What do you write when you write a "test sentence"?

When I have a new pen I just scribble a little.

I write my girlfriend’s first name.

Ever since I was little, I would write the fake name “Lelly” in cursive because of how well it flows. It’s fun to write :)

My dad always does Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. Depending on who will see it, I might write Jeff in cursive. Otherwise, it’s just a random scribble.

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.

Usually my signature, as opposed to “Now is the time for all good men” when I’m testing a keyboard.

I write:

This could be my little
book about love
if I wrote it—
but my good demon said:
‘Lay off documents!’
Everybody was watching me
burn my books—
I swung my liberty torch
happy as a gestapo brute;
the only thing I wanted to save
was a scar
a burn or two—
but my good demon said:
‘Lay off documents!
The fire’s not important!’
The pile was safely blazing.
I went home to take a bath.
I phoned my grandmother.
She is suffering from arthritis.
‘Keep well,’ I said, ‘don’t mind the pain.’
‘You neither,’ she said.
Hours later I wondered
did she mean
don’t mind my pain
or don’t mind her pain?
Whereupon my good demon said:
‘Is that all you can do?’
Well was it?
Was it all I could do?
There was the old lady
eating alone, thinking about
Prince Albert, Flanders Field,
Kishenev, her fingers too sore
for TV knobs;
but how could I get there ?
The books were gone
my address lists—
My good demon said again:
‘Lay off documents!
You know how to get there!’
And suddenly I did!
I remembered it from memory!
I found her
pouring over the royal family tree,
‘Grandma,’
I almost said,
‘you’ve got it upside down—’
‘Take a look,’ she said,
‘it only goes to George V.’
‘That’s far enough
you sweet old blood!’
‘You’re right!’ she sang
and burned the
London Illustrated Souvenir
I did not understand
the day it was
till I looked outside
and saw a fire in every
window on the street
and crowds of humans
crazy to talk
and cats and dogs and birds
smiling at each other!

Millenium by Leonard Cohen

Nah, just kidding. I just write the first thing that comes to mind.Something insipid. What does it matter?

I draw.

I make a series of linked “u“s. Fake writing, really.

New pen/pencil, I just scribble a bit. On a keyboard, I tend to go with “testing, testing”.

Pen or pencil: I scribble and draw a little.

Keyboard: I type “Mary had a little lamb”.

‘Hello’ it’s always ‘Hello’

My pen-is mighty, like a sword.

‘Hello’
See I can’t help myself!

“Does this pen work?”

then either “Nope, try again” or “Yay! It does!”