It was a dark and stormy night...
The runner up was
"I know what you're thinking, punk," hissed Wordy Harry to his new editor, "you're thinking, 'Did he use six superfluous adjectives or only five?' - and to tell the truth, I forgot myself in all this excitement; but being as this is English, the most powerful language in the world, whose subtle nuances will blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' - well do you, punk?"
Stuart VasepuruEdinburgh, Scotland
you know you want to read the-rest.
I found it here along with tons of other great links.
4 Comments:
...dig your own grave and lick the shovel clean.
is only silly in a film-noir setting (takes itself seriously), but if I said it, all cynical like, it could be ironic enough to elicit a wry grin.
jibber jabber
Amanda, thanks for the post on Foreign Intelligence Files. I appreciate that someone else saw the humor in the runner-up. Just don't tell any of your fellow Canadians the truth... We're trying to keep it a secret down here.
pizza cutter- glad you commented! I say the film noir thing on your blog and then clicked away and got lost before I could link.
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