-12-25 |
| 160. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
41.85 |
0.9583 |
-0.0420 |
237 |
3 |
39.71 |
2008-12-30 |
| 161. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
35.49 |
0.9574 |
-0.1785 |
354 |
1 |
35.49 |
2008-12-02 |
| 162. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
44.98 |
0.9541 |
0.0313 |
236 |
2 |
44.38 |
2008-12-31 |
| 163. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
43.05 |
0.9538 |
-0.0117 |
276 |
3 |
39.07 |
2009-01-11 |
| 164. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
48.51 |
0.9503 |
0.1056 |
211 |
3 |
40.92 |
2009-01-11 |
| 165. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
40.93 |
0.9500 |
-0.0527 |
287 |
2 |
38.54 |
2009-01-02 |
| 166. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
43.84 |
0.9468 |
0.0127 |
318 |
5 |
37.62 |
2009-01-12 |
| 167. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
43.40 |
0.9425 |
0.0082 |
248 |
2 |
41.01 |
2008-12-26 |
| 168. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
40.04 |
0.9422 |
-0.0713 |
190 |
5 |
36.78 |
2009-01-04 |
| 169. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
42.93 |
0.9402 |
-0.0025 |
310 |
3 |
39.22 |
2009-01-04 |
| 170. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
44.25 |
0.9400 |
0.0313 |
434 |
1 |
44.25 |
2009-01-12 |
| 171. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
43.75 |
0.9392 |
0.0246 |
360 |
2 |
41.24 |
2009-01-07 |
| 172. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
39.27 |
0.9380 |
-0.0805 |
284 |
1 |
39.27 |
2008-12-16 |
| 173. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
41.58 |
0.9359 |
-0.0253 |
355 |
1 |
41.58 |
2009-01-11 |
| 174. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
44.31 |
0.9357 |
0.0321 |
204 |
3 |
40.53 |
2009-01-12 |
| 175. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
44.41 |
0.9352 |
0.0359 |
194 |
8 |
38.27 |
2009-01-12 |
| 176. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
45.01 |
0.9349 |
0.0532 |
287 |
4 |
42.66 |
2008-12-22 |
| 177. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
42.31 |
0.9346 |
-0.0115 |
211 |
3 |
40.07 |
2008-12-30 |
| 178. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
43.65 |
0.9339 |
0.0274 |
317 |
1 |
43.65 |
2008-12-24 |
| 179. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
42.79 |
0.9324 |
0.0071 |
246 |
2 |
42.26 |
2008-12-22 |
| 180. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
41.15 |
0.9315 |
-0.0293 |
273 |
2 |
39.91 |
2008-12-25 |
| 181. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
49.52 |
0.9310 |
0.1533 |
278 |
2 |
47.28 |
2009-01-17 |
| 182. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
53.57 |
0.9299 |
0.2358 |
168 |
4 |
44.90 |
2009-02-13 |
| 183. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
39.26 |
0.9286 |
-0.0680 |
177 |
1 |
39.26 |
2008-12-22 |
| 184. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
44.95 |
0.9283 |
0.0572 |
317 |
5 |
41.21 |
2008-12-25 |
| 185. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
42.19 |
0.9271 |
-0.0042 |
295 |
3 |
41.09 |
2008-12-26 |
| 186. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
40.36 |
0.9265 |
-0.0446 |
254 |
1 |
40.36 |
2008-12-24 |
| 187. |
Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, she... |
44.03 |
0.9264 |
0.0384 |
177 |
3 |
41.59 |
2008-12-25 |
| 188. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
53.06 |
0.9260 |
0.2398 |
348 |
5 |
46.36 |
2009-02-13 |
| 189. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
44.01 |
0.9183 |
0.0460 |
308 |
3 |
38.84 |
2009-01-02 |
| 190. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
43.01 |
0.9166 |
0.0274 |
133 |
2 |
38.87 |
2008-12-24 |
| 191. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
40.64 |
0.9143 |
-0.0241 |
300 |
1 |
40.64 |
2008-12-15 |
| 192. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
42.04 |
0.9128 |
0.0044 |
237 |
1 |
42.04 |
2008-12-25 |
| 193. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
43.22 |
0.9108 |
0.0351 |
235 |
2 |
42.80 |
2009-01-07 |
| 194. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
43.52 |
0.9103 |
0.0421 |
269 |
1 |
43.52 |
2008-12-30 |
| 195. |
Maybe what I think Tasty Wheat tasted like actually tasted l... |
44.20 |
0.9084 |
0.0607 |
271 |
2 |
39.51 |
2009-01-04 |
| 196. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
53.00 |
0.9070 |
0.2497 |
192 |
4 |
41.40 |
2009-01-09 |
| 197. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
40.95 |
0.9068 |
-0.0127 |
212 |
3 |
36.70 |
2009-01-05 |
| 198. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
33.11 |
0.9027 |
-0.1829 |
189 |
1 |
33.11 |
2008-12-22 |
| 199. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
45.86 |
0.9023 |
0.1005 |
268 |
1 |
45.86 |
2009-01-07 |
| 200. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
35.46 |
0.9011 |
-0.1228 |
322 |
1 |
35.46 |
2008-12-03 |
| 201. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
43.85 |
0.9010 |
0.0614 |
266 |
3 |
40.53 |
2009-01-12 |
| 202. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
41.01 |
0.9001 |
-0.0024 |
217 |
1 |
41.01 |
2008-12-25 |
| 203. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
41.05 |
0.8993 |
0.0017 |
366 |
1 |
41.05 |
2008-12-24 |
| 204. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
51.69 |
0.8988 |
0.2330 |
193 |
4 |
42.70 |
2009-02-13 |
| 205. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
40.52 |
0.8988 |
-0.0123 |
216 |
2 |
38.50 |
2009-01-11 |
| 206. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
43.10 |
0.8986 |
0.0498 |
363 |
2 |
41.87 |
2009-01-02 |
| 207. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
36.60 |
0.8986 |
-0.1001 |
205 |
1 |
36.60 |
2008-12-25 |
| 208. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
34.83 |
0.8986 |
-0.1368 |
216 |
1 |
34.83 |
2008-12-03 |
| 209. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
40.97 |
0.8965 |
0.0005 |
150 |
4 |
40.15 |
2008-12-25 |
| 210. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
45.84 |
0.8964 |
0.1044 |
199 |
3 |
44.19 |
2009-02-13 |
| 211. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
35.16 |
0.8925 |
-0.1171 |
293 |
1 |
35.16 |
2008-12-22 |
| 212. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
43.40 |
0.8911 |
0.0601 |
207 |
1 |
43.40 |
2008-12-25 |
| 213. |
The Peacocks are not dancing so it will not rain. The Peacoc... |
42.18 |
0.8906 |
0.0417 |
128 |
2 |
39.24 |
2008-12-25 |
| 214. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
40.96 |
0.8880 |
0.0083 |
296 |
5 |
35.84 |
2008-12-25 |
| 215. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
42.63 |
0.8869 |
0.0437 |
176 |
1 |
42.63 |
2008-12-20 |
| 216. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
42.87 |
0.8863 |
0.0485 |
127 |
2 |
42.78 |
2008-12-24 |
| 217. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
41.07 |
0.8847 |
0.0118 |
282 |
2 |
39.11 |
2008-12-25 |
| 218. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
53.10 |
0.8845 |
0.2805 |
239 |
6 |
43.53 |
2009-02-15 |
| 219. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
42.16 |
0.8830 |
0.0422 |
300 |
5 |
36.91 |
2008-12-30 |
| 220. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
42.57 |
0.8827 |
0.0450 |
190 |
3 |
39.79 |
2008-12-24 |
| 221. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
41.56 |
0.8815 |
0.0328 |
296 |
2 |
39.70 |
2008-12-25 |
| 222. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
38.28 |
0.8778 |
-0.0388 |
285 |
3 |
35.50 |
2008-12-02 |
| 223. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
48.12 |
0.8680 |
0.1811 |
196 |
1 |
48.12 |
2008-12-22 |
| 224. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
32.97 |
0.8666 |
-0.1489 |
206 |
1 |
32.97 |
2008-12-02 |
| 225. |
I know what "exacerbate" means. There is not a word or a sen... |
42.22 |
0.8646 |
0.0559 |
110 |
3 |
37.72 |
2008-12-22 |
| 226. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
44.03 |
0.8624 |
0.0968 |
174 |
3 |
42.15 |
2009-01-08 |
| 227. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
38.55 |
0.8603 |
-0.0173 |
270 |
2 |
38.03 |
2008-12-22 |
| 228. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
35.12 |
0.8572 |
-0.0913 |
232 |
2 |
32.41 |
2008-12-03 |
| 229. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
38.36 |
0.8474 |
-0.0080 |
265 |
3 |
36.78 |
2008-12-20 |
| 230. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
32.01 |
0.8437 |
-0.1454 |
268 |
2 |
30.19 |
2008-12-20 |
| 231. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
40.88 |
0.8381 |
0.0600 |
283 |
2 |
37.28 |
2008-12-26 |
| 232. |
I thought maybe I'd run to the end of town. And when I got t... |
38.66 |
0.8339 |
0.0112 |
209 |
2 |
36.78 |
2008-12-15 |
| 233. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
30.72 |
0.8194 |
-0.1497 |
193 |
1 |
30.72 |
2008-12-02 |
| 234. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
41.64 |
0.8192 |
0.0940 |
200 |
2 |
38.46 |
2008-12-24 |
| 235. |
Now you come to me and you say, "Don Corleone, give me justi... |
41.46 |
0.8127 |
0.0909 |
167 |
3 |
36.34 |
2008-12-25 |
| 236. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
39.62 |
0.8117 |
0.0583 |
209 |
4 |
37.50 |
2008-12-22 |
| 237. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
33.61 |
0.7923 |
-0.0574 |
316 |
1 |
33.61 |
2008-12-25 |