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larryhammerThe 2003 winners of the Bulwer-Lytton contest have been announced. Personally, I think the runner-up is a better bad sentence.
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- 1: “what you gonna do when the love burns down? / what you gonna do when the flames go up?”
- 2: “now go! walk out the door! just turn around now! ’cuz you’re! not welcome! anymore!”
- 3: “we’re all excited / but we don’t know why / maybe it’s ’cause / we’re all gonna die”
- 4: “Whilst yet the calm hours creep, / Dream thou—and from thy sleep / Then wake to weep”
- 5: “touch me in the morning then just walk away / we don’t have tomorrow but we had yesterday”
- 6: “There are as many Hamlets as there are melancholies.”
- 7: “i’ll tell you that i’m happy if you want me to / but one step further and my back will break”
- 8: “Between the idea / And the reality / Between the motion / And the act / Falls the Shadow”
- 9: “i see the bad moon a-rising / i see trouble on the way / i see earthquakes and lightning”
- 10: “they’re so resigned to what their fate is / but not us (no never) / we’re far too young and clever”
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Date: 19 July 2003 04:32 am (UTC)I in fact prefer the Purple Prose winner.
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Date: 19 July 2003 08:44 am (UTC)---L.