Posted
7/20/2004 05:21:00 PM
by Douglas
I personally don't think "it was a dark and stormy night" is such a horrible way to start a story, but I still can appreciate the
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest for what it's worth. For 2004, we have a
winner! Inspired by Martha Stewart, no less!
"She resolved to end the love affair with Ramon tonight ... summarily, like Martha Stewart ripping the sand vein out of a shrimp's tail ... though the term 'love affair' now struck her as a ridiculous euphemism ... not unlike 'sand vein,' which is after all an intestine, not a vein ... and that tarry substance inside certainly isn't sand ... and that brought her back to Ramon."
Boy, that's a keeper. Gotta love this quote from the event's organizer:
"Sometimes the entrants are more clever than the judges," he said. "Those people generally lose."
Rule numero uno: Don't be smarter than the judge.
Labels: Bulwer-Lytton