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This is amazing!!!!

The paragraph below is most unusual. How quickly can you find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so ordinary you'd think nothing was wrong with it - and in fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is unusual though. Why?
"Gatsby was walking back from a visit down in Branton Hill's manufacturing district on a Saturday night. A busy day's traffic had had its noisy run; and with not many folks in sight, His Honor got along without having to stop to grasp a hand, or talk; for a mayor out of City Hall is a shining mark for any politician. And so, coming to Broadway, a booming bass drum and sounds of singing, told of a small Salvation Army unit carrying on amidst Broadway's night shopping crowds. Gatsby, walking towards that group, saw a young girl, back toward him, just finishing a long, soulful oration ... "
The above passage is taken from the book "Gatsby" written by Ernest Vincent Wright in the late 1930's

What is unusual about the paragraph above ?
04-21-2006 10:58 AM
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Riddles - by Fuzzles on 04-17-2006 at 08:00 AM
RE: Riddles - by Yousef on 04-17-2006 at 08:05 AM
RE: Riddles - by Eljay on 04-17-2006 at 08:12 AM
RE: Riddles - by Fuzzles on 04-17-2006 at 08:14 AM
RE: Riddles - by Rik on 04-17-2006 at 09:31 AM
RE: Riddles - by ayjay on 04-17-2006 at 10:26 AM
RE: Riddles - by Eddie on 04-17-2006 at 10:37 AM
RE: Riddles - by qgroessl on 04-17-2006 at 12:51 PM
RE: RE: Riddles - by Curtis on 04-18-2006 at 12:24 AM
RE: Riddles - by Tasha on 04-17-2006 at 01:19 PM
RE: Riddles - by Eddie on 04-17-2006 at 01:47 PM
RE: Riddles - by qgroessl on 04-17-2006 at 01:51 PM
RE: Riddles - by Fuzzles on 04-18-2006 at 12:14 AM
RE: Riddles - by Reaper on 04-18-2006 at 12:45 AM
RE: RE: Riddles - by Curtis on 04-18-2006 at 02:03 AM
RE: Riddles - by Lou on 04-18-2006 at 01:25 AM
RE: Riddles - by NiteMare on 04-18-2006 at 02:01 AM
RE: Riddles - by MC.POP on 04-18-2006 at 03:24 AM
RE: Riddles - by lrac522 on 04-18-2006 at 04:43 AM
RE: Riddles - by NiteMare on 04-18-2006 at 05:17 AM
RE: Riddles - by lrac522 on 04-18-2006 at 05:21 AM
RE: Riddles - by Fuzzles on 04-18-2006 at 07:29 AM
RE: Riddles - by Fuzzles on 04-18-2006 at 07:36 AM
RE: Riddles - by John Anderton on 04-18-2006 at 07:39 AM
RE: Riddles - by Fuzzles on 04-18-2006 at 08:08 AM
RE: Riddles - by Rubber Stamp on 04-18-2006 at 09:54 AM
RE: Riddles - by Reaper on 04-18-2006 at 12:39 PM
RE: Riddles - by Ash_ on 04-18-2006 at 01:09 PM
RE: Riddles - by Vilkku on 04-18-2006 at 01:25 PM
RE: Riddles - by Reaper on 04-18-2006 at 01:27 PM
RE: Riddles - by John Anderton on 04-18-2006 at 01:35 PM
RE: Riddles - by Reaper on 04-18-2006 at 01:39 PM
RE: Riddles - by Eljay on 04-18-2006 at 01:41 PM
RE: Riddles - by Reaper on 04-18-2006 at 01:42 PM
RE: Riddles - by LittleK on 04-18-2006 at 01:42 PM
RE: Riddles - by lrac522 on 04-18-2006 at 01:42 PM
RE: Riddles - by Reaper on 04-18-2006 at 01:45 PM
RE: Riddles - by LittleK on 04-18-2006 at 01:45 PM
RE: Riddles - by lrac522 on 04-18-2006 at 01:47 PM
RE: Riddles - by LittleK on 04-18-2006 at 01:49 PM
RE: Riddles - by Reaper on 04-18-2006 at 01:51 PM
RE: Riddles - by LittleK on 04-18-2006 at 01:51 PM
RE: Riddles - by Reaper on 04-18-2006 at 01:53 PM
RE: Riddles - by lrac522 on 04-18-2006 at 01:53 PM
RE: Riddles - by Eljay on 04-18-2006 at 01:56 PM
RE: Riddles - by Reaper on 04-18-2006 at 01:57 PM
RE: Riddles - by John Anderton on 04-18-2006 at 02:00 PM
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RE: Riddles - by John Anderton on 04-18-2006 at 04:07 PM
RE: Riddles - by NiteMare on 04-18-2006 at 04:07 PM
RE: Riddles - by Reaper on 04-18-2006 at 04:11 PM
RE: RE: Riddles - by Matti on 04-18-2006 at 04:39 PM
RE: Riddles - by stoshrocket on 04-18-2006 at 05:58 PM
RE: Riddles - by fishybobbins on 04-18-2006 at 06:22 PM
RE: Riddles - by stoshrocket on 04-18-2006 at 06:28 PM
RE: Riddles - by NiteMare on 04-19-2006 at 01:56 AM
RE: Riddles - by Fuzzles on 04-19-2006 at 07:47 AM
RE: Riddles - by Terry_X on 04-19-2006 at 08:09 AM
RE: Riddles - by Fuzzles on 04-19-2006 at 08:25 AM
RE: Riddles - by user27089 on 04-19-2006 at 08:44 AM
RE: Riddles - by user27089 on 04-19-2006 at 09:08 AM
RE: Riddles - by Stigmata on 04-19-2006 at 09:12 AM
RE: Riddles - by Eljay on 04-19-2006 at 09:18 AM
RE: Riddles - by stoshrocket on 04-19-2006 at 09:39 AM
RE: Riddles - by Dempsey on 04-19-2006 at 09:44 AM
RE: Riddles - by Rubber Stamp on 04-19-2006 at 09:50 AM
RE: Riddles - by Reaper on 04-19-2006 at 09:55 AM
RE: Riddles - by lrac522 on 04-19-2006 at 02:02 PM
RE: Riddles - by Matti on 04-19-2006 at 02:38 PM
RE: RE: Riddles - by lrac522 on 04-19-2006 at 02:45 PM
RE: Riddles - by qgroessl on 04-19-2006 at 03:24 PM
RE: RE: Riddles - by Vilkku on 04-19-2006 at 03:25 PM
RE: Riddles - by Dempsey on 04-19-2006 at 03:25 PM
RE: Riddles - by qgroessl on 04-19-2006 at 03:28 PM
RE: Riddles - by John Anderton on 04-19-2006 at 04:40 PM
RE: Riddles - by absorbation on 04-19-2006 at 04:45 PM
RE: Riddles - by NiteMare on 04-20-2006 at 07:21 AM
RE: Riddles - by stoshrocket on 04-20-2006 at 10:31 AM
RE: Riddles - by JadeRovo on 04-20-2006 at 10:24 PM
RE: Riddles - by YottabyteWizard on 04-21-2006 at 06:04 AM
RE: Riddles - by user27089 on 04-21-2006 at 07:16 AM
RE: RE: Riddles - by segosa on 04-21-2006 at 07:25 AM
RE: Riddles - by ddunk on 04-21-2006 at 07:26 AM
RE: Riddles - by Fuzzles on 04-21-2006 at 07:36 AM
RE: Riddles - by Negro_Joe on 04-21-2006 at 07:43 AM
RE: Riddles - by Fuzzles on 04-21-2006 at 07:51 AM
RE: Riddles - by JadeRovo on 04-21-2006 at 09:05 AM
RE: Riddles - by Dempsey on 04-21-2006 at 09:06 AM
RE: Riddles - by Fuzzles on 04-21-2006 at 10:58 AM
RE: Riddles - by lrac522 on 04-23-2006 at 01:45 AM
RE: Riddles - by Fuzzles on 04-23-2006 at 06:03 AM
RE: Riddles - by Fuzzles on 04-24-2006 at 08:19 AM
RE: Riddles - by Fuzzles on 04-24-2006 at 01:48 PM
RE: Riddles - by stoshrocket on 04-24-2006 at 02:02 PM
RE: Riddles - by Fuzzles on 04-24-2006 at 02:03 PM
RE: Riddles - by stoshrocket on 04-24-2006 at 02:07 PM
RE: Riddles - by Fuzzles on 04-24-2006 at 02:23 PM
RE: Riddles - by stoshrocket on 04-24-2006 at 09:10 PM
RE: Riddles - by Supersonicdarky on 04-24-2006 at 09:16 PM
RE: Riddles - by ayjay on 04-24-2006 at 09:35 PM
RE: Riddles - by Fuzzles on 04-25-2006 at 12:12 AM
RE: Riddles - by Fuzzles on 04-26-2006 at 12:03 PM
RE: Riddles - by Fuzzles on 04-26-2006 at 12:47 PM
RE: Riddles - by msnDeamon on 04-27-2006 at 05:58 AM
RE: Riddles - by prashker on 04-27-2006 at 11:12 AM
RE: Riddles - by ins4ne on 04-27-2006 at 11:25 AM
RE: Riddles - by prashker on 04-27-2006 at 11:33 AM
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