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Title: A Microsoft analyst wins bad writing contest
Post by: loneowlf on 29 July 2005, 21:20

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Microsoft analyst has won an annual contest celebrating bad writing by comparing fixing carburetors to fondling a woman's breasts.

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Hmmm....a Microsoft employee wins a bad writing contest. There's a surprise. And it was probably (read: defintely) better written than Windows.

Title: Re: A Microsoft analyst wins bad writing contest
Post by: MrX on 29 July 2005, 21:22

provide evidence

Title: Re: A Microsoft analyst wins bad writing contest
Post by: Orethrius on 29 July 2005, 21:59

Yes, it really happened (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticleSearch.aspx?storyID=277119+28-Jul-2005+RTRS&srch=writing).  

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As he stared at her ample bosom, he daydreamed of the dual Stromberg carburetors in his vintage Triumph Spitfire...

It goes downhill from there.  Now I know who came up with the activation concept.