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galfalfa

 'The sentences won out over the verse...here are my favourites for worst opening sentences..
Gold
1. I sat and dozed slightly as the wind bristled past my ears and the gentle mechanicle groan of the crane continued while Andy yapped on about how expensive the final stage of the bridge would be and how heavy this single steel gurder was, then I heard "Whoops" but no explanation. - By One Angry Monkey

Silver
1. Once upon a time, there was a midget who loved to exercise, but he could never reach the pull up bars, so he invented midget pull up bars, but everyone hated him because they kept banging their shins on them........ By J Rhys Davies

Bronze
1. When the aliens arrived and it was totally unexpected, you know, well, then, you see, Mary Anne opened the door and oh my gosh there they were but she thought they were just trick or treaters so she gave them candy and guess what... they pulled out their lazer guns and shot her anyways. By KittyBlue


I will need the above 3 entries to post their worst opening sentence onto a poem page and enter it into the trophy awarding contest page...thanks


Thanks to all for joining in - loved all the entries!





I have been asked by Kevin to provide a more detailed explanation on how this contest works. Each add a line is an entry, except for mine - and each entry is in the running for a Gold Trophy (300 points) for 1st place ... Silver Trophy for 2nd place and Bronze Trophy for 3rd place. There are no 3 predetermined or prenamed entries that will win this contest..this is not a tiered contest - it's a one time deal...everyone has a shot at it.

I will select the three entries (add a lines) that i like best on November 5th, the closing date of the add a line and i'll award the trophies on the contest page since i cannot award trophies here.  My three favourites will then post their entries on a poem page and submit it on my contest awarding page in order to receive their trophies   allpoetry.com/Contest/2302933


The End


Yes, this is a contest, it may not look like a contest but it is. I have made up a trophy awarding contest page and the three winning add a lines will submit their work here to receive their trophies ...

allpoetry.com/Contest/2302933


The contest is for 300 points and the gold, silver and bronze trophies.



Two options for the add a line ...please specify your option when adding



1. The worst opening sentence when writing a story and yes they can be run on sentences if you like with these (   -  ..... ands, buts, also), of a reasonable length as in not the whole friggin page 


 




2. The worst opening rhyming stanza when writing a poem




I will start it off by these - yours will be much better i'm sure 



1. As the clock struck midnight, 31 year old Norman Wanker was startled awake by the sound of his own urine splashing off his chin, yelling for his mommy he couldnt help but feel relieved he hadnt pissed on his teddy bear again.


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2.

I think i may end my life

It's nothing but heartache and strife

I'll leave a note to inform my spouse

but first i'll shop to buy a blouse


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1. Striding across the swaying deck of his ship, Captain James Stopplemire stopped to bark out the order, "wind in the poop deck"..all the while ignoring the nervous poo that was pushing against his own cargo hatch

Origami ShapesRed thingymajigs pursed an it blown a noise
than it spoken of love is beautyfull waves.
speakingup4kids#2
Today I think I got influenza
trying to write an opening stanza
for some poetry contest bonanza
galfalfa is hosting the extravaganza
Melodies#2 Tie your shoes and zip your dress
and clean up that big awful mess
that the dog did? Now, confess!
I think I love you less and less!
RoseRomanceI think that I shall never see
a dog that does not have to pee
on my lovely dogwood tree...
or, for that matter, right on me!
J Rhys Davies1. Once upon a time, there was a midget who loved to exercise, but he could never reach the pull up bars, so he invented midget pull up bars, but everyone hated him because they kept banging their shins on them........
KittyBlue1. When the aliens arrived and it was totally unexpected, you know, well, then, you see, Mary Anne opened the door and oh my gosh there they were but she thought they were just trick or treaters so she gave them candy and guess what... they pulled out their lazer guns and shot her anyways.
Lavender Lovel. On Christmas morning Lucy was like sooooooo excited and she yanked her stocking down and looked inside and there was nothing in there but one piece of candy and a big fat cockroach and Lucy screamed and cried and that went on for awhile and then she started playing with the cockroach because it was still in the stocking, you know, and she had the best Christmas ever!
galfalfa1.
The fallen hunter lay there on the cold hard ground knowing full well that any noise, any sign of life would result in being mauled to death by the hungry Grizzly that sniffed out his still form...all the while mentally kicking himself for eating that can of brown beans the night before....Phfffffffffffffffffffffffft
speakingup4kids#1
This is a story about a person who couldn't write a story but said she would write a story so had to attempt to write a story so here is the story that she attempted to write when she could not write a story about a girl who couldn't write a story.
BillbardLucky am I you did apprehend me
I love you although you offend me
In a gruesome manner you send me
If we do not part it will end me.
brevansSanta santa claus and his big black boots
always wearing that big  ugly red suit
whiping those deers,  and always laughin
with cheers.  to me santa i think was drinkin
some beer as he flew thru the air whippin those deer
with that red suit was santa some queer,                 why else with kids he would always get near,
was santa an old man we should have feared
LAPoe#1, The day before Colin's risky colon surgery, Colin acted
out of character and ate a whole tube of chapstick, 1.7lb's
of cheddar cheese and half a charbroiled chicken coated
heavily in spicy jalapeno chutney, he figured why go out
with a whimper when you can go out with a bang.
SheshhOption 1. and all of a sudden he knew why he was here. it was because the witch had come to steal her. let's flash back...
femurlee#2  
Pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey
Is the game we'll play at the Halloween party.
I'll come as a pumpkin pie -- orange --
And my husband will cook me -- a range.
brevansGarth brooks, Tom Jones on a satuday nite watchin tv with snoop dogg as he prays before he cuts the turkey with a knife,  Oh Boy Its tv lands marathon snoop doggs fav nite,
with beaver cleaver,   and daddy knows best wow no way will soop doggy rest
Lady AltheiaI wrote this as a poem:
Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
Honey is sweet.
So are you.
Sleep with me.
grannyeriHe was such an imitator
Not really an ilustrator
but only an indicator
serving as a masquerader
for the one who was not.
DarkenedAuras#2. Hey everyone come gather round
And drive that monster into the ground
So no one can find his remains
It will make all insane :D
galfalfa2.
You took my heart and threw it in the gutter
While eating a snack of jam and peanut butter
"I can't live without you" is what i so want to utter
Can ya spare me 3 hours cuz i do tend to stutter

potanical2/ The moon shone on the village well,
  This filthy poem I daren't tell! (so if ya don't know it, too bad!?
One Angry Monkey1. I sat and dozed slightly as the wind bristled past my ears and the gentle mechanicle groan of the crane continued while Andy yapped on about how expensive the final stage of the bridge would be and how heavy this single steel gurder was, then I heard "Whoops" but no explanation.
liquidmindforeverI don't give. A shit on you falls the pitiful prideful
pandamonium. Price of tatters going up till the sky fills rain holds tight her jeans seem creased in faded glory
brevansDarkness,  deep within me,  layers under my soul
Sadness, the unseen angle,  with broken Wings
Depression, the son of the midnight father
suicide,  the tree with unseen freedom that the ropes
awings and swings with deaths whisper, cold,dark and
isolation, from life i'll take a long vacation, for
i have longed for a relation, hell is my next gas station
galfalfa1.
For the last time, I'm not bald ! , screamed Melvin Morehead as he slammed the phone down cutting off the Dolly Parton wig selling solicitor's yodelling spiel -"Why oh why can't those people take no for an answer,I've just more head than hair"
LAPoe#1,Just as Jimmy was about to produce the largest turd
on record,the man from Guinness Book of World Records
called to say his plane was running late and could
Jimmy please hold that turd till he gets there,
as he would need to be present when turd is birthed
and then it would be weighed for precise poundage,
no answer came from Jimmy, as he turned blue
and passed out.
galfalfa1.
Discovering he was fresh out of condoms Ted resigned himself to the fact he'd be taking yet another cold shower, until he spied a ziplock sandwhich bag hanging out of his Dumbo lunch box.
majixMeanwhile, back at the ranch, Lone Ranger was disquised as a cactus and Tonto, thinking he was a porcupine, shot him.
brevansal gore with his lisp and all walked over to
al frankin and said,  we together will take
over this world,  elton told me we could, he
did,  Oh Frankin let me fix that hair you silly
man you
galfalfa1.
Twas a dark and stormy night, leastwise until the rain let up and the moon shone out from behind a cloud - Twas a night
Cinnarry2-My penis is conjoined with my brother
 But I love it like there is no other
 When we take a piss, I suddenly wish
 It wasn't as big as a cow udder.
Sarah957Once upon a time in a land far far away there was a prince who slew a dragon to save a princess. Princess Pinelope. Or was that the name of the cat?
brevansonce time there was a one who came and met two,  
soon without protection it became three,  than four
than five than six,  no longer one was one but now
it was more than seven,  without protection it will
be alot more than 11,   how high can one go with
when one becomes two,   if you count wuth me can we
fit within a shoe,  i was beatin and beatin and beatin some more,  no matter what i did i ran and ran and far as i can, will rodgers, silly billy where is willie
jelly jam  so i am sam
-Yvette-There seems to be much delusion uttered here within,
with billiard bald men and  dog dirt  on the sidewalk
and do it yourself contraceptive device
it makes one wonder who is taking the proveribial
and who is twice as nice
will admit am lost as lost as can be
just gatecrashing with a part four
to join galfafa's  all poetry party
brevansMany many worlds come together,  such great
winds from all around make wonderful wheather
winds colide, and thunder rolls as the lightenting
cracks,  all together love of poetry we do not lack
Unca GoatAs Melvin tried to quietly sneak through the door, he was frightened by the sharp squeak of the rusty hinge. As terror seized him, he was sure he had been heard. Unfortunately, it wasn't the hinge but his own been-dip laden lunch that had given him away and not a hinge.
Happy Pilgrim1.) This is the story that was twisted and turned until the story didn't exist so that the story was actually fake; so what's with a story that isn't a real story but is said to be a real story when the true story is just a fake? The story is about a writer who's writing their story about the story of their grandmother who told the writer of the story about the story of their ancestors. Her story was twisted and turned by an ancestor who was writing the story about a story writer from long ago--who was a liar. So the story writer who's writing the story about their grandmother's story of the story of the ancestors who's writing the story of the liar is fake. So the story is true in some parts because the grandmother said the story was true...but who wants to believe grandmother when her story is made up by Alzheimers?
leannewalesIf it wasn't for me I would not exist
I would have no leg I would have no wrist
Or any other body parts written on my list
because I wouldn't have any if I didn't exist.
LongRoadHomeThe sun rose with a terrific boom
pouring bright and yellow into my room
I knew then that life would be good
because my girl was there and I had wood. (2)

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