August 14, 2008


The Winning Entry in a Bad Writing Contest

“Theirs was a New York love, a checkered taxi ride burning rubber, and like the city, their passion was open 24/7, steam rising from their bodies like slick streets exhaling warm, moist, white breath through manhole covers stamped ‘Forged by DeLaney Bros., Piscataway, N.J.’ “

(Via NPR)

posted by Amy Mabli in writing 

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2 Responses to “The Winning Entry in a Bad Writing Contest”

  1. Sheila Ryan on August 14th, 2008 at 8:21 pm

    What makes it bad is the “Forged by DeLaney Bros., Piscataway, N.J.” stamp. It would be really good if the manhole cover were stamped Sanitary Sewer, Bass & Hays Foundry (Fort Worth, Texas).

  2. Kris on August 15th, 2008 at 4:26 am

    I written HEAPS worse than that.

    What a gyp!

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