The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest seeks to contaminate respectable literature once again.
Here are the 2013 'winners' (so to speak)
(We have some talented scribes on board this forum...anyone wanna take a crack at an entry for 2014?)
Incidentally -- did you know that Edward Bulwer-Lytton also wrote the much more remembered line "The pen is mightier than the sword.".Huh? Didja?
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It was a darkly turgid phrase...
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It was a darkly turgid phrase...
by cid » Mon Oct 07, 2013 8:47 pm
Dear Algebra -- stop asking us to find your x. She's not coming back - ever. Get over it.
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Re: It was a darkly turgid phrase...
by SciFiFisher » Tue Oct 08, 2013 1:47 am
cid wrote:The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest seeks to contaminate respectable literature once again.
Here are the 2013 'winners' (so to speak)
(We have some talented scribes on board this forum...anyone wanna take a crack at an entry for 2014?)
Incidentally -- did you know that Edward Bulwer-Lytton also wrote the much more remembered line "The pen is mightier than the sword.".Huh? Didja?
Yes, but "I shall smite thee with my keyboard" has a much more modern ring to it.
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Re: It was a darkly turgid phrase...
by brite » Tue Oct 08, 2013 5:35 am
SciFiFisher wrote:
Yes, but "I shall smite thee with my keyboard" has a much more modern ring to it.
You shouldn't be allowed to post until I get home from school....
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