What I meant to say was "Huh?" However, I do see that would be unacceptably brief. In addition, after rereading my first effort, I can see several areas in which I could do much better at writing badly, even poorly. For the present, let it suffice for me to rewrite the last sentence in the following manner:

"However, as I am sure is apparent to all who read this, my writing is very dry, cumbersome and uneccessarily wordy, even, perhaps, obtuse. Additionally, my ability to spell correctly without a spell-checker has diminished over the course of time, as my age has increased and I have gotten older."

If this is not bad enough to win the contest, please feel free to read nearly any post I have made to any thread. Surely one of them will qualify.

Now, when do I collect my prize?

Janie