I always thought that the rules of the *original* Bulwer-Lytton writing 
contest state that you can write what you want, as long as the first line 
is "It was a dark and stormy night".

I've got two stories beginning like that, BTW. :)  I think I'll begin a 
fanfic with it, too.


Sebastian
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Idiot, n.:
A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has
always been dominant and controlling.
        - Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"