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Re: [Fwd: Writing Humor]

Subject: Re: [Fwd: Writing Humor]
From: Beth Friedman <bjf -at- wavefront -dot- com>
To: Sandy Harris <sandy -at- storm -dot- ca>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 13:19:45 -0500

Er, no. I'm dubious about whether this belongs on this list, but in any case, these entries date back at least to 1998. The 2000 Bulwer-Lytton winners are at http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/english/2000PR.htm.

Beth

In our previous episode at 12:49 PM 10/12/00, Sandy Harris wrote:

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Writing Humor
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 13:10:57 -0400
From: Greg Reynolds <gregreynolds -at- earthlink -dot- net>
Reply-To: Greg Reynolds <gregreynolds -at- earthlink -dot- net>,Greg Reynolds <gregreynolds -at- earthlink -dot- net>
To: dc-stuff -at- dis -dot- org


These are the 10 winners of this year's Bulwar Lytton
contest (run by the English Dept of San Jose State U),
wherein one writes only the first line of a bad novel.

(my fave is of course, the winner...)

10) "As a scientist, Throckmorton knew that if he were
ever to break wind in the echo chamber he would never hear
the end of it."

<snip>

--
Beth Friedman / bjf -at- wavefront -dot- com
"The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." --Andrew Tanenbaum




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