Tinfoil Viking Science: Bad Writing Awards

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Friday, July 29, 2005

Bad Writing Awards

Bad Writing Awards

I just read a story on CNN about the winners of the annual bad writing awards. I'm cracking up. This is worth your time. I promise. Go read it. One example:

"Captain Burton stood at the bow of his massive sailing ship, his weathered face resembling improperly cured leather that wouldn't even be used to make a coat or something."

12:03 PM - Bottle Rocket Fire Alarm

10 Comments:

July 29, 2005 12:23 PM, Stace said...: ". . .or something." What the hell is that all about?
July 29, 2005 1:30 PM, OldHorsetailSnake said...: Thanks for the link, Steverino. Bulwer writings should never be missed.
July 29, 2005 2:15 PM, Anonymous said...: Good grief! They want 'writers with a little talent, but no taste'. HELLO! That is so me. I could win that contest. Why didn't I find out about until now?

Now I'm going to have to wait until next year.
July 29, 2005 4:45 PM, Lance Manion said...: I dearly hope that someday my writing will progress from that kind of low-end suckage to the suckage of the truly god-awful.
July 29, 2005 5:25 PM, Anonymous said...: That sounds like something I would write...or something.

Har, har, har.

Blake
July 29, 2005 5:26 PM, Anonymous said...: Um, the above post was mine.

Gracias,

Blake
July 29, 2005 5:53 PM, Saucy Monk said...: my favorite verse:
"like grease on a Denny's grill in the morning rush, but only until eleven o'clock when they switch to the lunch menu".

poetry in motion. well, if you get motion sickness anyhow.
July 30, 2005 5:16 PM, Dave Morris said...: With so many people blogging and writing stuff like this every day, I can see this competition getting tougher to win.

Those are great!
August 02, 2005 1:49 AM, Latigo Flint said...: Hey! Writing something that gloriously bad isn't easy, it isn't easy at all... I know.
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