Wednesday, July 12, 2006

What would Bulwer-Lytton say

An opening sentence containing a burrito, an angel and a shovel was judged appalling enough to win the annual Bulwer-Lytton literary parody prize on Tuesday.

Retired mechanical designer Jim Guigli of California was proclaimed winner of the contest, which challenges entrants to submit their worst opening sentence of an imaginary novel.
Guigli's winning entry read: "Detective Bart Lasiter was in his office studying the light from his one small window falling on his super burrito when the door swung open to reveal a woman whose body said you've had your last burrito for a while, whose face said angels did exist, and whose eyes said she could make you dig your own grave and lick the shovel clean."

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1 comment:

candy sue said...

Oh, would that I could write such drivel! Wait! I can. At the drop of a hat, I believe I could probably pen some purple prose as pedestrian as this...hmmm...wait, it isn't as easy as it seems. They actually have a contest for this?! How marvelous! Dear Gren, I love reading your blog! It's so smart! (And your baby is so cute!) How is Texas? I've been out of commission for ages...