Bad writing contest honours the dark and stormy

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Rephah Berg of Oakland, California, who normally writes slogans for lapel buttons has won the 2002 Bulwer-Lytton Bad Writing Award for a piece which compared a faltering relationship to a balky roll of toilet paper.


Ms Berg\’s submission, reads:


\”On reflection, Angela perceived that her relationship with Tom had always been rocky – not quite a roller-coaster ride but more like when the toilet paper roll gets a little squashed so it hangs crooked and every time you pull some off you can hear the rest going bumpity-bumpity in its holder until you go nuts and push it back into shape, a degree of annoyance that Angela had now almost attained.\”

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