I dunno, he said his wife liked mine.
I got the same acknowledgment, verbatim. Flattered, I sent a second submission, then read this thread. :smack:
ETA: then read Boyo Jim’s post about also receiving the same reply word for word. :smack: :smack:
I didn’t get anything saying that.
Also, the anatomically correct “urethra” would no longer be gender-specific, and the whole effect would be lost. Lost, I tell you!
On the other hand, a parenthetic anatomical digression might be very much in keeping with the spirit of the competition. Hmm.
I wondered if the responses might be robotic, since I assume there are a lot of entries coming in and it would be difficult to respond to each one manually.
Still, it’s good to get a response. One of them also mentioned that the actual deadline is June 30.
Are “Moby Dick” references just hopelessly obvious? I assume the judges have seen a thousand of them. Still, this seems like the start of an awfully awful book:
Call me Ishmael II _ the Revenger.
Here’s another:
It was in the deepest depths of night, that hour around 3 a.m. when only men with guilty consciences are awake (unless they have one of those CPAP breathing machines, which really do help you get a good night’s rest), that Charlie Reese woke up with an earthquake of an idea shaking his brainpan _ chocolate and peanut butter together.