By Jack Tilley
In the beginning, Godwin flicked on the light and skipped over the face of his dirty clothes. He dug deep into his pile and behold! Adam arose.
And Adam thrived in Godwin’s kingdom and did eat of the sandwiches and lemonade which grew there. Godwin gave to Adam all his tumbled creatures to name and command, and Godwin saw that the afternoon was good. And Godwin promised Adam that thine was the kingdom, and happy they would be, for ever and ever, lordly men.
Until Adam winced with stomach-ache and lay down. Godwin gathered and cried out and behold! Eve arrived.
I was looking forward to wittiness beyond the Use of the names. Instead I found a void.
Try altering the angle of your screen – that way it won’t work so much like a mirror! (Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
I mainly wanted to point out your advice down below – “Never end a sentence with a preposition” – is wrong. That piece of Latin-derived mumbo-jumbo was debunked long ago. Go with your ear, is best. There’s over a hundred prepositions in the English language and they’re often a perfect note to end on.