Comments on: The shocking final word — I declare a contest. http://dylan.tweney.com/2007/02/23/the-shocking-final-word-i-declare-a-contest/ if you're bored, you're not paying attention Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roberthttp://dylan.tweney.com/2007/02/23/the-shocking-final-word-i-declare-a-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-3172 Robert Fri, 02 Mar 2007 22:06:21 +0000 http://dylan.tweney.com/2007/02/23/the-shocking-final-word-i-declare-a-contest/#comment-3172 Sorry, Dylan. I've been so swamped with my own ridiculous life that I haven't had time to visit your blog for the last few weeks. Otherwise, I would have tossed my own contender into the ring. So in the spirit of fun, here's one:"Charlie's family was so poor that his father used to turn him out to blow old men at the movie theater on weekends, even though Charlie wasn't actually gay." Sorry, Dylan. I’ve been so swamped with my own ridiculous life that I haven’t had time to visit your blog for the last few weeks. Otherwise, I would have tossed my own contender into the ring. So in the spirit of fun, here’s one:

“Charlie’s family was so poor that his father used to turn him out to blow old men at the movie theater on weekends, even though Charlie wasn’t actually gay.”

]]> By: Kithttp://dylan.tweney.com/2007/02/23/the-shocking-final-word-i-declare-a-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-3171 Kit Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:25:01 +0000 http://dylan.tweney.com/2007/02/23/the-shocking-final-word-i-declare-a-contest/#comment-3171 Dylan, your examples were hilarious; I don't think I could come up with one if I had all day.Scot, dunno about now, but back in the day yours would have flunked the Uptight Librarian Test before ever getting to 'syphillis' on account of the word ::gasp:: 'sexy'. :-) Dylan, your examples were hilarious; I don’t think I could come up with one if I had all day.

Scot, dunno about now, but back in the day yours would have flunked the Uptight Librarian Test before ever getting to ‘syphillis’ on account of the word ::gasp:: ‘sexy’. :-)

]]> By: Scot Hackerhttp://dylan.tweney.com/2007/02/23/the-shocking-final-word-i-declare-a-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-3167 Scot Hacker Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:12:29 +0000 http://dylan.tweney.com/2007/02/23/the-shocking-final-word-i-declare-a-contest/#comment-3167 Dylan, honestly, I think all of your examples were better than mine. And in retrospect, I think my example failed the sniff test. If you insist, I'll take the book, but I'm not sure I deserve it... ('specially given that I had no competition). Dylan, honestly, I think all of your examples were better than mine. And in retrospect, I think my example failed the sniff test. If you insist, I’ll take the book, but I’m not sure I deserve it… (‘specially given that I had no competition).

]]> By: Dylanhttp://dylan.tweney.com/2007/02/23/the-shocking-final-word-i-declare-a-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-3166 Dylan Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:59:22 +0000 http://dylan.tweney.com/2007/02/23/the-shocking-final-word-i-declare-a-contest/#comment-3166 Well, Scot, no one else was brave enough to step up to my challenge. Either that or my examples were just so appalling that people were too horrified to play. Either way, you win! I'll send a copy of the book your way this week, via Amazon. Congrats! Well, Scot, no one else was brave enough to step up to my challenge. Either that or my examples were just so appalling that people were too horrified to play. Either way, you win! I’ll send a copy of the book your way this week, via Amazon. Congrats!

]]> By: scot hacker’s foobar blog » The Shocking Final Wordhttp://dylan.tweney.com/2007/02/23/the-shocking-final-word-i-declare-a-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-3162 scot hacker’s foobar blog » The Shocking Final Word Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:54:07 +0000 http://dylan.tweney.com/2007/02/23/the-shocking-final-word-i-declare-a-contest/#comment-3162 [...] points to a dust-up amongst librarians sparked by a paragraph in the latest Newbery award-winning [...] [...] points to a dust-up amongst librarians sparked by a paragraph in the latest Newbery award-winning [...]

]]> By: Scot Hackerhttp://dylan.tweney.com/2007/02/23/the-shocking-final-word-i-declare-a-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-3154 Scot Hacker Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:28:49 +0000 http://dylan.tweney.com/2007/02/23/the-shocking-final-word-i-declare-a-contest/#comment-3154 Mr. and Mrs. Brown were rich. Filthy rich. They had raised 13 children in a squatter's tenement on the south side of town, were the children subsisted on a diet of government cheese and stale Cheerios. The kids had rarely seen the light of day, except when let out early mornings to dumpster dive for recyclable bottles and cans (though even then they were restrained by heavy chains and choke collars). Few of the kids could speak more than a few words, and none of them could read or write. But finally, the kids were free of their miserable existences, and the Browns were rich. The children had all been sold into the international sex trade. ... Emma Mae Brown's newly adopted Greek caretakers were trying to think of an ideal name to give their new daughter. Something rich with history and meaning, but also kind of sexy. The naming challenge was turning out more difficult than expected. "Sappho?" "Venus?" "Syphillis?" Mr. and Mrs. Brown were rich. Filthy rich. They had raised 13 children in a squatter’s tenement on the south side of town, were the children subsisted on a diet of government cheese and stale Cheerios. The kids had rarely seen the light of day, except when let out early mornings to dumpster dive for recyclable bottles and cans (though even then they were restrained by heavy chains and choke collars). Few of the kids could speak more than a few words, and none of them could read or write. But finally, the kids were free of their miserable existences, and the Browns were rich. The children had all been sold into the international sex trade. … Emma Mae Brown’s newly adopted Greek caretakers were trying to think of an ideal name to give their new daughter. Something rich with history and meaning, but also kind of sexy. The naming challenge was turning out more difficult than expected. “Sappho?” “Venus?” “Syphillis?”

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