[superprismatic]

Interleave the three strings

FOGIEMYONSNSASIASOGEHNONNSEFSWINKHKSN

FORGVEMMNASLOFGIETHNOSESEFTHEWHHNTEYTLSENS

RGIEMENNENSESFORGVEHENOEOHOEHOTHIEYAKSEE

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so that they may overlap only at

letters they have in common and

together they form a witty English

sentence.  This sentence also has

the shortest possible length of

any string made by overlapped

interleaving of this kind.



Here is example solved problem of

this type:

Suppose that the three strings were

[code]

SSNOAITAYINUITISLSRAVOHEKINDOPEMEUZZLEI

SIOTWTTSBUTITSILUATIVEFEHEKIPBLMTHUZLES

THIIAWITTYSYGUTTISLLSTTFETHEKIOFPROEMHPUZLE

Each of these can be stretched out over 70 positions so that each of the 70 positions is covered by a letter from at least one of the three. Furthermore, letters at positions of overlap must agree:

   S SNO A I T  AYIN  U ITIS  L S RA  V O   HEKINDO P    EM  E UZZLEI 

   SI  OT W TT S     BUTIT SI LU   ATIVE FE HEKI    P  BL MTH  U ZLE S

THI I    AWITTYS Y  G UT TIS LL ST  T    FETHEKI  OFPRO  EM H PUZ LE  

THISISNOTAWITTYSAYINGBUTITISILLUSTRATIVEOFETHEKINDOFPROBLEMTHEPUZZLEIS

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This 70-long string, although not unique, is as

short as possible while fulfilling the requirements

of the problem (with the exception of wit).

[Izzy]

[spoiler=That was fun. ]Robert Frost is cool.

Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense.

[Guest]

i like this! very enjoyable.