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Bulwer-Lytton - "It was a dark and stormy night" contest
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Posted on 09/24/2004 5:47:38 AM PDT by N. Theknow
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Not sure which year this was.
Perhaps Xenalyte can "authenticate."
To: Xenalyte
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posted on
09/24/2004 5:48:05 AM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(N. Theknow - All-American 1st Pajama Expeditionary Force - Semper FReep)
To: N. Theknow
#3 had me rolling!
I also like the beauty who "defied description".
Great, I love stuff like this!
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posted on
09/24/2004 5:50:32 AM PDT
by
jocon307
(Ann Coulter was right)
To: N. Theknow
Can I nominate something? I'd like to suggest any of Al Hunt's columns from the Wall Street Journal.
To: N. Theknow
Great stuff! I did like the winner, but Number 6 is great too.
Kinda like old Lurch...flip-flop!
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posted on
09/24/2004 5:53:38 AM PDT
by
Logic n' Reason
(Don't piss down my back and tell me it's rainin')
To: N. Theknow
I seen some one line newbie vanities in the past week that blow these away.
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posted on
09/24/2004 5:53:48 AM PDT
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Tijeras_Slim
(Pay no attention to the Nattering Newbies of Negativism)
To: N. Theknow
He knew no one would vote for a man with an affinity for botox injections, wind surfing, treason, stupid sports photos, rich lonely windows, Vietnam and an occasional forged document, but Jean so longed to be President.
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posted on
09/24/2004 5:55:32 AM PDT
by
commish
(Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
To: N. Theknow
the first line of a bad novel The Senator paused in front of the parlor mirror to admire his leonine locks and for the first time thought: "Dear God -- I could be President."
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posted on
09/24/2004 5:58:54 AM PDT
by
Taliesan
(fiction police)
To: N. Theknow
Absolutely hilarious............literally LOL!!!!
To: Tijeras_Slim
I seen some one line newbie vanities in the past week that blow these away.You definitely have a point there.
A new posting guideline might help but most of them would feel that it doesn't apply to them. OH well, at least if they hang around osmosis has a chance to work on them.
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posted on
09/24/2004 5:59:36 AM PDT
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N. Theknow
(N. Theknow - All-American 1st Pajama Expeditionary Force - Semper FReep)
To: commish
To: RightOnline
Absolutely hilarious............literally LOL!!!!Your sentiments shall be echoed.
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posted on
09/24/2004 6:01:12 AM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(N. Theknow - All-American 1st Pajama Expeditionary Force - Semper FReep)
To: N. Theknow
3) "Like an over-ripe beefsteak tomato rimmed with cottage cheese, the corpulent remains of Santa Claus lay dead on the hotel floor."
I have just changed my lunch plans.
To: Hardastarboard
Maureen Dowd, for her entire career.
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posted on
09/24/2004 6:04:29 AM PDT
by
atomicpossum
(If there are two Americas, John Edwards isn't qualified to lead either of them.©)
To: N. Theknow
I think most of them are really excited to have found FR, most (except trolls) will catch on soon enough.
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posted on
09/24/2004 6:04:52 AM PDT
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Tijeras_Slim
(Pay no attention to the Nattering Newbies of Negativism)
To: N. Theknow
Writing class final....Problem-Write the shortest essay containing the three elements of religion, sex and mystery.
An 'A' went to a girl who wrote, "My God, I'm pregnant, I wonder who did it?"
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posted on
09/24/2004 6:05:30 AM PDT
by
Lee Heggy
(No good deed goes unpunished)
To: N. Theknow
Thanx.... #3 has given me a line to print on this year's Christmas cards.
To: N. Theknow
This is several years back. There are paperback books available, "Dark & Stormy," "Dark & Stormy Rides Again," etc. It's an interesting exercise to enter this annual contest. They send a very special postcard on receipt of your submission.
Congressman Billybob
Latest column, "The Manifesto of Pukin Dog"
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To: N. Theknow
# 6, # 8, #3, hilarious, but # 1 should be....# 1.
What a fun bit of reading...thanks!
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posted on
09/24/2004 6:12:17 AM PDT
by
YaYa123
(@LOL....it's a good thing.com)
To: N. Theknow
One from the 2004 results:
Detective Category Runner-Up:
The knife handle jutted from her chest like one of the plastic pop-up timers in a frozen turkey, but from the blood pooling around the wound, it was apparent that this bird wasn't done.
Alaine Sepulveda
Las Cruces, NM
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posted on
09/24/2004 6:16:37 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
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