Seconding this, I like that contest much better than the original. To anyone reading them and wondering why the funniest entries aren't necessarily the winners

Seconding this, I like that contest much better than the original. To anyone reading them and wondering why the funniest entries aren't necessarily the winners: Lyttle Lytton tends to prefer sentences that read like a bad first sentence of a serious novel, not a good first sentence of a comedic or otherwise intentionally-absurd novel. The latter sort often make the list to some degree, but rarely end up at or near the top.