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Wordsmith wins annual contest given to bad writing
Ananova ^
| July 16 2002
Posted on 07/16/2002 4:27:18 AM PDT by 2Trievers
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To: ellery
up with Snoopy and Woodstock ...
To: 2Trievers
It had started off as a prank, but when Major Elyse Livesay discovered (during her solo space walk, no less!) the tarantula that the boys in the crew had slipped into her spacesuit, she knew that while in space no one could hear you scream, it was damn sure not for lack of trying.
Matthew Chambers Hambleton WV
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07/16/2002 8:26:25 AM PDT
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lepton
To: lepton; Carolinamom; Miss Marple; illstillbe; Utah Girl; Bitwhacker; OneidaM; A Citizen Reporter; ..
YIKES! Those people must have worked really hard to come up with such awful writing!
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07/16/2002 9:18:11 AM PDT
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kayak
To: kayak
Thanks for the ping! I look forward to the winners of the this contest each year.
To: Wordsmith
And your modus operendi ...
&;-)
To: 2Trievers
"There's a sudden change in diction, a drop in tone," she said. "From academic prose, the style suddenly plunges into a mundane image, almost a slang tone." FR could win this award.
To: *San FRancisco; GodBlessAmerica; Cool Guy; CounterCounterCulture; deeel-me-in; Golden Gate; ...
It was a grate and patriotic ping.....: )
("Grate" - courtesy of Syncro.) : )
To: 2Trievers
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07/16/2002 10:09:58 AM PDT
by
mikeb704
To: 2Trievers
wordsmith?
"in conclusion, I will leave you with a story about Professor Irwin Cory, a disheveled, little guy who wore a tux with tails and tennis shoes. Interviewers would ask him, Why do you wear tennis shoes with a tuxedo? His answer: Thats a two part question. First is why - the perennial interrogative. That question has plagued mankind since time immemorial. The greatest philosophers of every age have addressed it. They havent answered it. Im not going to try. The second part of the question is, Do you wear tennis shoes with your tuxedo? Yes!
The day was established to have Professor Irwin Cory, who was known for his rambling, contradicting and deliberately humorous lectures and complex verbiage. Cory posed as an expert, but it was really just a joke to entertain his audiences with a stream of nonsensical gibberish.
MARRIAGE: is like a bank account. You put it in, you take it out, you lose interest.
- Professor Irwin Cory
Some quotes by Alan Greenspn today:
-"Balance sheets should balance."
-"US is more transparent than most(nations)."
-"The economy in the past 6 months follow the pattern we expected as the negative becomes less negative.
-"Let's pretend you and I are businesses. I could sell you something and you could sell it back to me and we both could make a profit. NOTHING OF SIGNIFIGANCE HAPPENED.
WORNG! BOTH STATE AND FEDERAL GOV'TS MADE MONEY ON IT IN THE FORM OF TAXES.
To: RightWhale
We're trying to keep up RW, but you are light years ahead of the rest of us. &;-)
To: RightWhale
"There's a sudden change in diction, a drop in tone," she said. "From academic prose, the style suddenly plunges into a mundane image, almost a slang tone." LOL! But I do that on purpose!!!
Something to do with breaking up monotony with humor to land a point.
To: dighton
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07/16/2002 10:59:38 AM PDT
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AnnaZ
To: American Preservative
What makes you think I'd be interested in this?
;-) Oh yeah, I did do the 2000 thread on this...
And here's the 2001 thread...
To: CounterCounterCulture
Well, geez, CCC, did ya oversleep this time? : ) (Just kidding. Maybe you can find another source and still post a thread.)
BTW, did you enter this contest? : )
To: American Preservative
I had to be at work by 7am, so I had no time to go through the news wires.
No, I did not enter the contest. Maybe some day I'll enter (it is my alma matter, after all). :-)
To: CounterCounterCulture
CCC, there's an article at www.sfgate.com! Go forth and post! : )
To: 2Trievers
Now I know where Maureen Dowd and Molly Ivins go to get their inspiration.
To: 2Trievers
See the smaller cow kind of lagging behind the udders, picking over the leftovers? That would be me, one eye swiveled upward toward Comet Cowhutek.
To: American Preservative
Dishonorable Mention, Vile Pun category:
"This is a story of twin Siamese kittens, or, more specifically, of their shared appendage; it is a tail of two kitties.''
David Bubenik, Palo Alto
To: RightWhale
ROFLOL ... you are toooo much RW! Celestial hugs, 2T &;-)
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