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Tongue Twisters in SQL

Brent — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:38:47 +0000

I was playing round the other night can came up with this SQL to solve a popular tongue twister:

SELECT

COUNT(woodpile.is_chucked)

FROM

woodpile,

woodchuck

WHERE

woodchuck.can_chuck = 1

AND

woodpile.is_chucked = 1

Here is another one:

SELECT COUNT(pepper.picked) FROM pepper WHERE pepper.picked_by = ‘Peter Piper’

A couple more with the tongue twisters:

Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches?

SELECT watch.* FROM watch WHERE watch.make = ‘Swiss’

Which witch wished which wicked wish?

SELECT witch.name FROM witch WHERE witch.wish_type = ‘wicked’ AND witch.type = ‘wicked’

Who washed Washington’s white woolen underwear
when Washington’s washer woman went west?

SELECT

washer.name

FROM

washer

WHERE

washer.gender = ‘female’

AND

washer.went != ‘west’

AND

washer.washed = ‘underwear’

AND

washer.fabric = ‘wool’

AND

washer.washed_for = ‘Washington’

SurvivaBall

Brent — Fri, 12 May 2006 20:20:20 +0000

Introducing SurvivaBall from Haliburton?

“For those of us who typically find corporate America’s response to global warming painfully flaccid, economically self-destructive, and morally reprehensible, Halliburton’s most recent contribution to climate change preparedness comes like a puff of fresh air.” – from Treehugger.

Even better is the instruction card:

Pretty funny joke.

FeVErISH Spelling

Brent — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 18:47:57 +0000

Ever wanted to know all the english words you could spell with chemical symbols? Well luckly you can no get the list of 56k of them. (via Cynical-C Blog)

Isn’t it the fourth wall?

Brent — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:05:51 +0000

I’ve really enjoyed the last couple Dilbert comics where Scott Adams starts drawing himself into the comic. But I could have sworn it was the fourth wall that is broken, not the third. Or, is this some cleaver reference to it being a comic strip?

Poor domain name choices!

Brent — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 22:25:04 +0000

Firstly there is Who Represents?, a database for agencies to the rich and famous: http://www.whorepresents.com/

Second is the Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views: http://www.expertsexchange.com

Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island: http://www.penisland.net

Need a therapist? Try: http://www.therapistfinder.com

And there is an Italian Power company: http://www.powergenitalia.com

Finally we have the Mole Station Native Nursery, based in New South Wales: http://www.molestationnursery.com

(Shamelessly stolen from WebHostingTalk, but I guess was stolen from a b3ta newsletter a while ago.)