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Saturday, November 22, 2008

Esquire's 70 Greatest Sentences

Esquire's 70 Greatest Sentences

Well, these sorts of things are always, "Why did they choose that?" "Why didn't they choose that?"

Sample sentences from the list:

Also, I shouldn't have to say this, but do not, under any circumstances, put Pop Rocks in your ass. --Stacey Grenrock Woods, Sex column, 2003

It showed a crowd of freaks bending over a dying fat man on a dark and lonely road, looking at a tattoo on his back which illustrated a crowd of freaks bending over a dying fat man on a . . . --Ray Bradbury, "The Illustrated Man," 1950

Many of the great sentences deal with sex, erections, and/or war.

Hm.


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