Don’t listen to the critics; they’ve drifted so far from the rest of society it ain’t even funny. Thank you for helping us to prove them wrong again, Cosmo.
“It was a dark and stormy night” is far from being the worst opening line ever published (the first sentence in its entirety reads “It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents – except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness”). It’s just the now-famous exemplar of a prose style which, while it has certain merits, has nontheless fallen out of fashion. It’s a bit overwrought and it runs on, but Dickens was capable of far worse. “It was a dark and stormy night” is a cliche now, but Bulwer-Lytton may have been its originator.
The line really gained infamy only after Snoopy adopted it, and the comedy arises not so much from the awfulness of the line itself but from Snoopy’s persistence in using it, and in the manner in which he followed it up: “It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly, a shot rang out! A door slammed. The maid screamed. Suddenly, a pirate ship appeared on the horizon! While millions of people were starving, the king lived in luxury. Meanwhile, on a small farm in Kansas, a boy was growing up.”
NOTGEORGE about 15 years ago
corny but good one
GROG Premium Member about 15 years ago
You can do anything you set your mind to do.
wicky about 15 years ago
Uncle Cosmo strikes again!
The_Floodhunter about 15 years ago
Don’t listen to the critics; they’ve drifted so far from the rest of society it ain’t even funny. Thank you for helping us to prove them wrong again, Cosmo.
Silverpearl about 15 years ago
LOL
ladyellen2 about 15 years ago
Groan!!!!
tbree about 15 years ago
Cri Tic - A type of blood sucking insect.
pearlandpeach about 15 years ago
can you LOL while groaning?
yyyguy about 15 years ago
I certainly can! (and did.)
boldyuma about 15 years ago
It was a dark and stormy night….snoopy at his typewriter anyone?Great artwork……tidler would have had a ball with this one….
yyyguy about 15 years ago
definitely reminiscent of Schulz. what i liked most about it.
alife about 15 years ago
http://www.instantrimshot.com/
Max Starman Jones about 15 years ago
Now this is a comic strip! Thanks for making me laugh instead of condemning or depressing me.
caddy.1957 about 15 years ago
Then there’s the Zits version courtesy of Pierce …which reads as he texts it: it ws a drk & strmy nght I was ROFLMAO when I read that
fritzoid Premium Member about 15 years ago
“It was a dark and stormy night” is far from being the worst opening line ever published (the first sentence in its entirety reads “It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents – except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness”). It’s just the now-famous exemplar of a prose style which, while it has certain merits, has nontheless fallen out of fashion. It’s a bit overwrought and it runs on, but Dickens was capable of far worse. “It was a dark and stormy night” is a cliche now, but Bulwer-Lytton may have been its originator.
The line really gained infamy only after Snoopy adopted it, and the comedy arises not so much from the awfulness of the line itself but from Snoopy’s persistence in using it, and in the manner in which he followed it up: “It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly, a shot rang out! A door slammed. The maid screamed. Suddenly, a pirate ship appeared on the horizon! While millions of people were starving, the king lived in luxury. Meanwhile, on a small farm in Kansas, a boy was growing up.”