I remember this from a book called "CDB!" (See the bee?) by William Steig.

On 12/25/07, Mark D. Niemiec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Eugene McDonnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Mr. Callahan's task was to familiarize the 13-year old freshmen in his
> > class with using variables of one letter. To start us off in a light-
> > hearted way, he gave us this five-line set of 23 letters that had, in
> > a way, a significance:
> >
> > f u n e m
> > s v f m
> > f u n e x
> > s v f x
> > o k m n x
> >
> > Can you read this?
>
> The way I heard it years ago (source unknown) was:
>   f u n e x
>   s i f x
>   f u n e m
>   s i f m
>   o k l f m n x
>
> -- Mark D. Niemiec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
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