The cat hair profusely covering Marion's cardigan made her look like a frump, but as she generally focused on the higher things in life, this fact rarely impinged on her consciousness – although focusing on anything these days was a bit difficult as her optometrist, for some obscure reason, was having trouble with her latest prescription.
Kenneth knew that if he could only complete the full body-building course he had long since paid for, at considerable expense, he would finally succeed in capturing Belinda's full attention and sweeping her off her feet, a prelude to a long and deliriously satisfying winter honeymoon in an army tent on the Yorkshire moors – for after all, there was nothing like being cold to make a woman want to stay warm and cosy!
Ever since the arrival of the mysterious woman with the unpronounceable name and bright blue hair, crumpet-eating mania had hit the small, isolated town of Wombat's End, and this was a problem because they were fast running out of butter and honey, which meant they would need to resort to smothering them with margarine and jam; but even worse, the local shop was running out of crumpets, so, ghastly thought, they'd soon have to make their own!
Does it take talent to write badly, publish it, then sell it worldwide and make money from it?