On Wednesday, April 20, 1994 at 9:43:46 AM UTC-7, Doug Shaw wrote:
> ...oops, I forgot to mention that this was forwarded from alt.fan.douglas_adams,
> not authored by me...
> In article <2p1ng9$c...@controversy.math.lsa.umich.edu>, dos...@med.umich.edu (Doug Shaw) writes:
> |>
> |> There's an old memory game I learnt years ago which involves
> |> the following:
> |> One hen
> |> two ducks
> |> three squawking geese
> |> four limerick oysters
> |> five pregnant pilgrim
> |> six pairs of Don Alfonso's Tweezers
> |> seven thousand macedonians in full battle array
> |> eight brass monkeys from the sacred sandy crypt of ancient egypt,
> |> and
> |> nine sympathetic, apathetic, diabetic old men on roller skates
> |> with a marked propensity for procrastination and sloth.
> |>
> |> I believe there is a tenth line, but I don't know it.
> |>
> |> Best,
> |>
> |> Douglas Adams

One Hen
Two Ducks
Three Squawking Geese
Four Limerick Oysters
Five Corpulent Porpoises
Six Pairs of Don Alverzo's Tweezers
Seven Thousand Macedonians In Full Battle Array
Eight Brass Monkeys from the Ancient Sacred Crypts of Egypt
Nine Sympathetic Apathetic Diabetic Old Men On Roller Skates With A Marked Propensity For Procrastination and Sloth
Ten Lyrical Spherical Diabolical Denizens of the Deep Who Haul and Stall Around the Quay and the Quarry All At The Same Time

On Sunday, May 1, 2022 at 10:39:13 AM UTC-4, Glenn Mantel wrote:
> On Wednesday, April 20, 1994 at 9:43:46 AM UTC-7, Doug Shaw wrote:
> > ...oops, I forgot to mention that this was forwarded from alt.fan.douglas_adams,
> > not authored by me...
> > In article <2p1ng9$c...@controversy.math.lsa.umich.edu>, dos...@med.umich.edu (Doug Shaw) writes:
> > |>
> > |> There's an old memory game I learnt years ago which involves
> > |> the following:
> > |> One hen
> > |> two ducks
> > |> three squawking geese
> > |> four limerick oysters
> > |> five pregnant pilgrim
> > |> six pairs of Don Alfonso's Tweezers
> > |> seven thousand macedonians in full battle array
> > |> eight brass monkeys from the sacred sandy crypt of ancient egypt,
> > |> and
> > |> nine sympathetic, apathetic, diabetic old men on roller skates
> > |> with a marked propensity for procrastination and sloth.
> > |>
> > |> I believe there is a tenth line, but I don't know it.
> > |>
> > |> Best,
> > |>
> > |> Douglas Adams
> One Hen
> Two Ducks
> Three Squawking Geese
> Four Limerick Oysters
> Five Corpulent Porpoises
> Six Pairs of Don Alverzo's Tweezers
> Seven Thousand Macedonians In Full Battle Array
> Eight Brass Monkeys from the Ancient Sacred Crypts of Egypt
> Nine Sympathetic Apathetic Diabetic Old Men On Roller Skates With A Marked Propensity For Procrastination and Sloth
> Ten Lyrical Spherical Diabolical Denizens of the Deep Who Haul and Stall Around the Quay and the Quarry All At The Same Time
Our family has been reciting this memory test for nearly 100 years.
Our variant differs from the Jerry Lewis version as follows:
One duck
Two hens
Three squawking geese
Four corpulent porpoises
Five limerick oysters
Six pairs of Don Alfonso's tweezers
Seven hundred Macedonian warriors in full battle array
Eight brass monkeys from the sacred and ancient crypts of Egypt
Nine sympathetic apathetic diabetic old men on crutches
Ten lyrical spherical heliotropes from the ilio-monastic institute