Posted by Duffless at hide101.suffolk.edu on July 01, 2002 at 10:04:01:
In Reply to: It was A Dark and Stormy Morning............ posted by docgenesplice on July 01, 2002 at 09:44:22:
This post reminds me of the Dark and Stormy contest they have each year The annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, sponsored by San Jose University in California, in which contestants try to write the most outrageous opening sentences for what would surely be horrible novels. The event is named for George Bulwer-Lytton, whose opening line for his 1830 novel Paul Clifton began with "It was a dark and stormy night...."
Here are some examples:
"Like an overripe beefsteak tomato rimmed with cottage cheese, the corpulent remains of Santa Clause lay dead on the hotel floor. "
"As a scientist, Throckmorton knew that if he were ever to break wind in the sound chamber he would never hear the end of it."