[DeTomaso] NPC: short automotive bad prose

[Rob Dumoulin]

Uh, tune up? Blue smoke? I remember when DDT was a good thing.
On Jan 16, 2016 1:11 PM, "Charles Engles" <cengles at cox.net> wrote:

>    Dear Forum,
>
>
>
>                             I just found this on the Bulwer-Lytton bad
>    writing website for winners of the 2015 competition for the worst
>    opening sentence for a fictional novel.   Warning: NPC
>
>
>
>                           " Long overdue for a tune-up, the ancient and
>    dilapidated 1956 Oldsmobile -- with PowerGlide transmission and power
>    steering -- wheezed slowly into the gas station, the long, blue plumes
>    of exhaust looking like a crop duster full of illegal DDT spraying a
>    field of asphalt."
>
>
>                                                 -- Ed Buhrer, Louisa, VA
>
>
>
>                               Warmest literary regards,  Chuck Engles
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   Uh, tune up? Blue smoke? I remember when DDT was a good thing.

   On Jan 16, 2016 1:11 PM, "Charles Engles" <[1]cengles at cox.net> wrote:

     A  A Dear Forum,
     A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  I just found this on the
     Bulwer-Lytton bad
     A  A writing website for winners of the 2015 competition for the
     worst
     A  A opening sentence for a fictional novel.A  A Warning: NPC
     A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  " Long overdue for a tune-up,
     the ancient and
     A  A dilapidated 1956 Oldsmobile -- with PowerGlide transmission and
     power
     A  A steering -- wheezed slowly into the gas station, the long, blue
     plumes
     A  A of exhaust looking like a crop duster full of illegal DDT
     spraying a
     A  A field of asphalt."
     A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A
     A  -- Ed Buhrer, Louisa, VA
     A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  A  Warmest literary
     regards,A  Chuck Engles
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