# a story **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 9, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960 "2003-08-09T02:12:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960/1 "2003-08-09T02:12:06Z")
A little variation on the ‘a’ thread. Each new post must continue the story with one new sentence. The first letter of the sentence must be consecutive to the one in the previous post. I’ll go first (duh)… **A** ll day Jack waited for the forensic results to arrive. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960/2 "2003-08-09T02:20:27Z")
**B** onnie, an exotic dancer from Hobbs, New Mexico, was found dead in his kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![Sejal\_Traurig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Sejal\_Traurig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sejal_Traurig)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960/3 "2003-08-09T02:25:15Z")
**C** onsequently, he’d had nothing to eat for days. ---
**Author:** ![Svt4Him](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@Svt4Him](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svt4Him)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960/4 "2003-08-09T02:27:44Z")
**D** id he think they would arrive before he could run out for a bit to eat? ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960/5 "2003-08-09T02:28:01Z")
**D** ays, weeks even; trapped in the forensic station due to the bomb scare and desperate for sustenance, Bonnie’s dead corpes was starting to pretty appealing. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960/6 "2003-08-09T02:30:02Z")
Except, Jack remembered, he had sworn off cross-dressing exotic dancers. ---
**Author:** ![Sejal\_Traurig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Sejal\_Traurig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sejal_Traurig)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960/7 "2003-08-09T02:32:09Z")
**F** inally he gave in and bought a twinkie from the vending machine in the lobby. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960/8 "2003-08-09T02:32:39Z")
Eventually, Jack received the results, while Bonnie’s corpse remained trapped in the lab. ---
**Author:** ![RNWebner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@RNWebner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RNWebner)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960/9 "2003-08-09T02:37:03Z")
“ **G** od, that twinkie tastes good,” he thought. ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960/10 "2003-08-09T02:41:29Z")
**H** ow much trans fat is in this baby I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![Sejal\_Traurig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Sejal\_Traurig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sejal_Traurig)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960/11 "2003-08-09T03:04:52Z")
“ **I** nteresting,” muttered the lab technician as he entered the lobby, his attention on the lab report. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960/12 "2003-08-09T03:07:56Z")
**J** ack leapt to his feet, his palms sweating and his mouth tasting of artificial sweeteners. ---
**Author:** ![Sejal\_Traurig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Sejal\_Traurig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sejal_Traurig)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960/13 "2003-08-09T03:14:27Z")
“ **K** now her?” I assumed he meant Bonnie. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960/14 "2003-08-09T03:19:18Z")
**L** icking the last of the twinkie crumbs from his lips, Jack slowly nodded. ---
**Author:** ![Sejal\_Traurig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Sejal\_Traurig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sejal_Traurig)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960/15 "2003-08-09T03:24:29Z")
“ **M** aybe you should sit down.” The lab tech did not look happy. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960/16 "2003-08-09T03:26:35Z")
“ **N** o, no… I’m fine”, Jack muttered… ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960/17 "2003-08-09T03:30:49Z")
“ **O** ooh, is that a twinkie?” Ejaculated the techie. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960/18 "2003-08-09T03:37:08Z")
“ **P** lease, help yourself,” offered Jack. “Tell me, what do the results say?” ---
**Author:** ![Sejal\_Traurig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Sejal\_Traurig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sejal_Traurig)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960/19 "2003-08-09T03:40:02Z")
“ **O** f course, you understand this information is confidential.” ---
**Author:** ![Sejal\_Traurig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Sejal\_Traurig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sejal_Traurig)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2003, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960/20 "2003-08-09T03:42:06Z")
**Q** uickly, reorganize the alphabet!" (oops) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-story/193960.md?page=2)