"It was a dark and stormy night..."
Posted by Shari Pogach
Something short and sweet to start your holiday weekend...
"It was a dark and stormy night..."
This opening penned by Victorian novelist Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton to begin his novel Paul Clifford in 1830 is now considered âÂÂover the topâ writing. The phrase even became the inspiration for San Jose State UniversityâÂÂs annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, which celebrates the worst in English writing. The contest includes a "Dark and Stormy night" section, which is intended to find the worst introduction that can be made from the beginning of that sentence.
For the 2010 contest, Steve Lynch, of San Marcos, CA, won in the detective category with this little financial gem:
âÂÂShe walked into my office wearing a body that would make a man write bad checks, but in this paperless age you would first have to obtain her ABA Routing Transit Number and Account Number and then disable your own Overdraft Protection in order to do so.âÂÂÂ
Somehow I just canâÂÂt picture those words coming out of BogieâÂÂs (Humphrey Bogart) mouth. Can you?
Have a safe 4th of July weekend everyone!
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