30-07-05
Seios de carburador
As he stared at her ample bosom, he daydreamed of the dual Stromberg carburetors in his vintage Triumph Spitfire, highly functional yet pleasingly formed, perched prominently on top of the intake manifold, aching for experienced hands, the small knurled caps of the oil dampeners begging to be inspected and adjusted as described in chapter seven of the shop manual.
O parágrafo é de Dan McKay, vencedor da edição 2005 do concurso Bulwer-Lytton. Há mais de duas décadas, o Departamento de Inglês da californiana Universidade de San Jose toca a brincadeira. Dentre um multiverso de gororoba, os jurados escolhem o melhor do pior. Quem compete busca redigir o mais medonho parágrafo de abertura para um romance imaginariamente medonho. Senso de humor e falta de vergonha ajudam.
Sphincter, the gladiator, girded his loins in preparation for today's games, glad to be part of the season opener since he hadn't been sure until yesterday that his contract would be renewed, given his slump during the Germans-versus-lions series but he knew that swatting Germans into the lion's pit was trickier than it looked and he told the officials that they should look at his other stats, not just Huns batted in.
Agradeçam a Robert Peltzer, vencedor da categoria Ficção Histórica.
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