Tucker: Is it hard to do long anagrams?
mr_ed: It can be, just using pencil and paper. But the Internet Anagram Server can really help. It can crank out more than 25,000 variations on Siberian Husky in a blink or two of an eye. Some are a little strange, though.
Tucker: Like what?
mr_ed: Well, Bruins Yeah Ski is a little odd, but you can turn it into Yeah, bruins ski.
Tucker: But they don't.
mr_ed: No. How about Ah, Bruins - yikes! or maybe Bruins! Say "Hike!"?
Tucker: What are bruins?
mr_ed: Bears.
Tucker: I like that last one. If you're mushing along and see bears.
mr_ed: Yup. Your musher and your team would all want to skedaddle outta there.
Tucker: Can you do short ones easier?
mr_ed: Sure. How about Tucker?
Tucker: Yes!
mr_ed: If we went for a walk at the University of Colorado, it would be a CU Trek.
Tucker: More!
mr_ed: If you like Kelly Ripa, KR - cute! Or if you like Regina King, RK - cute!
Tucker: Now, Amber!
mr_ed: If she were a car, she'd be a Beamr.
Tucker: Ugh.
mr_ed: If she were on Star Trek, they'd say, Beam 'r!
Tucker: One more.
mr_ed: If you wanted her to run into Zim again, Re-bam!
Tucker: Maybe you should keep trying.
mr_ed: It can take lots of time - and paper - to find one you like, sometimes. In fact, do you know who John Denver was?
Tucker: We live in Denver.
mr_ed: True. John Denver was a folk singer who liked Colorado so much that he changed his name. Anyway, he wrote a song about how much paper it takes to come up with good anagrams.
Tucker: Nuh uh. That would be a dumb folk song.
mr_ed: But he did! He called it "Anniegram's Song."
Tucker: ::snort::
mr_ed: And it goes something like this:
Anniegram's Song
You fill up my notepad like a month's worth of errands,
Like an office lunch order, like the meeting from heck,
Like an NFL play book, like a map to the boonies,
You fill up my note pad, a new one again!
Sing the chorus!
Come let me puzzle, let me fill up my notepad,
Let me try some misspellings, let me write funny words,
Let me scramble the letters, let me try permutations,
Come let me puzzle, come puzzle my brain.
Let's hear from families!
You fill up my notepad like a big wedding guest list,
Julie's letter to Santa, Billy's tic-tac-toe games,
Like my Uncle Joe's rap sheet, like a list of Dee's cousins,
You fill up my note pad, a new one again!
All together now!
Come let me puzzle, let me fill up my notepad,
Let me try some misspellings, let me write funny words,
Let me scramble the letters, let me try permutations,
Come let me puzzle, come puzzle my brain.
Just the geeks!
You fill up my notepad like a Space Shuttle checklist,
Like a thrust calculation, like the distance to Mars,
Like a circuit board layout, like division in octal,
You fill up my note pad, a new one again!
Final chorus!
Come let me puzzle, let me fill up my notepad,
Let me try some misspellings, let me write funny words,
Let me scramble the letters, let me try permutations,
Come let me puzzle, come puzzle my brain.
You fill up my notepad like a month's worth of errands,
Like an office lunch order, like the meeting from heck,
Like an NFL play book, like a map to the boonies,
You fill up my note pad, a new one again!
Sing the chorus!
Come let me puzzle, let me fill up my notepad,
Let me try some misspellings, let me write funny words,
Let me scramble the letters, let me try permutations,
Come let me puzzle, come puzzle my brain.
Let's hear from families!
You fill up my notepad like a big wedding guest list,
Julie's letter to Santa, Billy's tic-tac-toe games,
Like my Uncle Joe's rap sheet, like a list of Dee's cousins,
You fill up my note pad, a new one again!
All together now!
Come let me puzzle, let me fill up my notepad,
Let me try some misspellings, let me write funny words,
Let me scramble the letters, let me try permutations,
Come let me puzzle, come puzzle my brain.
Just the geeks!
You fill up my notepad like a Space Shuttle checklist,
Like a thrust calculation, like the distance to Mars,
Like a circuit board layout, like division in octal,
You fill up my note pad, a new one again!
Final chorus!
Come let me puzzle, let me fill up my notepad,
Let me try some misspellings, let me write funny words,
Let me scramble the letters, let me try permutations,
Come let me puzzle, come puzzle my brain.
You didn't Leave On a Jet Plane, but
thank you Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.,
wherever your last flight may have taken you!
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