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Re: OT Nostalgic history of the pen (was Re: Phoneme winnowing continues

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Saturday, June 7, 2003, 3:05
John Cowan wrote:

> Roger Mills scripsit: > >....."Bics", but that's generally a cheap cigarette lighter > > nowadays.) > > Ah yes. Translation exercise (from the Bulwer-Lytton bad writing
competition):
> > The lovely woman-child Kaa was mercilessly chained to the > cruel post of the warrior-chief Beast, with his barbarian > tribe now stacking wood at her nubile feet, when the strong > clear voice of the poetic and heroic Handsomas roared, > "Flick your Bic, crisp that chick, and you'll feel my steel > through your last meal." >
Omigod. Surely that won?? A modest proposal-- we should form a committee to submit a pseudonymous entry to the next B-L contest. Surely the collective energy of our warped minds could produce a real winner.............