20 worst sentences

[Bekah]

Wait a minute here -   I love that sentence.   It's not one of his  
best but it's funny and it makes perfect sense to me.

Bekah


On Sep 19, 2009, at 9:53 AM, malignd at aol.com wrote:

> "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.
>>
>>
>
>
>

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