| Rank |
Text |
Best WPM |
Overall Difficulty |
Relative Speed |
Text Length |
Races |
Average WPM |
Last race |
| 1. |
Trudging slowly over wet sand, back to the bench where your ... |
96.53 |
0.9710 |
0.2966 |
173 |
3 |
76.83 |
2008-11-12 |
| 2. |
Remember that humor is written backwards. That means you fir... |
89.58 |
1.0714 |
0.1011 |
129 |
6 |
76.38 |
2008-11-13 |
| 3. |
The example of painting can teach us not only how to manage ... |
87.95 |
1.0787 |
0.0797 |
237 |
7 |
75.51 |
2008-11-10 |
| 4. |
In the casino, the cardinal rule is to keep them playing and... |
87.82 |
1.1018 |
0.0497 |
220 |
13 |
72.04 |
2008-11-14 |
| 5. |
Popularity is only partially about individual attractiveness... |
86.36 |
1.0025 |
0.1359 |
256 |
5 |
73.59 |
2008-11-15 |
| 6. |
Good games offer players a set of challenging problems and t... |
86.32 |
1.0796 |
0.0535 |
129 |
6 |
72.53 |
2008-11-14 |
| 7. |
The chemistry of an element is determined by the manner in w... |
86.08 |
1.0023 |
0.1305 |
211 |
6 |
73.12 |
2008-11-04 |
| 8. |
San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time ... |
84.64 |
1.0799 |
0.0319 |
243 |
10 |
73.47 |
2008-11-14 |
| 9. |
And you know it's time to go, through the sleet and driving ... |
84.17 |
1.0487 |
0.0556 |
231 |
12 |
73.21 |
2008-11-11 |
| 10. |
I know a bloke who knows a bloke who knows a bloke. Now, I k... |
83.92 |
1.0398 |
0.0556 |
110 |
6 |
65.76 |
2008-11-14 |
| 11. |
Let me tell you why you're here. You're here because you kno... |
83.81 |
1.0445 |
0.0609 |
373 |
6 |
68.96 |
2008-11-15 |
| 12. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
83.60 |
1.0613 |
0.0454 |
456 |
6 |
75.62 |
2008-11-15 |
| 13. |
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart a... |
83.45 |
1.0829 |
0.0183 |
288 |
11 |
74.10 |
2008-11-15 |
| 14. |
The most precious treasures we have in life are the images w... |
83.43 |
1.0596 |
0.0377 |
239 |
5 |
75.25 |
2008-11-15 |
| 15. |
As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; f... |
83.41 |
1.0613 |
0.0387 |
266 |
5 |
74.39 |
2008-11-07 |
| 16. |
I don't believe in painted roses or bleeding hearts while bu... |
83.25 |
1.0444 |
0.0460 |
197 |
4 |
74.46 |
2008-11-14 |
| 17. |
You have a class of young strong men and women, and they wan... |
83.09 |
1.0993 |
-0.0065 |
265 |
8 |
75.76 |
2008-11-13 |
| 18. |
Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day, you fritte... |
82.98 |
1.0797 |
0.0081 |
210 |
10 |
69.94 |
2008-11-15 |
| 19. |
The only preventive thing I do is wash clothes after buying ... |
82.78 |
1.0368 |
0.0548 |
276 |
6 |
72.26 |
2008-11-13 |
| 20. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
82.74 |
1.0454 |
0.0411 |
255 |
6 |
75.24 |
2008-11-15 |
| 21. |
When you are typing on a typewriter, your input appears dire... |
82.57 |
1.0029 |
0.0786 |
209 |
8 |
67.53 |
2008-11-14 |
| 22. |
Well, it just so happens, this hacienda comes with its very ... |
82.40 |
1.0197 |
0.0631 |
226 |
10 |
70.25 |
2008-11-15 |
| 23. |
All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were ... |
82.40 |
1.0399 |
0.0510 |
294 |
6 |
76.11 |
2008-11-12 |
| 24. |
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope t... |
82.34 |
1.0885 |
-0.0003 |
315 |
6 |
74.04 |
2008-11-14 |
| 25. |
Well, the way they make shows is, they make one show. That s... |
82.32 |
1.0534 |
0.0334 |
357 |
11 |
74.36 |
2008-11-14 |
| 26. |
If there is one thing the history of evolution has taught us... |
82.29 |
1.0099 |
0.0714 |
207 |
9 |
71.68 |
2008-11-14 |
| 27. |
Commas and periods always go inside quotation marks. Colons ... |
82.27 |
0.9897 |
0.0919 |
274 |
8 |
68.82 |
2008-11-14 |
| 28. |
She's got eyes of the bluest skies as if they thought of rai... |
82.12 |
1.0577 |
0.0207 |
247 |
6 |
72.62 |
2008-11-15 |
| 29. |
Good games stay within, but at the outer edge, of the player... |
81.95 |
0.9798 |
0.0942 |
199 |
9 |
71.44 |
2008-11-15 |
| 30. |
A glooming peace this morning with it brings. The sun for so... |
81.86 |
1.0565 |
0.0194 |
247 |
9 |
74.68 |
2008-11-13 |
| 31. |
There is something about yourself that you don't know. Somet... |
81.50 |
1.0666 |
0.0072 |
297 |
8 |
72.60 |
2008-11-14 |
| 32. |
I was shaking like a leaf, so without thinking I lit up a ci... |
81.35 |
0.9681 |
0.1119 |
378 |
5 |
68.97 |
2008-11-15 |
| 33. |
Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing ... |
81.35 |
1.0352 |
0.0391 |
341 |
8 |
69.27 |
2008-11-15 |
| 34. |
The ultimate way to compose is to be able to keyboard as fas... |
81.21 |
1.0426 |
0.0265 |
323 |
13 |
72.87 |
2008-11-15 |
| 35. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
81.18 |
1.0131 |
0.0524 |
225 |
11 |
71.01 |
2008-11-14 |
| 36. |
But speculations on the structure of the universe also move ... |
81.11 |
0.9910 |
0.0794 |
295 |
9 |
70.43 |
2008-11-15 |
| 37. |
We all know people who are very bright but who do not always... |
80.95 |
1.0385 |
0.0260 |
230 |
7 |
67.30 |
2008-11-14 |
| 38. |
Step out the front door like a ghost into the fog where no o... |
80.79 |
1.0567 |
0.0081 |
303 |
11 |
70.63 |
2008-11-14 |
| 39. |
To evaluate an option from the other side's point of view, c... |
80.74 |
1.0203 |
0.0466 |
261 |
8 |
70.40 |
2008-11-15 |
| 40. |
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll ... |
80.63 |
1.0496 |
0.0118 |
314 |
8 |
71.88 |
2008-11-14 |
| 41. |
But the two men were not lonely at all. At home they were co... |
80.48 |
1.0523 |
0.0035 |
256 |
4 |
73.49 |
2008-11-14 |
| 42. |
For centuries, the battle of morality was fought between tho... |
80.46 |
1.1114 |
-0.0543 |
247 |
7 |
71.58 |
2008-11-15 |
| 43. |
I said that I would see you because I had heard that you wer... |
80.30 |
1.0201 |
0.0416 |
375 |
13 |
71.63 |
2008-11-14 |
| 44. |
It was a marvelous night, the sort of night one only experie... |
80.20 |
1.0515 |
0.0029 |
250 |
5 |
66.39 |
2008-11-15 |
| 45. |
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships o... |
79.98 |
0.9941 |
0.0569 |
217 |
11 |
73.29 |
2008-11-15 |
| 46. |
One essential rule: make sure the joke is the last possible ... |
79.93 |
1.0483 |
0.0014 |
227 |
12 |
70.76 |
2008-11-15 |
| 47. |
Humans need to practice what they are learning a good deal b... |
79.93 |
1.1016 |
-0.0488 |
233 |
6 |
73.97 |
2008-11-10 |
| 48. |
One thing I've learned in the last seven years: in every gam... |
79.71 |
1.0528 |
-0.0080 |
201 |
9 |
65.44 |
2008-11-14 |
| 49. |
The Earth is a world, the world is a ball, a ball in a game ... |
79.70 |
1.0788 |
-0.0347 |
171 |
8 |
69.97 |
2008-11-15 |
| 50. |
If you are given too many choices, if you are forced to cons... |
79.68 |
0.9857 |
0.0627 |
293 |
10 |
67.07 |
2008-11-15 |
| 51. |
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things wor... |
79.64 |
1.0462 |
-0.0034 |
184 |
11 |
70.57 |
2008-11-15 |
| 52. |
There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs, that is Pet... |
79.62 |
0.9351 |
0.1080 |
190 |
6 |
65.93 |
2008-11-15 |
| 53. |
What should have been swift revenge turned into an all out w... |
79.27 |
0.9936 |
0.0500 |
311 |
10 |
69.77 |
2008-11-14 |
| 54. |
I still see things that are not here. I just choose not to a... |
79.24 |
0.9991 |
0.0449 |
225 |
5 |
65.23 |
2008-11-14 |
| 55. |
So my heart goes out to them. Figuratively. I would never ac... |
79.22 |
0.9279 |
0.1219 |
317 |
5 |
69.40 |
2008-11-15 |
| 56. |
When I really worry about something, I don't just fool aroun... |
79.21 |
1.0337 |
0.0088 |
214 |
6 |
74.16 |
2008-11-06 |
| 57. |
The world of typing has changed. In the 1970s, every busines... |
79.17 |
0.9540 |
0.0868 |
285 |
4 |
69.95 |
2008-11-12 |
| 58. |
Let's face it: there are tons of things in your home and lif... |
79.13 |
1.0419 |
0.0002 |
261 |
7 |
72.57 |
2008-11-11 |
| 59. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
79.08 |
0.9289 |
0.1102 |
204 |
7 |
71.68 |
2008-11-08 |
| 60. |
Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world sm... |
79.05 |
0.9756 |
0.0641 |
229 |
6 |
71.83 |
2008-11-14 |
| 61. |
Do you know what they call a Quarter-pounder with cheese in ... |
79.03 |
0.9233 |
0.1091 |
168 |
13 |
65.23 |
2008-11-15 |
| 62. |
The brain can be a tool. It can recall phone numbers, solve ... |
78.97 |
1.0340 |
0.0111 |
406 |
9 |
70.12 |
2008-11-14 |
| 63. |
The pathology of setting a deadline to the earliest articula... |
78.76 |
0.9785 |
0.0618 |
335 |
6 |
71.42 |
2008-11-15 |
| 64. |
If you're working out in front of a mirror and watching your... |
78.68 |
1.0486 |
-0.0117 |
289 |
6 |
70.87 |
2008-11-10 |
| 65. |
We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial e... |
78.68 |
0.9485 |
0.0893 |
236 |
12 |
66.09 |
2008-11-15 |
| 66. |
We don't need no education. We don't need no thought control... |
78.64 |
0.9734 |
0.0618 |
289 |
5 |
63.14 |
2008-11-04 |
| 67. |
The time I waited seemed endless, and I felt doubts and fear... |
78.59 |
1.0124 |
0.0201 |
204 |
9 |
70.15 |
2008-11-14 |
| 68. |
I have quit three jobs and been fired from all the rest. Get... |
78.50 |
1.0516 |
-0.0183 |
281 |
4 |
71.10 |
2008-11-03 |
| 69. |
But, pray how could that which I spoke so many years ago, an... |
78.38 |
0.9986 |
0.0341 |
283 |
7 |
70.37 |
2008-11-15 |
| 70. |
I suddenly had the impression that I had been left all alone... |
78.21 |
1.0261 |
0.0018 |
273 |
5 |
72.53 |
2008-11-15 |
| 71. |
When I was your age, television was called books. And this i... |
78.15 |
1.0711 |
-0.0472 |
213 |
5 |
72.62 |
2008-11-08 |
| 72. |
But suddenly, I viddied that thinking was for the gloopy one... |
78.14 |
0.9966 |
0.0317 |
259 |
9 |
72.38 |
2008-11-15 |
| 73. |
There is a theory which states that if anybody ever discover... |
78.12 |
1.0289 |
0.0041 |
276 |
6 |
67.42 |
2008-11-13 |
| 74. |
The unknown future rolls toward us. I face it for the first ... |
77.90 |
1.0252 |
-0.0060 |
176 |
9 |
71.03 |
2008-11-08 |
| 75. |
Comfortable, Mullet? It seems sadly ironic that it's that ti... |
77.89 |
1.0201 |
-0.0014 |
172 |
2 |
66.59 |
2008-11-07 |
| 76. |
Lucid but wholly false recollections can easily be induced b... |
77.78 |
0.9886 |
0.0380 |
220 |
4 |
67.60 |
2008-11-15 |
| 77. |
At first they had tried to keep the finding quiet. After all... |
77.71 |
0.9894 |
0.0381 |
323 |
10 |
73.16 |
2008-11-14 |
| 78. |
It is possible that I already had some presentiment of my fu... |
77.66 |
1.0349 |
-0.0131 |
234 |
7 |
71.17 |
2008-11-13 |
| 79. |
In 1966, Andy Dufresne escaped from Shawshank prison. All th... |
77.61 |
0.9084 |
0.1152 |
300 |
6 |
68.99 |
2008-11-14 |
| 80. |
Ever since I was a child, folks have thought they had me peg... |
77.58 |
1.0334 |
-0.0185 |
131 |
4 |
66.62 |
2008-11-13 |
| 81. |
The alternative to binge travel - the mini retirement - enta... |
77.57 |
1.0417 |
-0.0229 |
253 |
6 |
65.80 |
2008-11-11 |
| 82. |
Good evening, London. Allow me first to apologize for this i... |
77.56 |
0.9676 |
0.0618 |
442 |
10 |
67.97 |
2008-11-15 |
| 83. |
I had a dream. There was our world, and the world was dark b... |
77.50 |
1.0619 |
-0.0380 |
354 |
7 |
69.05 |
2008-11-15 |
| 84. |
Is it really necessary to send that email? The more emails y... |
77.46 |
1.0120 |
0.0070 |
290 |
6 |
70.38 |
2008-11-14 |
| 85. |
And in the world a heart of darkness, a firezone, where poet... |
77.44 |
1.0214 |
-0.0036 |
269 |
14 |
69.39 |
2008-11-15 |
| 86. |
You needn't take it any further, sir. You've proved to me th... |
77.41 |
0.9168 |
0.1036 |
240 |
6 |
66.61 |
2008-11-14 |
| 87. |
My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My... |
77.41 |
0.9833 |
0.0374 |
355 |
9 |
68.81 |
2008-11-14 |
| 88. |
The terminator wouldn't stop, it would never leave him. It w... |
77.36 |
1.0555 |
-0.0356 |
363 |
8 |
68.27 |
2008-11-14 |
| 89. |
Time is tricky. You have whole months, even years, when noth... |
77.25 |
1.0529 |
-0.0360 |
351 |
5 |
70.86 |
2008-11-14 |
| 90. |
It was hard to toss things I had once thought were valuable ... |
77.23 |
1.0257 |
-0.0026 |
401 |
7 |
67.11 |
2008-11-12 |
| 91. |
Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ir... |
77.19 |
0.9532 |
0.0617 |
258 |
8 |
68.93 |
2008-11-15 |
| 92. |
If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what ... |
77.18 |
1.0595 |
-0.0409 |
379 |
7 |
67.93 |
2008-11-13 |
| 93. |
I can feel the heat closing in, feel them out there making t... |
76.96 |
0.9567 |
0.0562 |
273 |
8 |
67.61 |
2008-11-14 |
| 94. |
Ezekiel twenty-five, seventeen: The path of the righteous ma... |
76.90 |
0.9464 |
0.0710 |
323 |
9 |
69.93 |
2008-11-14 |
| 95. |
We turn away to face the cold, enduring chill, as the day be... |
76.60 |
0.9729 |
0.0356 |
255 |
1 |
76.60 |
2008-11-13 |
| 96. |
I know that you weren't bored that day because there was a l... |
76.57 |
0.9468 |
0.0606 |
276 |
4 |
70.13 |
2008-11-15 |
| 97. |
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million ... |
76.53 |
1.0331 |
-0.0279 |
234 |
7 |
69.54 |
2008-11-14 |
| 98. |
There is no pain, you are receding. A distant ship smoke on ... |
76.53 |
1.0025 |
0.0058 |
336 |
8 |
68.61 |
2008-11-15 |
| 99. |
This planet has, or rather had, a problem, which was this: m... |
76.43 |
1.0477 |
-0.0392 |
360 |
8 |
68.99 |
2008-11-14 |
| 100. |
I am learning about twenty new Italian words a day. Where am... |
76.39 |
1.0441 |
-0.0371 |
252 |
6 |
69.04 |
2008-11-10 |
| 101. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
76.33 |
0.9899 |
0.0101 |
163 |
8 |
58.79 |
2008-11-13 |
| 102. |
I'd just like to point out that you were given every opportu... |
76.33 |
1.0068 |
0.0012 |
358 |
6 |
70.89 |
2008-11-15 |
| 103. |
Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime, the k... |
76.25 |
1.0391 |
-0.0293 |
358 |
6 |
72.42 |
2008-11-15 |
| 104. |
The only message I got was from the company that holds my st... |
76.25 |
0.9632 |
0.0469 |
392 |
7 |
70.16 |
2008-11-13 |
| 105. |
And I said, I don't care if they lay me off either, because ... |
76.25 |
1.0165 |
-0.0089 |
392 |
8 |
69.21 |
2008-11-14 |
| 106. |
The problem is, Willie, is that Charles and yourself are not... |
76.23 |
1.0396 |
-0.0434 |
149 |
3 |
73.35 |
2008-11-09 |
| 107. |
Whenever you watch the mind, you withdraw consciousness from... |
76.18 |
0.9844 |
0.0231 |
293 |
7 |
67.24 |
2008-11-15 |
| 108. |
Too often writers believe that they can emphasize words by p... |
76.12 |
1.0073 |
0.0026 |
369 |
9 |
70.31 |
2008-11-15 |
| 109. |
Parisian French is different from Provincial French and Germ... |
76.05 |
0.9286 |
0.0714 |
194 |
4 |
68.55 |
2008-11-07 |
| 110. |
My darling, you have to be standing up in order to be able t... |
75.99 |
0.9884 |
0.0110 |
233 |
3 |
67.26 |
2008-11-13 |
| 111. |
Excellent. He's enterprising, aggressive, outgoing, young, b... |
75.98 |
0.8890 |
0.1075 |
199 |
10 |
65.48 |
2008-11-14 |
| 112. |
I drew the blankets over my head and tried to think of Chris... |
75.97 |
0.9865 |
0.0145 |
276 |
11 |
68.80 |
2008-11-15 |
| 113. |
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes ... |
75.82 |
1.0297 |
-0.0330 |
249 |
3 |
69.81 |
2008-11-13 |
| 114. |
All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend i... |
75.79 |
1.0390 |
-0.0453 |
205 |
7 |
69.61 |
2008-11-14 |
| 115. |
Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly ... |
75.79 |
0.9786 |
0.0137 |
193 |
9 |
69.20 |
2008-11-13 |
| 116. |
Some pilots like the excitement of our missions, knowing tha... |
75.76 |
1.0109 |
-0.0130 |
276 |
4 |
70.74 |
2008-11-15 |
| 117. |
Combat for a naval aviator is fought in short, violent burst... |
75.65 |
1.0201 |
-0.0240 |
303 |
5 |
70.86 |
2008-11-02 |
| 118. |
"This man right here," McGuinness said, pointing at Kenna, "... |
75.56 |
0.9087 |
0.0965 |
393 |
4 |
66.89 |
2008-11-13 |
| 119. |
The creation ends in South Georgia, at the very edge of the ... |
75.54 |
0.9997 |
-0.0019 |
382 |
6 |
69.18 |
2008-11-15 |
| 120. |
Yeah, you just take Soupy-Sales to prom 'cause I can think o... |
75.53 |
0.9339 |
0.0587 |
310 |
8 |
64.28 |
2008-11-13 |
| 121. |
Look, you should admit to yourself that Microsoft will miss ... |
75.44 |
0.9612 |
0.0317 |
256 |
4 |
66.04 |
2008-11-14 |
| 122. |
We've known each other for many years but this is the first ... |
75.39 |
1.0352 |
-0.0399 |
341 |
4 |
70.85 |
2008-11-11 |
| 123. |
A giant inverted steel pyramid is perfectly balanced on its ... |
75.37 |
0.9893 |
0.0027 |
323 |
7 |
69.26 |
2008-11-15 |
| 124. |
Today, you people are no longer maggots. Today, you are Mari... |
75.37 |
0.9965 |
-0.0043 |
310 |
9 |
70.08 |
2008-11-15 |
| 125. |
So what's in this for you? Should you rush out in search of ... |
75.36 |
1.0062 |
-0.0144 |
288 |
9 |
68.79 |
2008-11-15 |
| 126. |
He had spent enormous amounts of time at the great libraries... |
75.18 |
0.9426 |
0.0499 |
317 |
4 |
69.88 |
2008-11-14 |
| 127. |
Now you might ask yourself, if by yourself you mean me, "Ste... |
75.16 |
0.9164 |
0.0775 |
305 |
11 |
68.12 |
2008-11-14 |
| 128. |
It doesn't mean much to be able to filter out most present-d... |
75.15 |
0.9691 |
0.0194 |
223 |
10 |
69.32 |
2008-11-13 |
| 129. |
Now I want you to think and stop being a smart aleck. A man'... |
75.14 |
1.0696 |
-0.0842 |
226 |
4 |
71.26 |
2008-11-11 |
| 130. |
I've always wondered about this coat business. When I'm in a... |
75.12 |
0.9852 |
0.0037 |
264 |
7 |
68.62 |
2008-11-13 |
| 131. |
In short order, Carter then proceeded to kill any chance he ... |
75.03 |
0.9234 |
0.0694 |
346 |
9 |
66.95 |
2008-11-15 |
| 132. |
In May 1980, Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba ... |
75.00 |
0.8947 |
0.0972 |
366 |
13 |
64.14 |
2008-11-15 |
| 133. |
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a lan... |
74.91 |
0.9429 |
0.0442 |
287 |
11 |
63.83 |
2008-11-14 |
| 134. |
Padre, these are subtleties! We are not concerned with motiv... |
74.85 |
0.9398 |
0.0545 |
419 |
12 |
66.04 |
2008-11-14 |
| 135. |
How many roads must a man walk down before you call him a ma... |
74.83 |
1.0034 |
-0.0202 |
302 |
10 |
68.89 |
2008-11-14 |
| 136. |
A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he s... |
74.81 |
0.9965 |
-0.0168 |
168 |
4 |
66.73 |
2008-11-11 |
| 137. |
I had the impression of being abandoned by everyone when the... |
74.70 |
0.9942 |
-0.0024 |
483 |
6 |
69.14 |
2008-11-12 |
| 138. |
She's got a smile that, it seems to me, reminds me of childh... |
74.48 |
1.0429 |
-0.0642 |
259 |
3 |
67.29 |
2008-11-02 |
| 139. |
If we all go for the blonde and block each other, not a sing... |
74.44 |
1.0668 |
-0.0848 |
350 |
8 |
71.19 |
2008-11-13 |
| 140. |
On a manual typewriter, strike the key with a nice sharp str... |
74.44 |
1.0016 |
-0.0267 |
218 |
10 |
67.34 |
2008-11-15 |
| 141. |
Chance and chance alone has a message for us. Everything tha... |
74.29 |
1.0013 |
-0.0247 |
273 |
6 |
69.19 |
2008-11-15 |
| 142. |
Language is one of the keys to being human. It allows us to ... |
74.23 |
1.0263 |
-0.0504 |
267 |
5 |
69.91 |
2008-11-12 |
| 143. |
Since every piece of matter in the Universe is in some way a... |
74.09 |
1.0095 |
-0.0357 |
316 |
6 |
66.07 |
2008-11-14 |
| 144. |
Quality humor doesn't just deliver one gag and then tax the ... |
73.98 |
0.9697 |
0.0039 |
249 |
11 |
70.32 |
2008-11-14 |
| 145. |
Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I... |
73.92 |
0.9723 |
0.0040 |
364 |
6 |
67.77 |
2008-11-03 |
| 146. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
73.89 |
0.9740 |
-0.0059 |
209 |
5 |
66.56 |
2008-11-12 |
| 147. |
The day dawned bleak and chill, a moving wall of gray light ... |
73.85 |
0.9593 |
0.0171 |
398 |
8 |
66.06 |
2008-11-14 |
| 148. |
What about Tony? You know, Bullet Tooth Tony. He'll find you... |
73.84 |
0.9430 |
0.0212 |
211 |
6 |
67.15 |
2008-11-15 |
| 149. |
It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial ... |
73.76 |
0.9266 |
0.0440 |
267 |
7 |
67.75 |
2008-11-15 |
| 150. |
In order to become an elf I filled out ten pages' worth of f... |
73.75 |
0.9614 |
0.0119 |
292 |
4 |
70.67 |
2008-11-13 |
| 151. |
In 1873 the Sholes & Glidden Type Writer became the first to... |
73.73 |
0.9074 |
0.0692 |
396 |
10 |
64.96 |
2008-11-12 |
| 152. |
Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is ... |
73.68 |
0.8852 |
0.0863 |
201 |
12 |
58.47 |
2008-11-13 |
| 153. |
Thirdly, however, these wars could now be waged with the new... |
73.58 |
0.9820 |
-0.0111 |
267 |
10 |
65.30 |
2008-11-15 |
| 154. |
Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am?... |
73.57 |
0.9905 |
-0.0148 |
377 |
6 |
69.47 |
2008-11-12 |
| 155. |
Imagine a vast sheet of paper on which straight Lines, Trian... |
73.56 |
0.9672 |
0.0071 |
396 |
6 |
67.81 |
2008-11-10 |
| 156. |
I was hugely impressed. Kirk, I mean Shatner, was the ultima... |
73.45 |
0.9907 |
-0.0260 |
211 |
5 |
65.24 |
2008-11-14 |
| 157. |
You found paradise in America. You had a good trade, made a ... |
73.44 |
0.9780 |
-0.0108 |
337 |
4 |
70.36 |
2008-11-14 |
| 158. |
Facts can be thought of as objective or subjective. Things a... |
73.42 |
0.9805 |
-0.0100 |
292 |
8 |
66.52 |
2008-11-14 |
| 159. |
Overhead the albatross hangs motionless upon the air and dee... |
73.42 |
0.9866 |
-0.0244 |
218 |
7 |
67.41 |
2008-11-13 |
| 160. |
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece ... |
73.41 |
0.9635 |
0.0077 |
389 |
3 |
69.16 |
2008-11-13 |
| 161. |
Because they're at the bottom of the scale, nerds are a safe... |
73.38 |
0.9846 |
-0.0203 |
281 |
4 |
66.10 |
2008-11-14 |
| 162. |
Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to bei... |
73.21 |
1.0213 |
-0.0614 |
240 |
7 |
64.82 |
2008-11-04 |
| 163. |
I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last momen... |
73.21 |
1.0168 |
-0.0523 |
271 |
10 |
64.54 |
2008-11-13 |
| 164. |
Let me get this straight. You think that your client, one of... |
73.19 |
0.9946 |
-0.0319 |
246 |
10 |
66.19 |
2008-11-14 |
| 165. |
That day, for no particular reason, I decided to go for a li... |
73.18 |
0.9841 |
-0.0176 |
334 |
6 |
63.99 |
2008-11-15 |
| 166. |
He canceled all his commitments and pulled together the most... |
73.16 |
0.9646 |
-0.0030 |
264 |
5 |
69.24 |
2008-11-13 |
| 167. |
Typing competitions provided another test of the Qwerty keyb... |
73.15 |
0.9557 |
0.0129 |
331 |
5 |
60.17 |
2008-11-14 |
| 168. |
We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has take... |
73.15 |
1.0296 |
-0.0609 |
437 |
10 |
68.36 |
2008-11-13 |
| 169. |
A computer needs a manager to administer its operations, jus... |
73.14 |
1.0060 |
-0.0485 |
171 |
10 |
64.33 |
2008-11-13 |
| 170. |
The result has been the emergence of what some call the "win... |
72.98 |
0.9049 |
0.0606 |
351 |
12 |
64.83 |
2008-11-15 |
| 171. |
What good's a reward if you ain't around to use it? Besides,... |
72.82 |
0.9682 |
-0.0122 |
143 |
8 |
58.16 |
2008-11-14 |
| 172. |
For it is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is ... |
72.80 |
1.0389 |
-0.0795 |
318 |
3 |
69.33 |
2008-11-12 |
| 173. |
Kid, I've flown from one side of this galaxy to the other, a... |
72.77 |
0.9769 |
-0.0217 |
263 |
3 |
70.53 |
2008-11-11 |
| 174. |
Keying text quickly is important, but it is more important t... |
72.74 |
1.0138 |
-0.0573 |
231 |
7 |
66.18 |
2008-11-13 |
| 175. |
Who is Keyser Soze? He is supposed to be Turkish. Some say h... |
72.69 |
0.9376 |
0.0240 |
367 |
7 |
67.54 |
2008-11-14 |
| 176. |
Who has a safety deposit box full of money and six passports... |
72.67 |
0.9772 |
-0.0248 |
217 |
7 |
68.02 |
2008-11-14 |
| 177. |
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have n... |
72.62 |
0.8919 |
0.0617 |
205 |
12 |
65.46 |
2008-11-15 |
| 178. |
Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though ... |
72.44 |
0.9309 |
0.0201 |
284 |
6 |
65.28 |
2008-11-12 |
| 179. |
It's a sunny, woodsy day in Lumberton, so get those chainsaw... |
72.32 |
0.9045 |
0.0471 |
235 |
8 |
65.01 |
2008-11-14 |
| 180. |
When we pulled out into the winter night and the real snow, ... |
72.24 |
0.9879 |
-0.0290 |
450 |
6 |
62.93 |
2008-11-15 |
| 181. |
Run to the bedroom, in the suitcase on the left, you'll find... |
72.21 |
0.9342 |
0.0191 |
434 |
12 |
64.53 |
2008-11-14 |
| 182. |
Data is by definition easy to copy. And the Internet makes c... |
72.17 |
0.9500 |
0.0015 |
362 |
6 |
66.23 |
2008-11-15 |
| 183. |
Life is not suffering; it's just that you will suffer it, ra... |
72.00 |
1.0498 |
-0.1076 |
180 |
6 |
68.20 |
2008-11-15 |
| 184. |
Yet one fine day, in a fit of euphoria, after he had picked ... |
71.88 |
0.9758 |
-0.0297 |
314 |
8 |
65.82 |
2008-11-15 |
| 185. |
According to the popular story, the keyboard invented by Aug... |
71.83 |
0.8981 |
0.0512 |
393 |
8 |
65.61 |
2008-11-14 |
| 186. |
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was ... |
71.69 |
1.0053 |
-0.0644 |
232 |
4 |
64.97 |
2008-11-14 |
| 187. |
The Orient was almost a European invention, and had been sin... |
71.51 |
0.9514 |
-0.0106 |
237 |
6 |
68.76 |
2008-11-14 |
| 188. |
It was one of those days when it's a minute away from snowin... |
71.51 |
1.0389 |
-0.0960 |
340 |
7 |
66.88 |
2008-11-14 |
| 189. |
If I leave here tomorrow, would you still remember me? For I... |
71.47 |
0.9811 |
-0.0385 |
272 |
9 |
66.41 |
2008-11-15 |
| 190. |
One respondent said "For women - a lot of games are crap - t... |
71.46 |
0.9275 |
0.0090 |
211 |
11 |
65.55 |
2008-11-15 |
| 191. |
The treatment of atoms with more than one electron requires ... |
71.46 |
0.9653 |
-0.0172 |
394 |
6 |
60.84 |
2008-11-15 |
| 192. |
In the witch trials, it was nearly impossible to provide com... |
71.31 |
0.9675 |
-0.0202 |
383 |
6 |
64.73 |
2008-11-14 |
| 193. |
At the time when Britain faced a plunge into chaos and darkn... |
71.31 |
0.9754 |
-0.0315 |
362 |
5 |
65.66 |
2008-11-14 |
| 194. |
Warmer water increases the moisture content of storms, and w... |
71.27 |
0.9776 |
-0.0401 |
308 |
8 |
68.63 |
2008-11-08 |
| 195. |
He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he ... |
71.12 |
0.9763 |
-0.0415 |
289 |
5 |
65.48 |
2008-11-14 |
| 196. |
Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good ta... |
71.12 |
0.9649 |
-0.0307 |
193 |
4 |
59.29 |
2008-11-13 |
| 197. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
71.12 |
0.9843 |
-0.0540 |
234 |
9 |
65.96 |
2008-11-14 |
| 198. |
I'd been walking for hours and, as usual, I'd lost track of ... |
71.09 |
0.9622 |
-0.0209 |
392 |
8 |
66.66 |
2008-11-14 |
| 199. |
I will need my spectacles and a clear head. Today I broke my... |
71.09 |
1.0214 |
-0.0919 |
166 |
6 |
63.58 |
2008-11-14 |
| 200. |
There's sometimes a buggy. How many drivers does a buggy hav... |
71.06 |
1.0251 |
-0.0928 |
261 |
3 |
67.37 |
2008-11-13 |
| 201. |
The evidence in the standard history of Qwerty versus Dvorak... |
71.06 |
0.9088 |
0.0309 |
348 |
8 |
63.37 |
2008-11-12 |
| 202. |
There are two places on Earth that serve as canaries in the ... |
71.03 |
0.9597 |
-0.0215 |
347 |
6 |
64.26 |
2008-11-15 |
| 203. |
And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and fu... |
70.93 |
0.9964 |
-0.0635 |
203 |
3 |
68.77 |
2008-11-14 |
| 204. |
I'm telling it like it is. Get used to it or put this book d... |
70.83 |
0.9768 |
-0.0428 |
387 |
6 |
64.70 |
2008-11-12 |
| 205. |
Often, we assume that a familiar situation will be but a rep... |
70.73 |
0.9636 |
-0.0336 |
254 |
6 |
63.60 |
2008-11-08 |
| 206. |
Common knowledge has bicyclists always riding into the wind,... |
70.63 |
0.9684 |
-0.0369 |
388 |
6 |
66.72 |
2008-11-14 |
| 207. |
I had a friend who was a heavy drinker. If somebody asked hi... |
70.54 |
0.8916 |
0.0363 |
216 |
13 |
63.10 |
2008-11-15 |
| 208. |
The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are ma... |
70.48 |
1.0063 |
-0.0791 |
371 |
3 |
69.85 |
2008-11-11 |
| 209. |
We began to recognize in them a strange obsession. After all... |
70.44 |
0.9851 |
-0.0567 |
317 |
6 |
65.59 |
2008-11-14 |
| 210. |
The streets were cleared by a Critical Mass bike ride and we... |
70.13 |
0.9578 |
-0.0362 |
281 |
6 |
63.44 |
2008-11-12 |
| 211. |
The beginner writes just twenty pieces. The professional wri... |
70.10 |
0.9601 |
-0.0337 |
308 |
3 |
68.54 |
2008-11-10 |
| 212. |
Sholes consulted with an educator who helped him analyze the... |
70.09 |
0.9553 |
-0.0265 |
430 |
2 |
62.94 |
2008-11-02 |
| 213. |
Let's sort the buyers from the spiers, the needy from the gr... |
70.07 |
0.9293 |
-0.0072 |
355 |
9 |
66.07 |
2008-11-11 |
| 214. |
Prior to the 1970's, because the United States had long been... |
69.99 |
0.8753 |
0.0541 |
427 |
7 |
65.97 |
2008-11-14 |
| 215. |
You have to wonder: how do the machines know what Tasty Whea... |
69.89 |
0.9687 |
-0.0451 |
371 |
4 |
66.52 |
2008-11-14 |
| 216. |
In order to face down the danger that is stalking us and mov... |
69.79 |
1.0167 |
-0.0923 |
378 |
3 |
65.65 |
2008-11-11 |
| 217. |
It turned out that the sweet-talking, tattoo-sporting pikey ... |
69.71 |
0.8722 |
0.0472 |
285 |
9 |
56.06 |
2008-11-13 |
| 218. |
That's Tommy. He tells people he was named after a gun, but ... |
69.65 |
0.9731 |
-0.0699 |
129 |
8 |
63.64 |
2008-11-12 |
| 219. |
The problem we now face is that this thin layer of atmospher... |
69.56 |
0.9619 |
-0.0422 |
393 |
6 |
63.58 |
2008-11-14 |
| 220. |
Supermarket aisles are the perfect place to practice your gl... |
69.53 |
0.9411 |
-0.0262 |
318 |
3 |
66.49 |
2008-11-07 |
| 221. |
And today, Lady Liberty is under attack from the cable chann... |
69.47 |
0.9125 |
0.0026 |
308 |
8 |
62.15 |
2008-11-15 |
| 222. |
Hi, and welcome to the future. San Dimas, California, 2688. ... |
69.37 |
0.9213 |
-0.0088 |
295 |
6 |
63.82 |
2008-11-03 |
| 223. |
They had been given a sign - a powerful, lucid sign - that u... |
69.35 |
0.9084 |
0.0074 |
404 |
7 |
62.10 |
2008-11-14 |
| 224. |
King, eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiti... |
69.27 |
0.8961 |
0.0111 |
189 |
3 |
64.73 |
2008-11-14 |
| 225. |
The National Rifle Association says that, "Guns don't kill p... |
69.21 |
0.8770 |
0.0360 |
300 |
10 |
58.45 |
2008-11-06 |
| 226. |
Oh bliss! Bliss and heaven! Oh, it was gorgeousness and gorg... |
69.20 |
0.8595 |
0.0520 |
242 |
7 |
62.39 |
2008-11-15 |
| 227. |
Milt, with the excellent timing of a master comedy writer, w... |
69.19 |
0.9570 |
-0.0457 |
287 |
4 |
64.74 |
2008-11-02 |
| 228. |
Ergonomics is a term that combines the Greek word ergon, mea... |
69.15 |
0.9005 |
0.0070 |
212 |
8 |
61.88 |
2008-11-14 |
| 229. |
So I'm two inches away from her. Her luscious lips part. Jus... |
68.99 |
0.8553 |
0.0465 |
174 |
5 |
66.82 |
2008-11-14 |
| 230. |
These contests provided ample opportunity to demonstrate the... |
68.97 |
0.9278 |
-0.0185 |
295 |
6 |
62.02 |
2008-11-13 |
| 231. |
Disillusion is the greatest gift I can give you. But, becaus... |
68.81 |
0.8933 |
0.0176 |
363 |
3 |
65.70 |
2008-11-03 |
| 232. |
A lot of people, especially this one psychoanalyst guy they ... |
68.81 |
0.9330 |
-0.0219 |
360 |
6 |
63.38 |
2008-11-13 |
| 233. |
I rejected those answers; instead, I chose something differe... |
68.80 |
0.9863 |
-0.0775 |
339 |
3 |
64.27 |
2008-11-11 |
| 234. |
Even the best-designed chair won't make up for bad posture. ... |
68.14 |
1.0004 |
-0.1109 |
212 |
4 |
66.78 |
2008-11-14 |
| 235. |
Under the headline "Wonderful Typing," the New York Times re... |
68.14 |
0.7876 |
0.1106 |
316 |
9 |
56.91 |
2008-11-15 |
| 236. |
Few smart kids can spare the attention that popularity requi... |
67.97 |
0.9513 |
-0.0542 |
354 |
4 |
63.09 |
2008-11-03 |
| 237. |
The inner surface of the cell wall touches the cytoplasmic m... |
67.92 |
0.9072 |
-0.0163 |
237 |
8 |
58.10 |
2008-11-13 |
| 238. |
Double, double, toil and trouble; fire burn, and cauldron bu... |
67.81 |
0.9148 |
-0.0222 |
317 |
3 |
65.37 |
2008-11-13 |
| 239. |
Wilkinson County was a recipient of one of the new "separate... |
67.50 |
0.8382 |
0.0493 |
268 |
8 |
56.70 |
2008-11-09 |
| 240. |
A long time ago, I was in Burma, my friends and I were worki... |
67.47 |
0.9831 |
-0.0885 |
469 |
3 |
64.59 |
2008-11-02 |
| 241. |
Geometry sets out from certain conceptions such as "plane," ... |
67.38 |
0.9097 |
0.0173 |
464 |
10 |
60.75 |
2008-11-14 |
| 242. |
Whether you're a student, secretary, office administrator, m... |
67.38 |
0.9064 |
-0.0118 |
399 |
2 |
65.13 |
2008-11-11 |
| 243. |
Hey Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me, I'm not sleepy a... |
67.32 |
0.8996 |
-0.0205 |
192 |
5 |
62.18 |
2008-11-14 |
| 244. |
Two households, both alike in dignity (in fair Verona, where... |
67.18 |
0.8878 |
-0.0052 |
346 |
4 |
60.33 |
2008-11-12 |
| 245. |
Imagine considering "if" as a two-finger movement instead of... |
66.99 |
0.8956 |
-0.0108 |
322 |
5 |
58.39 |
2008-11-06 |
| 246. |
If I'm curt with you it's because time is a factor. I think ... |
66.90 |
1.0183 |
-0.1449 |
191 |
5 |
57.63 |
2008-11-15 |
| 247. |
An essential characteristic of the superhero mythology is, t... |
66.77 |
0.9109 |
-0.0310 |
401 |
6 |
59.12 |
2008-11-14 |
| 248. |
Hello, hello, hello, is there anybody in there? Just nod if ... |
66.67 |
0.9795 |
-0.1035 |
308 |
3 |
59.00 |
2008-11-02 |
| 249. |
Indonesia is a nation of islands - more than seventeen thous... |
66.58 |
0.9212 |
-0.0431 |
323 |
5 |
62.88 |
2008-11-14 |
| 250. |
Get it straight buster - I'm not here to say please, I'm her... |
64.86 |
0.9527 |
-0.1010 |
251 |
3 |
63.49 |
2008-11-11 |
| 251. |
The boy has not a real choice, has he? Self-interest, the fe... |
63.97 |
0.9202 |
-0.0809 |
254 |
6 |
56.59 |
2008-11-13 |
| 252. |
Anyway, like I was saying, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. Y... |
63.32 |
0.8105 |
0.0165 |
204 |
5 |
51.83 |
2008-11-12 |
| 253. |
You could choke a dozen donkeys on that! And you're haggling... |
62.98 |
0.8602 |
-0.0356 |
206 |
4 |
53.74 |
2008-11-14 |
| 254. |
What? A swallow carrying a coconut? It's not a question of w... |
62.68 |
0.8826 |
-0.0584 |
296 |
3 |
57.41 |
2008-11-07 |
| 255. |
My entire life had been on a predictable trajectory dominate... |
59.96 |
0.8958 |
-0.1047 |
322 |
4 |
56.74 |
2008-11-02 |
| 256. |
Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing ... |
56.67 |
0.9365 |
-0.1925 |
248 |
1 |
56.67 |
2008-10-31 |
| 257. |
In 1972, domestic oil production peaked and then began its i... |
39.73 |
0.8442 |
-0.3234 |
265 |
1 |
39.73 |
2008-11-13 |