Next year for sure

Every year when they announce the Bulwer-Lytton winners, I think, Damn. I can do that.

The SF winner for 2007:

What a pity Dave was too young to have seen “2001: A Space Odyssey,” for he might have been able to predict what would happen next, when the ape standing next to the big black slab picked up the tapir bone.

Ann Medlock
Lenah Valley, TAS, Australia

I love it. And the SF Dishonorable Mention is a hoot, too.

D.

P.S. If that link is not enough badness for you, suck up the 2007 Bad Sex Award Winners.

2 Comments

  1. KGK says:

    Gary Shteyngart. Well, well. I suppose the use of vulgar Russian terms for certain body parts has more impact for the Russophone reader.

    Thanks for the links – a little bad writing certainly brightens one’s day, if only by giving one a warm sense of superiority!

  2. Walnut says:

    Aw, no fair! You linguists never let people in on your jokes.