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Subject: RE: Non-music;Game for the literary minded. From: catspaw49 Date: 31 Oct 00 - 11:35 PM Every morning Kendall awoke with the certain knowledge that this day would bring no new joys to his life and he longed to rewind the clock to that night in '63 when an itinerant moose had made off with his genitals. Spaw |
Subject: RE: Non-music;Game for the literary minded. From: Peter Kasin Date: 31 Oct 00 - 11:17 PM He knew that it only took a split-second for an eternity of thoughts to pass through him, as he thought with his mind about how he would consider pondering the unthinkable. |
Subject: RE: Non-music;Game for the literary minded. From: Ebbie Date: 31 Oct 00 - 11:05 PM Oh, you guys, you're just too funny! LOL!! Ebbie |
Subject: RE: Non-music;Game for the literary minded. From: DougR Date: 31 Oct 00 - 11:05 PM I ran to the window to see what had frightened Nigel. "Hark, he said, "Two two Grizzly bears are copulating on the front lawn! It was the first hint I had that Nigel was blind. DougR |
Subject: RE: Non-music;Game for the literary minded. From: sophocleese Date: 31 Oct 00 - 10:38 PM The glow from a distant streetlight, sporadically obscured by trees dancing in the rising breeze, created strange shadows around the swing set that made it seem as if ghost children of her childhood were still gliding feather light down the slide, softly stealing onto a swing to run off again, or circling her and teasing her, daring her with voices soft as whispered leaves, to yell back at them, her father always said her tongue would get her into trouble, and he was right too, Lydia thought, as she once again cursed the urge that had prompted her to lick the cold frost off of the candy striped metal, would it ever warm up? |
Subject: RE: Non-music;Game for the literary minded. From: Ebbie Date: 31 Oct 00 - 07:52 PM She had been gone a really long time and there were inumerable events that had happened to her in her vicinity that she could tell others about if only she would remember them at the right moment and then they would understand the situation more better and not maybe blame her so much and not talk about her behind her back when she wasn't there and make it so hard to sleep. |
Subject: RE: Non-music;Game for the literary minded. From: kendall Date: 31 Oct 00 - 07:13 PM This is great! I firmly believe that the really funny things are said, not done. |
Subject: RE: Non-music;Game for the literary minded. From: Morticia Date: 31 Oct 00 - 07:05 PM LOL Kat, think I might go and nudge Gomez, see what he reckons to a little pretzeling :) |
Subject: RE: Non-music;Game for the literary minded. From: katlaughing Date: 31 Oct 00 - 07:03 PM I'll have a go at it, but yours was excellent! "Twisting away, yet facing forward, in a juxtaposition of body parts, their entangled limbs found new postures, made them pretzels of love....." |
Subject: Non-music;Game for the literary minded. From: Morticia Date: 31 Oct 00 - 05:34 PM 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.
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."
As, by and large, we are at least as funny and as creative as the efforts above would suggest, I thought people might like a crack at coming up with their own worst lines with which to start a novel.....or a folk song. Mine would be: |
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