20 worst sentences

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"He turned out to be so good-looking that Oedipa thought at first They, 
somebody up there, were putting her on."

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com>
To: Matthew Ryan <matthew.ryan at gmail.com>
Cc: Doug Millison <dougmillison at comcast.net>; pynchon -l 
<pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sat, Sep 19, 2009 10:38 am
Subject: Re: 20 worst sentences

His bishop is made of 14-karat gold?

On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Matthew Ryan <matthew.ryan at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> I saw this earlier today under the Fark headline "20 ways to make an 
English
> major cry". My favorite:
>
> Only those with a keen eye would notice his 14-karat gold bishop's 
ring with
> purple amethyst, large diamonds, and hand-tooled mitre-crozier 
appliqué.
>
> How many books has this guy sold?
>
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Doug Millison 
<dougmillison at comcast.net>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/6194031/The-Lost-Symbol-and-The-Da-Vinci-Code-author-Dan-Browns-20-worst-sentences.html
>>
>> Any takers on Pynchon's 20 worst? Too bad that Harvard Crimson 
reviewer
>> isn't on the P-list.
>
>