'It was a dark and stormy night'

To wit: Have occasionally thought of making entry into said sad concours via posts proffered hitherto:

(Off-site link follows. A new, au courant window un-shuts (unlatches, unseals, uncloses, becomes agape, throws wide, yawns open....:) 
 http://www.bulwer-lytton.com/index.html

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P.S. I wonder if Lady or 'Lerd' Lytton (link) had anything to do with said contest....