Bulwer-Lytton Results

The results of the 2006 Bulwer-Lytton contest, to come up with the worst opening line for a piece of fiction, have been posted. The contest is named for Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton, who wrote the opening line that any Peanuts fan will know: "It was a dark and stormy night." Wikipedia also gives him credit for "The pen is mightier than the sword" and "the great unwashed," among other florid phrases.