| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
91.59 |
0.9852 |
0.9026 |
264 |
2 |
64.95 |
2009-10-29 |
| 2. |
A few minutes ago, I almost made the biggest mistake of my p... |
78.58 |
1.0910 |
0.5293 |
138 |
1 |
78.58 |
2020-08-28 |
| 3. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
78.23 |
1.0796 |
0.5320 |
129 |
2 |
70.25 |
2015-02-12 |
| 4. |
Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your ... |
76.78 |
1.0515 |
0.5299 |
166 |
1 |
76.78 |
2013-08-12 |
| 5. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
76.59 |
1.0829 |
0.4950 |
288 |
1 |
76.59 |
2013-08-12 |
| 6. |
And now it's time for Silly Songs with Larry, the part of th... |
75.43 |
0.9782 |
0.5735 |
112 |
1 |
75.43 |
2020-08-28 |
| 7. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
75.37 |
1.0993 |
0.4533 |
265 |
3 |
60.98 |
2015-01-21 |
| 8. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
74.06 |
1.1018 |
0.4238 |
220 |
3 |
54.54 |
2016-02-08 |
| 9. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
73.03 |
1.0516 |
0.4529 |
281 |
2 |
68.34 |
2016-02-08 |
| 10. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
72.90 |
1.0426 |
0.4593 |
323 |
3 |
51.28 |
2013-08-12 |
| 11. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
71.65 |
1.0799 |
0.3960 |
243 |
2 |
56.17 |
2015-01-21 |
| 12. |
Corn is what feeds the steer that becomes the steak. Corn fe... |
71.31 |
1.0008 |
0.4820 |
473 |
1 |
71.31 |
2025-02-02 |
| 13. |
We were playing checkers. I used to kid her once in a while ... |
70.67 |
0.9943 |
0.4615 |
373 |
1 |
70.67 |
2015-01-21 |
| 14. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
70.18 |
1.0396 |
0.4060 |
149 |
5 |
46.45 |
2013-08-12 |
| 15. |
The less you do with the controls, the less chance of error.... |
70.02 |
1.0905 |
0.3666 |
210 |
2 |
65.33 |
2015-01-21 |
| 16. |
In the early days of paperback books, the paper used was ver... |
69.75 |
0.9362 |
0.5015 |
316 |
1 |
69.75 |
2017-09-22 |
| 17. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
68.17 |
1.0454 |
0.3603 |
255 |
1 |
68.17 |
2013-08-12 |
| 18. |
After the grapes are crushed, yeasts (tiny one-celled organi... |
67.61 |
0.9673 |
0.4433 |
232 |
2 |
59.49 |
2015-02-12 |
| 19. |
Although the United Nations does not have the power to enfor... |
67.60 |
1.0284 |
0.3813 |
282 |
2 |
61.79 |
2016-02-08 |
| 20. |
The truth of the matter is that there are a lot of available... |
67.60 |
1.0343 |
0.3751 |
242 |
2 |
54.37 |
2015-01-21 |
| 21. |
Rhymes trap you into saying things you don't want to say. A ... |
66.99 |
1.0292 |
0.3504 |
262 |
3 |
54.21 |
2013-08-12 |
| 22. |
Every craft and every investigation, and likewise every acti... |
66.96 |
1.0545 |
0.3364 |
416 |
1 |
66.96 |
2015-01-21 |
| 23. |
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you... |
66.46 |
1.1022 |
0.2805 |
259 |
1 |
66.46 |
2012-11-22 |
| 24. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
66.21 |
1.0666 |
0.2968 |
297 |
2 |
56.41 |
2013-08-12 |
| 25. |
I never said I would stay to the end - I knew I would leave ... |
65.51 |
1.0763 |
0.2861 |
367 |
1 |
65.51 |
2013-08-12 |
| 26. |
Can we love until there's nothing left and we're collecting ... |
64.50 |
0.9575 |
0.3714 |
375 |
1 |
64.50 |
2020-08-28 |
| 27. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
64.35 |
1.0073 |
0.3184 |
369 |
1 |
64.35 |
2015-01-21 |
| 28. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
64.28 |
1.0203 |
0.3036 |
261 |
5 |
46.53 |
2015-02-12 |
| 29. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
64.24 |
0.9289 |
0.3943 |
204 |
4 |
54.49 |
2013-08-12 |
| 30. |
Today, computers have taken this ancient art out of the craf... |
64.13 |
1.0232 |
0.3149 |
350 |
1 |
64.13 |
2016-02-08 |
| 31. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
64.09 |
1.0120 |
0.3079 |
290 |
3 |
55.90 |
2017-09-22 |
| 32. |
I know that the idea of raising well-rounded, smarter kids c... |
63.81 |
1.0328 |
0.2920 |
356 |
1 |
63.81 |
2013-08-12 |
| 33. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
63.40 |
1.0334 |
0.2716 |
131 |
1 |
63.40 |
2015-01-21 |
| 34. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
63.12 |
0.9897 |
0.3106 |
274 |
1 |
63.12 |
2017-09-22 |
| 35. |
At first we were silent, but finally we considered ourselves... |
63.04 |
0.9559 |
0.3428 |
195 |
1 |
63.04 |
2012-03-26 |
| 36. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
62.91 |
1.0498 |
0.2454 |
180 |
3 |
48.56 |
2012-03-26 |
| 37. |
There is no physical separation after the slicing, so that e... |
62.86 |
1.0173 |
0.2958 |
268 |
4 |
48.11 |
2013-08-12 |
| 38. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
62.56 |
0.9597 |
0.3293 |
347 |
1 |
62.56 |
2013-08-12 |
| 39. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
62.21 |
1.0486 |
0.2325 |
289 |
1 |
62.21 |
2016-02-08 |
| 40. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
62.06 |
0.9636 |
0.3144 |
254 |
2 |
49.23 |
2013-08-12 |
| 41. |
It's a blue savanna song: somewhere cross the desert, someti... |
61.97 |
1.0211 |
0.2680 |
213 |
4 |
42.76 |
2013-08-12 |
| 42. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
61.96 |
0.9540 |
0.3223 |
285 |
1 |
61.96 |
2015-02-12 |
| 43. |
However, let us leave aside the philosophical, social, and e... |
61.74 |
0.9569 |
0.3193 |
410 |
1 |
61.74 |
2013-08-12 |
| 44. |
Caravans were being raided in a forest north of Rangoon by a... |
61.62 |
0.9266 |
0.3431 |
278 |
1 |
61.62 |
2013-08-12 |
| 45. |
I don't think we could have asked for a more beautiful eveni... |
61.41 |
0.8956 |
0.3705 |
174 |
1 |
61.41 |
2020-08-28 |
| 46. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
61.39 |
0.9266 |
0.3379 |
267 |
5 |
41.70 |
2015-01-21 |
| 47. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
61.39 |
0.9966 |
0.2679 |
259 |
3 |
49.02 |
2015-01-21 |
| 48. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
61.17 |
1.0029 |
0.2568 |
209 |
3 |
46.46 |
2015-01-21 |
| 49. |
I'm so glad you came, I'm so glad you remembered, the walkin... |
61.01 |
1.0574 |
0.2102 |
205 |
2 |
53.83 |
2015-02-12 |
| 50. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
61.00 |
1.0577 |
0.1983 |
247 |
3 |
51.10 |
2013-08-12 |
| 51. |
Come sail your ships around me and burn your bridges down. W... |
60.91 |
1.0719 |
0.1924 |
360 |
1 |
60.91 |
2012-11-22 |
| 52. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
60.91 |
0.9894 |
0.2652 |
323 |
1 |
60.91 |
2015-01-21 |
| 53. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
60.70 |
1.0095 |
0.2404 |
316 |
1 |
60.70 |
2015-01-21 |
| 54. |
I don't want tickets, I need you to find me a painting, a cl... |
60.31 |
1.0506 |
0.2027 |
277 |
1 |
60.31 |
2025-02-02 |
| 55. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
60.26 |
0.9614 |
0.2798 |
292 |
1 |
60.26 |
2013-08-12 |
| 56. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
60.16 |
1.0596 |
0.1791 |
239 |
2 |
53.08 |
2012-11-22 |
| 57. |
Listen well, we are different than regular people because we... |
59.75 |
1.0335 |
0.2016 |
507 |
1 |
59.75 |
2025-02-18 |
| 58. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
59.20 |
0.9857 |
0.2333 |
293 |
2 |
45.08 |
2012-03-26 |
| 59. |
Everything in my own immediate experience supports my deep b... |
59.20 |
0.9453 |
0.2753 |
171 |
1 |
59.20 |
2020-08-28 |
| 60. |
Most popular song lyrics have two sections - a verse and a b... |
58.83 |
0.9699 |
0.2415 |
269 |
1 |
58.83 |
2015-01-21 |
| 61. |
Everything we hold dear likewise resolves into its original ... |
58.76 |
1.0177 |
0.2042 |
392 |
1 |
58.76 |
2015-01-21 |
| 62. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
58.52 |
0.9780 |
0.2271 |
337 |
3 |
47.61 |
2013-08-12 |
| 63. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
58.45 |
0.9084 |
0.2955 |
404 |
1 |
58.45 |
2013-08-12 |
| 64. |
This was the most delicious meal he'd had in recent years, a... |
58.35 |
1.0214 |
0.1974 |
281 |
1 |
58.35 |
2012-11-22 |
| 65. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
58.26 |
1.0419 |
0.1575 |
261 |
3 |
47.36 |
2012-11-22 |
| 66. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
57.93 |
0.8826 |
0.3109 |
296 |
1 |
57.93 |
2015-02-12 |
| 67. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
57.47 |
0.9646 |
0.2192 |
264 |
2 |
46.49 |
2012-03-26 |
| 68. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
57.37 |
0.9286 |
0.2528 |
194 |
3 |
51.05 |
2015-01-21 |
| 69. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
57.28 |
1.0124 |
0.1668 |
204 |
3 |
53.21 |
2016-02-08 |
| 70. |
O clear intelligence, force beyond all measure! Gentlemen, I... |
57.16 |
0.9976 |
0.1898 |
174 |
1 |
57.16 |
2012-03-26 |
| 71. |
Unlike the other four senses located in the logical regions ... |
57.01 |
1.0346 |
0.1559 |
244 |
2 |
48.44 |
2015-01-21 |
| 72. |
I believe in love, and I know that you do too. And I believe... |
56.47 |
1.0384 |
0.1237 |
183 |
1 |
56.47 |
2015-01-21 |
| 73. |
We often believe the more we practice a skill or technique -... |
56.34 |
0.9907 |
0.1792 |
397 |
1 |
56.34 |
2013-08-12 |
| 74. |
Had dreams. Two of 'em. Both had my father. It's peculiar. I... |
55.88 |
0.9678 |
0.1914 |
445 |
1 |
55.88 |
2015-02-12 |
| 75. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
55.66 |
0.9754 |
0.1711 |
362 |
2 |
45.75 |
2012-11-22 |
| 76. |
First, the layer of dough bakes into bread, a low-water-cont... |
55.39 |
0.9089 |
0.2320 |
342 |
1 |
55.39 |
2013-08-12 |
| 77. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
55.30 |
0.9649 |
0.1738 |
193 |
2 |
48.51 |
2010-10-17 |
| 78. |
Many rivers to cross but I can't seem to find my way over. W... |
55.22 |
1.0361 |
0.1008 |
269 |
2 |
42.62 |
2012-03-26 |
| 79. |
Air-conditioned, odorless, illuminated by buzzing fluorescen... |
55.08 |
0.9216 |
0.2267 |
255 |
2 |
50.67 |
2015-01-21 |
| 80. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
55.00 |
1.0016 |
0.1308 |
218 |
2 |
51.26 |
2013-08-12 |
| 81. |
Historian James C. Cobb has described southern identity as "... |
54.86 |
0.9176 |
0.2238 |
267 |
1 |
54.86 |
2013-08-12 |
| 82. |
Allow me first to apologize for this interruption. I do, lik... |
54.20 |
0.8941 |
0.2226 |
216 |
1 |
54.20 |
2015-01-21 |
| 83. |
You ask Raymond what he does for a living and he says, "I br... |
54.20 |
1.0264 |
0.1007 |
422 |
1 |
54.20 |
2013-08-12 |
| 84. |
No, you're not. You don't know how to drink. Your whole gene... |
54.18 |
0.9604 |
0.1558 |
255 |
1 |
54.18 |
2017-09-22 |
| 85. |
A total of twenty-five friends were headed from San Francisc... |
53.75 |
0.9243 |
0.1943 |
448 |
1 |
53.75 |
2013-08-12 |
| 86. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
53.46 |
0.9899 |
0.1105 |
163 |
3 |
50.90 |
2013-08-12 |
| 87. |
Some have a positive vocation for breaking open safes: from ... |
53.43 |
0.9670 |
0.1489 |
307 |
1 |
53.43 |
2013-08-12 |
| 88. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
53.42 |
0.9846 |
0.1152 |
281 |
1 |
53.42 |
2012-11-22 |
| 89. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
53.30 |
0.8553 |
0.2420 |
174 |
1 |
53.30 |
2013-08-12 |
| 90. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
52.38 |
0.8852 |
0.1934 |
201 |
2 |
50.58 |
2015-01-21 |
| 91. |
Here then was the paradox of the President's speech. We norm... |
52.22 |
0.8139 |
0.2628 |
313 |
1 |
52.22 |
2017-09-22 |
| 92. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
51.75 |
0.9309 |
0.1343 |
284 |
2 |
42.41 |
2012-03-26 |
| 93. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
51.68 |
0.8996 |
0.1643 |
192 |
1 |
51.68 |
2013-08-12 |
| 94. |
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, t... |
50.70 |
1.0767 |
-0.0333 |
212 |
1 |
50.70 |
2009-11-03 |
| 95. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
50.69 |
0.8867 |
0.1576 |
163 |
1 |
50.69 |
2009-11-15 |
| 96. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
50.66 |
1.0528 |
-0.0106 |
201 |
1 |
50.66 |
2013-08-12 |
| 97. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
50.62 |
0.8595 |
0.1827 |
242 |
2 |
43.77 |
2013-08-12 |
| 98. |
The more stupid one is, the closer one is to reality. The mo... |
50.17 |
0.9719 |
0.0622 |
249 |
1 |
50.17 |
2017-09-22 |
| 99. |
They say that right after God created man, he took a rib fro... |
49.51 |
1.0795 |
-0.0472 |
226 |
3 |
44.25 |
2010-01-09 |
| 100. |
Mac knew the score even if Aunt Ella didn't. Shot through th... |
49.29 |
0.9905 |
0.0336 |
337 |
1 |
49.29 |
2015-02-12 |
| 101. |
We go waiting for the stars to come showering down. From Mos... |
49.21 |
1.0379 |
-0.0096 |
245 |
2 |
44.59 |
2009-11-05 |
| 102. |
My friend, I shall be pedagogic, and say you ought to start ... |
48.85 |
1.0125 |
-0.0072 |
224 |
2 |
41.30 |
2010-10-17 |
| 103. |
I sincerely believe that if women study male lessons on conc... |
48.02 |
0.9485 |
0.0393 |
291 |
1 |
48.02 |
2015-01-21 |
| 104. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
47.78 |
0.9965 |
-0.0133 |
168 |
4 |
37.17 |
2009-11-04 |
| 105. |
I've heard there was a secret chord that David played, and i... |
47.76 |
0.9912 |
0.0032 |
237 |
1 |
47.76 |
2011-01-12 |
| 106. |
The brain can be a tool. But when you can't stop thinking of... |
47.73 |
0.9221 |
0.0604 |
244 |
1 |
47.73 |
2009-11-11 |
| 107. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
47.55 |
0.9866 |
-0.0078 |
218 |
2 |
45.88 |
2009-11-11 |
| 108. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
47.11 |
0.8975 |
0.0728 |
268 |
1 |
47.11 |
2010-01-09 |
| 109. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
46.96 |
1.0296 |
-0.0631 |
437 |
2 |
45.51 |
2009-11-15 |
| 110. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
46.66 |
1.0714 |
-0.1116 |
129 |
2 |
42.01 |
2009-11-11 |
| 111. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
46.49 |
0.9724 |
-0.0150 |
237 |
1 |
46.49 |
2009-11-05 |
| 112. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
46.38 |
0.9769 |
-0.0225 |
263 |
3 |
42.85 |
2009-11-12 |
| 113. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
46.04 |
1.0768 |
-0.1135 |
295 |
1 |
46.04 |
2009-12-01 |
| 114. |
In general, many of these targets are easier marks if you ar... |
45.97 |
0.9350 |
0.0117 |
195 |
1 |
45.97 |
2010-01-09 |
| 115. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
45.91 |
1.0263 |
-0.0815 |
267 |
5 |
42.48 |
2009-12-01 |
| 116. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
45.70 |
0.9758 |
-0.0355 |
314 |
3 |
41.92 |
2009-11-14 |
| 117. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
45.55 |
1.0368 |
-0.0993 |
276 |
1 |
45.55 |
2009-11-15 |
| 118. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
45.53 |
1.0063 |
-0.0694 |
371 |
1 |
45.53 |
2009-10-29 |
| 119. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
45.41 |
1.0352 |
-0.1006 |
341 |
1 |
45.41 |
2009-11-14 |
| 120. |
Since the ninja is that being than which nothing sweeter can... |
45.39 |
0.8919 |
0.0419 |
152 |
1 |
45.39 |
2009-10-01 |
| 121. |
When we conceive of the sweetest being ever, we are conceivi... |
45.24 |
1.1014 |
-0.1550 |
273 |
2 |
43.33 |
2009-11-11 |
| 122. |
They knew they were privileged to have these choices, but th... |
45.21 |
1.0042 |
-0.0615 |
352 |
1 |
45.21 |
2011-01-12 |
| 123. |
Sholes split up the most common pairings of letters in the E... |
45.15 |
0.8653 |
0.0652 |
255 |
2 |
43.62 |
2009-11-04 |
| 124. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
45.10 |
1.0565 |
-0.1286 |
247 |
3 |
41.42 |
2009-11-11 |
| 125. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
45.05 |
0.9068 |
0.0212 |
269 |
1 |
45.05 |
2009-11-11 |
| 126. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
44.89 |
0.8910 |
0.0337 |
150 |
1 |
44.89 |
2009-11-05 |
| 127. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
44.65 |
0.9213 |
-0.0021 |
295 |
1 |
44.65 |
2009-12-01 |
| 128. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
44.40 |
1.0201 |
-0.1067 |
172 |
2 |
42.12 |
2009-11-15 |
| 129. |
A zealot might be, for instance, an individual with a person... |
44.36 |
1.0150 |
-0.0844 |
325 |
2 |
40.55 |
2009-11-04 |
| 130. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
44.30 |
0.9464 |
-0.0344 |
323 |
1 |
44.30 |
2009-11-05 |
| 131. |
For all its apparent strength, the Aztec Empire had vulnerab... |
44.23 |
0.7988 |
0.1126 |
219 |
1 |
44.23 |
2009-12-01 |
| 132. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
44.23 |
1.0060 |
-0.0961 |
171 |
1 |
44.23 |
2009-11-06 |
| 133. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
44.14 |
0.9593 |
-0.0506 |
398 |
2 |
43.32 |
2009-11-05 |
| 134. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
44.01 |
1.0314 |
-0.1136 |
452 |
1 |
44.01 |
2009-11-03 |
| 135. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
43.91 |
0.9125 |
-0.0089 |
308 |
1 |
43.91 |
2012-11-22 |
| 136. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
43.84 |
1.0099 |
-0.1083 |
207 |
1 |
43.84 |
2009-11-06 |
| 137. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
43.74 |
1.0331 |
-0.1334 |
234 |
2 |
41.29 |
2009-11-12 |
| 138. |
Contrary to the feminist cant, there are many things we can ... |
43.55 |
1.0412 |
-0.1459 |
225 |
2 |
43.03 |
2009-11-04 |
| 139. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
43.49 |
0.9729 |
-0.0774 |
255 |
1 |
43.49 |
2009-11-05 |
| 140. |
From compositional considerations the tomato layer would be ... |
43.39 |
1.0375 |
-0.1244 |
200 |
4 |
41.77 |
2009-11-05 |
| 141. |
Here, the oregano and other trace materials sitting on the s... |
43.34 |
0.9873 |
-0.0951 |
155 |
1 |
43.34 |
2009-11-05 |
| 142. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
43.27 |
1.0441 |
-0.1541 |
252 |
1 |
43.27 |
2009-11-11 |
| 143. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
43.23 |
1.0483 |
-0.1593 |
227 |
1 |
43.23 |
2009-11-01 |
| 144. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
43.15 |
1.0515 |
-0.1641 |
250 |
1 |
43.15 |
2009-10-14 |
| 145. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
43.01 |
0.9844 |
-0.0995 |
293 |
1 |
43.01 |
2009-11-11 |
| 146. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
42.89 |
1.0252 |
-0.1432 |
176 |
2 |
41.07 |
2010-01-09 |
| 147. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
42.87 |
1.0109 |
-0.1290 |
276 |
2 |
41.05 |
2009-10-29 |
| 148. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
42.82 |
1.0444 |
-0.1638 |
197 |
2 |
40.07 |
2009-11-01 |
| 149. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
42.57 |
1.0788 |
-0.2035 |
171 |
1 |
42.57 |
2009-10-27 |
| 150. |
There are still some places where you can get all you can ea... |
42.46 |
0.9722 |
-0.0979 |
283 |
2 |
41.37 |
2010-01-09 |
| 151. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
42.45 |
0.9820 |
-0.1084 |
267 |
1 |
42.45 |
2009-11-05 |
| 152. |
Your ring finger is the most difficult of all fingers to con... |
42.42 |
0.9884 |
-0.1153 |
262 |
1 |
42.42 |
2009-11-11 |
| 153. |
Many people limit themselves to leading boring, dull lives b... |
42.24 |
1.0944 |
-0.2085 |
308 |
1 |
42.24 |
2009-11-11 |
| 154. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
42.22 |
1.0013 |
-0.1327 |
273 |
2 |
40.39 |
2009-11-11 |
| 155. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
42.07 |
1.0389 |
-0.1735 |
340 |
1 |
42.07 |
2009-11-05 |
| 156. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
42.04 |
1.0797 |
-0.2153 |
210 |
1 |
42.04 |
2009-11-01 |
| 157. |
You've got a way to keep me on your side. You give me cause ... |
41.98 |
1.0521 |
-0.1894 |
171 |
1 |
41.98 |
2009-10-29 |
| 158. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
41.89 |
1.1114 |
-0.2504 |
247 |
1 |
41.89 |
2009-10-14 |
| 159. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
41.87 |
1.0529 |
-0.1919 |
351 |
2 |
40.22 |
2009-11-04 |
| 160. |
During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans... |
41.79 |
0.8573 |
0.0034 |
270 |
2 |
38.46 |
2009-11-11 |
| 161. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
41.63 |
0.9278 |
-0.0709 |
295 |
1 |
41.63 |
2009-11-05 |
| 162. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
41.61 |
1.0004 |
-0.1447 |
212 |
1 |
41.61 |
2009-12-01 |
| 163. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
41.54 |
1.0462 |
-0.1919 |
184 |
1 |
41.54 |
2010-10-16 |
| 164. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
41.47 |
0.8935 |
-0.0391 |
328 |
1 |
41.47 |
2009-11-05 |
| 165. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
41.27 |
0.9682 |
-0.1197 |
143 |
2 |
37.76 |
2009-11-05 |
| 166. |
The girls I like best are ones I never feel much like kiddin... |
41.23 |
0.9063 |
-0.0577 |
239 |
1 |
41.23 |
2009-10-29 |
| 167. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
41.21 |
0.9084 |
-0.0604 |
300 |
1 |
41.21 |
2009-10-14 |
| 168. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
41.13 |
0.8947 |
-0.0479 |
366 |
1 |
41.13 |
2009-11-14 |
| 169. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
41.11 |
0.9691 |
-0.1232 |
223 |
1 |
41.11 |
2009-11-03 |
| 170. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
41.09 |
1.0214 |
-0.1764 |
269 |
1 |
41.09 |
2009-11-11 |
| 171. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
40.88 |
0.8811 |
-0.0390 |
239 |
1 |
40.88 |
2009-11-11 |
| 172. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
40.87 |
0.9731 |
-0.1325 |
129 |
3 |
34.49 |
2009-11-05 |
| 173. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
40.84 |
0.8559 |
-0.0151 |
191 |
2 |
38.47 |
2009-10-28 |
| 174. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
40.68 |
1.0138 |
-0.1769 |
231 |
1 |
40.68 |
2009-11-04 |
| 175. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
40.61 |
0.8628 |
-0.0266 |
196 |
1 |
40.61 |
2009-11-01 |
| 176. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
40.53 |
0.9710 |
-0.1373 |
173 |
2 |
38.18 |
2009-10-22 |
| 177. |
The term "barbarian" was created by the Greeks; it was origi... |
40.53 |
0.9509 |
-0.1013 |
225 |
1 |
40.53 |
2010-01-09 |
| 178. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
40.49 |
0.9430 |
-0.1102 |
211 |
1 |
40.49 |
2009-11-08 |
| 179. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
40.39 |
0.9257 |
-0.0940 |
317 |
1 |
40.39 |
2009-11-04 |
| 180. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
40.37 |
0.9251 |
-0.0944 |
177 |
1 |
40.37 |
2009-10-27 |
| 181. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
40.35 |
0.9772 |
-0.1472 |
217 |
2 |
37.08 |
2009-11-04 |
| 182. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
40.33 |
0.9805 |
-0.1510 |
292 |
1 |
40.33 |
2009-11-01 |
| 183. |
Webster defines intelligence as, "the ability to apprehend i... |
40.27 |
0.8670 |
-0.0381 |
318 |
2 |
38.48 |
2009-11-15 |
| 184. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
40.12 |
1.0349 |
-0.2098 |
234 |
1 |
40.12 |
2009-10-01 |
| 185. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
40.08 |
1.0034 |
-0.1792 |
302 |
2 |
39.56 |
2009-11-06 |
| 186. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
39.92 |
0.9088 |
-0.0871 |
348 |
1 |
39.92 |
2009-11-08 |
| 187. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
39.71 |
0.8956 |
-0.0776 |
217 |
1 |
39.71 |
2009-11-11 |
| 188. |
Other keyboard layouts have been created since, and some are... |
39.63 |
0.9576 |
-0.1416 |
212 |
1 |
39.63 |
2009-10-28 |
| 189. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
39.52 |
0.9567 |
-0.1436 |
273 |
2 |
39.07 |
2009-11-15 |
| 190. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
39.47 |
1.0297 |
-0.2183 |
249 |
1 |
39.47 |
2009-11-04 |
| 191. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
39.44 |
0.9997 |
-0.1882 |
382 |
1 |
39.44 |
2009-11-05 |
| 192. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
39.39 |
0.8890 |
-0.0788 |
199 |
1 |
39.39 |
2009-11-15 |
| 193. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
39.17 |
0.9946 |
-0.1891 |
246 |
2 |
36.80 |
2009-11-05 |
| 194. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
39.12 |
1.0487 |
-0.2448 |
231 |
1 |
39.12 |
2009-10-29 |
| 195. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
39.03 |
0.9376 |
-0.1346 |
367 |
1 |
39.03 |
2010-01-09 |
| 196. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
38.91 |
1.0165 |
-0.2163 |
392 |
1 |
38.91 |
2009-11-05 |
| 197. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
38.87 |
0.9514 |
-0.1520 |
237 |
1 |
38.87 |
2009-11-01 |
| 198. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
38.87 |
1.0261 |
-0.2269 |
273 |
2 |
38.71 |
2009-11-04 |
| 199. |
Is it sweeter to exist only in the mind or to exist both in ... |
38.83 |
0.8551 |
-0.0563 |
171 |
1 |
38.83 |
2009-10-17 |
| 200. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
38.52 |
0.9795 |
-0.1875 |
308 |
2 |
37.48 |
2009-11-05 |
| 201. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
38.51 |
0.8958 |
-0.1033 |
322 |
1 |
38.51 |
2009-11-01 |
| 202. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
38.44 |
0.8961 |
-0.1052 |
189 |
1 |
38.44 |
2009-10-14 |
| 203. |
It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from... |
38.43 |
0.8533 |
-0.0620 |
232 |
3 |
33.70 |
2009-11-05 |
| 204. |
I remember when we used to sit in the government yard in Tre... |
38.41 |
0.9965 |
-0.2068 |
277 |
1 |
38.41 |
2010-01-23 |
| 205. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
38.39 |
0.9351 |
-0.1455 |
190 |
1 |
38.39 |
2009-11-04 |
| 206. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
38.38 |
1.0201 |
-0.2306 |
375 |
1 |
38.38 |
2009-09-21 |
| 207. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
38.31 |
0.9776 |
-0.1896 |
308 |
1 |
38.31 |
2009-11-05 |
| 208. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
38.16 |
0.9128 |
-0.1273 |
133 |
1 |
38.16 |
2009-10-22 |
| 209. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
38.02 |
0.9293 |
-0.1474 |
355 |
1 |
38.02 |
2009-11-14 |
| 210. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
37.93 |
1.0053 |
-0.2254 |
232 |
1 |
37.93 |
2009-10-22 |
| 211. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
37.76 |
0.9964 |
-0.2201 |
203 |
1 |
37.76 |
2009-11-04 |
| 212. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
37.68 |
1.0251 |
-0.2507 |
261 |
1 |
37.68 |
2009-10-29 |
| 213. |
The intelligent person is able to identify a problem and fin... |
37.59 |
0.8157 |
-0.0421 |
121 |
1 |
37.59 |
2009-10-29 |
| 214. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
37.44 |
0.9202 |
-0.1502 |
254 |
1 |
37.44 |
2009-10-22 |
| 215. |
Like painting, most software is intended for a human audienc... |
37.43 |
0.9572 |
-0.1870 |
201 |
1 |
37.43 |
2009-10-22 |
| 216. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
37.40 |
0.8770 |
-0.1074 |
300 |
1 |
37.40 |
2009-11-03 |
| 217. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
37.31 |
0.8809 |
-0.1132 |
127 |
1 |
37.31 |
2009-11-03 |
| 218. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
37.22 |
0.9865 |
-0.2211 |
276 |
2 |
33.54 |
2009-11-01 |
| 219. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
37.15 |
0.8971 |
-0.1326 |
266 |
1 |
37.15 |
2009-10-29 |
| 220. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
37.07 |
0.9429 |
-0.1806 |
287 |
1 |
37.07 |
2009-10-29 |
| 221. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
37.01 |
0.8792 |
-0.1168 |
296 |
1 |
37.01 |
2009-11-01 |
| 222. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
36.93 |
0.9426 |
-0.1828 |
317 |
1 |
36.93 |
2009-10-14 |
| 223. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
36.77 |
1.0390 |
-0.2839 |
205 |
1 |
36.77 |
2009-11-04 |
| 224. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
36.62 |
0.9684 |
-0.2153 |
388 |
1 |
36.62 |
2009-10-27 |
| 225. |
The typewriter had a problem, though. Try to type quickly on... |
36.58 |
0.8791 |
-0.1259 |
190 |
1 |
36.58 |
2009-10-28 |
| 226. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
36.48 |
1.0201 |
-0.2702 |
303 |
1 |
36.48 |
2009-11-06 |
| 227. |
All Ninja are men of peace, and must always remain so or los... |
36.40 |
0.9583 |
-0.1947 |
341 |
1 |
36.40 |
2009-10-01 |
| 228. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
36.22 |
0.9275 |
-0.1829 |
211 |
1 |
36.22 |
2010-01-23 |
| 229. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
36.05 |
1.0385 |
-0.2977 |
230 |
2 |
35.55 |
2009-11-04 |
| 230. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
36.01 |
0.9226 |
-0.1811 |
348 |
1 |
36.01 |
2009-10-17 |
| 231. |
I'm a hopeless dancer, but this looks like you just screw in... |
35.95 |
0.8951 |
-0.1553 |
193 |
1 |
35.95 |
2009-12-01 |
| 232. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
35.90 |
1.0417 |
-0.3038 |
253 |
1 |
35.90 |
2009-11-04 |
| 233. |
Your primary objective should be to touch-type; that is, to ... |
35.52 |
0.7826 |
-0.0526 |
97 |
1 |
35.52 |
2009-10-14 |
| 234. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
35.42 |
0.9212 |
-0.1927 |
323 |
1 |
35.42 |
2009-11-11 |
| 235. |
Radiation could be precisely determined, in principle, if we... |
34.65 |
0.8793 |
-0.1665 |
157 |
1 |
34.65 |
2009-09-21 |
| 236. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
34.65 |
0.8821 |
-0.1692 |
176 |
1 |
34.65 |
2009-10-29 |
| 237. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
34.53 |
1.0168 |
-0.3074 |
271 |
1 |
34.53 |
2009-11-02 |
| 238. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
34.42 |
0.8154 |
-0.1071 |
193 |
1 |
34.42 |
2009-10-01 |
| 239. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
34.36 |
0.8722 |
-0.1653 |
285 |
2 |
33.93 |
2009-11-03 |
| 240. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
34.31 |
0.9886 |
-0.2832 |
220 |
1 |
34.31 |
2009-10-22 |
| 241. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
34.24 |
1.0183 |
-0.3149 |
191 |
1 |
34.24 |
2009-10-28 |
| 242. |
People get ready, there's a train coming. You don't need no ... |
34.16 |
1.0033 |
-0.3015 |
189 |
1 |
34.16 |
2009-09-21 |
| 243. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
33.81 |
0.9330 |
-0.2379 |
360 |
2 |
33.04 |
2009-10-22 |
| 244. |
The melted mozzarella layer, which we shall designate MML, i... |
33.42 |
1.0254 |
-0.3197 |
217 |
1 |
33.42 |
2009-10-01 |
| 245. |
There was a stage and a PA up in western Massachusetts and t... |
33.32 |
0.9212 |
-0.2355 |
231 |
1 |
33.32 |
2009-10-22 |
| 246. |
He managed to open the cupboard door with his nose and found... |
32.59 |
0.9127 |
-0.2425 |
252 |
1 |
32.59 |
2009-11-03 |
| 247. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
32.42 |
0.9986 |
-0.3326 |
283 |
2 |
32.23 |
2009-09-21 |
| 248. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
32.34 |
1.0062 |
-0.3415 |
288 |
1 |
32.34 |
2009-10-17 |
| 249. |
He was rough around the edges. He'd been to school, but neve... |
32.33 |
0.8731 |
-0.2077 |
199 |
1 |
32.33 |
2009-10-17 |
| 250. |
I had a job, I had a girl. I had something going, mister, in... |
32.27 |
1.0218 |
-0.3592 |
268 |
1 |
32.27 |
2009-09-21 |
| 251. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
32.26 |
0.7259 |
-0.0619 |
186 |
1 |
32.26 |
2009-10-14 |
| 252. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
31.66 |
0.9168 |
-0.2662 |
240 |
1 |
31.66 |
2009-11-01 |
| 253. |
Over the past decade, we've seen strong economic growth but ... |
31.61 |
0.8096 |
-0.1588 |
209 |
1 |
31.61 |
2009-10-01 |
| 254. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
30.57 |
0.9164 |
-0.2879 |
305 |
1 |
30.57 |
2009-11-03 |
| 255. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
29.51 |
0.9485 |
-0.3418 |
236 |
1 |
29.51 |
2009-10-27 |
| 256. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
24.74 |
0.8916 |
-0.3838 |
216 |
1 |
24.74 |
2009-10-01 |