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Shall I compare thee to a ... carburetor?
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:17 pm
by Canuck
The 2005 Bulwer-Lytton prizes, which celebrate really really bad writing, have been announced.
http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/english/2005.htm
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2005 7:43 pm
by meetVA
Check it out infamy!!
" Horatio Felacio sailed buoyantly up Cutter Street ironclad in his resolve to torpedo the reviewer of his literary launches who threatened his Titanic reputation with accusations of relying solely on nautical parlance to propel his gondolaic characters through the sinuous canals of his plots. "
and he said I was verbose!
And for coffee-lovers-named-Paul:
" After months of pent-up emotions like a caffeine-addict trying to kick the habit, Cathy finally let the tears come, at first dripping sporadically like an old clogged percolator, then increasing slowly like a 10-cup coffeemaker with an automatic drip, and eventually pouring out and noisily wailing like a cappuccino maker complete with slurping froth. "
I think she's your type, buddy, good luck finding her.
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