[Penny]

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. Gadsby, walking towards that group, saw a youg 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?

[nih]

Not a single E.

[kall]

Damn you.

I was going to lead into it by quoting Simpsons...

Monty Burns: Lenny, I'll let you keep your job if you can tell me why, without using the letter E.
Lenny: OK...I am a good...work....guy...
MB: You're Fired!
Lenny: But I didn't say *ground opens up beneath him*..eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.....

[nih]

Whaddaya mean damn me, I beat you by four hours.

Smithers: Sir! Try to land on Lenny's Corpse!