This article is from the Hofstadter and GEB FAQ, by TANAKA Tomoyuki tanaka@cs.indiana.edu with numerous contributions by others.
anagrams of
Douglas Richard Hofstadter
Douglas Hofstadter
...
(i checked correctness of many anagrams in this "GEB themes" section.)
(i can't find any interesting anagrams of "Go:del, Escher, Bach".)
Steve Krakowski <krakowss@digital.net> wrote:
>
> Douglas Richard Hofstadter =
> So draft us a rich gold thread.
> Search for AI's gold; add truth.
> Reach for AI's gold; adds truth.
> Godel: Dr. H craft'd us AI's "Torah".
> Did a search for "God's truth", Al.
> Gild; as a search for odd truth.
> As lad did go; search for truth.
> Sad goal? Did search for truth.
> Ad said: "Search for gold - truth".
> Godel: Sh! Do craft AI sutra, Dr. H.
> Godel: Doh! Craft AI sutras, Dr. H!
> Godel: Dash, D.R.H.; tour AI's craft.
> D.R.H. had Godel tour AI's crafts.
> Dr. D.R.H. fought sacerdotal AI's.
> Dr. Godel shouts; "AI? Hard craft!"
>
> A couple of humourous ones based on the idea that the tortoise
> had to be taught (by DRH) before he could teach Achilles (or
> us!). I hope you enjoy the self-alter-ego-reference inherent in
> these little gems.<g>
>
> Tortoise: Hard flashcard, Dug!
>
> The wee reptile also had to be taught how to navigate the
> psychedelic landscapes of M.C. Escher, yes? Maybe this is how
> he was prepared.<g>
>
> Tortoise: Arf! Ach! Hard LSD, Dug!
Doc DRH, author, digs a self-art. (TT)
AI: a craft Dr. DRH got shed "soul". (TT)
Graham Perkins <gperkins@dmu.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Go:del's acid truth, hard so far.
Hauke Reddmann <fc3a501@AMRISC02.math.uni-hamburg.de> wrote:
>
> Add ghost at our self.
Cerulean <kevinpease@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> Dr. DRH casts forth a dialogue.
>
> Trio hard-glued fast as chord.
>
> Ah, stars of auld: G, E, third cord.
>
> Arch Tortoise adds hard gulf.
Jean Fontaine <jfontain@odyssee.net> wrote:
>
> O! That's Go:del's fraud!
>
> Thus for Go:del's data
>
> Soft Go:del data rush
Mike Hatton <mike@pyramus.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> God of ruthless data
> DRH in front of a theorem-prover says:
>
> "FALSE! --- O! God, sad truth." (TT)
>
> "Did a god crash? --- Truth or False?" (TT)
kindall@mail.manual.com (Jerry Kindall) wrote:
>
> [...] I'd also mention that "Metamagical Themas" can be
> re-anagrammed into: That's A Magical Meme
>
(is this mentioned in MT?)
--- anagrams of "Go:del, Escher, Bach"
Steve Krakowski <krakowss@digital.net> wrote:
>
> Godel, Escher, Bach = Ahh! Celeb codgers!
>
> Share droll weirdness by clown-land lord (ace logician). =
> "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson).
Wayne <baisley@fnal.gov> wrote:
>
> Here are some. Burps seem to have carried the field.
>
> ABCDEGH closer, eh? (What, no F?)
> Archd. Cheese-Glob (Will say mess, er, mass)
> Beg cache-holders. (Give me a reference!)
> Belch crashed ego.
> Belched graces? Oh! (Archd. Cheese-Glob, stop that!)
> Belcher chose D-A-G. (Simple, danceable, I give it a B)
> Belch gas cohered.
> Beseech gold arch. (Give me Eternal Golden Fries!)
> Bocce gelders? Hah!
> "Bog!", screeched HAL.
> Borg's leech ached. (Hmm, not quite assimilated)
> C-A-G-E belchers? Doh!
> Cage holds breech. (Leggo my Leg-o)
> C:\DOS\BREACH\HEGEL (Synthetic virus)
> Ce belch -- Hors d'âge (The French are past that now?)
> C. Gable's credo? Heh.
> Chad's hog célèbre
> Chaldee borsch, e.g.
> Ché beholds Grace.
> Cheech drags lobe.
> Cheechers go bald. (Hair? Up in smoke?)
> Cheech, so garbled.
> Cher beholds Cage.
> Cher caboshed leg.
> Cher held boscage. (Treehugger.)
> Cher's hog debacle
> Ché's dog bleacher
> Chloë badgers Ché. (Everybody's a diacritic these days)
> Choc. beer had legs. (Made me run away)
> Coed belches -- Argh! (Guess she's not a French kisser)
> Corsage? He'd belch.
> Crèches go bald, eh? (You want wigs on them?)
> Deborah's leg? Ecch!
> Descale Hochberg.
> Ecce H. -- Behold rags? (Cynical translation!)
> Geraldo, Cheech -- B.S.
> Globe caches herd.
> Go bleed cash, Cher.
> GOD reaches belch. (Strange loop indeed)
> Gold beaches, Cher.
> Gore belched, "Cash?" (Nuns were not amused)
> Herbaged cloches (Flowery hats?)
> He's a codger. Blech.
> Hog-belch as creed? (Our motto: Braaaap)
> H.O.R.D.E.s belch C-A-G-E.
> Lecher begs, ad hoc.
> Leeches bag chord. (The key of suck?)
> Ochs belched rage. (And then excused himself)
> Ogled Rebecca -- Shh!
> Scorched bagel, eh?
>
> http://www-oss.fnal.gov/~baisley
--- DRH anagrams: non-GEB themes
(i haven't checked these for correctness.)
Earle Jones <ejones12@concentric.net> wrote:
>--
>Douglas R. Hofstadter
> oh ultrafast Dodgers (is he a Dodger fan?)
> fold toughest radars
> shatter flood guards
> frustrated God's halo
> Atlas forgot shudder
> ultrashort God fades
> Ford slaughters toad
> a ruthless dad forgot
Mike Hatton <mike@pyramus.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Gosh! dreadful toast
> Holds soft graduate
> Farthest dogs aloud
> Loads soft daughter
> Saddest fourth goal
 
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