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2005-08-01 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Carburetor breast fantasy wins bad writing contest

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Posted by Steve 2005-08-01 11:44|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 PFKASW - LMAO!

Posted by Dar">Dar 2005-08-01 13:00|| 2005-08-01 13:00|| Front Page Top

#2 PFKASW?

Posted by Mike 2005-08-01 13:43|| 2005-08-01 13:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Princess Formerly Known As Snow White on board."

:)

Posted by muck4doo 2005-08-01 13:56|| http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/]">[http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2005-08-01 13:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Imn show in next year. Already go a working title, and that's key you know.

Lucas Love: Things to do in the Dark With Yur Sockets.

Posted by Shipman 2005-08-01 14:09|| 2005-08-01 14:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Exactly why is

"It was a dark and stormy night"

bad writing ?

It worked for Snoopy, dinnit ?

Posted by Carl in N.H.">Carl in N.H. 2005-08-01 15:31|| 2005-08-01 15:31|| Front Page Top

#6 sum purdee gud wunz heer. :)

Posted by muck4doo 2005-08-01 15:35|| http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/]">[http://meatismurder.blogspot.com/] 2005-08-01 15:35|| Front Page Top

#7 Exactly why is "It was a dark and stormy night" bad writing?

I have always wondered this myself. I use to think it was because "dark...night" is redundant, but if you know anything at all about nights, you know that some are darker than others.

In any case, the real reason it's considered bad writing is because the full opening sentence is this: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents--except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness."

A bit prolix, that.

Posted by Angie Schultz 2005-08-01 22:42|| http://darkblogules.blogspot.com ]">[http://darkblogules.blogspot.com ] 2005-08-01 22:42|| Front Page Top

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