Posted by babka at nrwc-cs05-t170.citlink.net on July 01, 2002 at 13:01:24:
In Reply to: Re: It was A Dark and Stormy Morning............ posted by Duffless on July 01, 2002 at 10:04:01:
: 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."
****great, Duffless, that's what I thought it might be.
It was a Dark and Stormy Morning,
My shoes were on my feet.
We need to fill the reservoirs
to counteract the heat.
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