# A truly unique sentence **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-unique-sentence/340188 "2006-01-16T04:14:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-unique-sentence/340188/1 "2006-01-16T04:14:28Z")
Alright, Dopers, can you construct a grammatically correct sentence, of 10 words or less, that you believe has never been written, spoken or even thought of before? Let’s see some examples. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-unique-sentence/340188/2 "2006-01-16T05:02:41Z")
Colourless green ideas sleep furiously in the purple monkey dishwasher. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-unique-sentence/340188/3 "2006-01-16T05:02:43Z")
“Marine, I _order_ you to kill that orangutan!” ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-unique-sentence/340188/4 "2006-01-16T05:05:28Z")
Ok, I suppose that I should start things off. Here is my unique sentence: _Colourless green ideas sleep furiously in the purple monkey dishwasher._ ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-unique-sentence/340188/5 "2006-01-16T05:07:04Z")
D’oh :smack: Shalmanese, you beat me to it. ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-unique-sentence/340188/6 "2006-01-16T05:09:20Z")
Obviously, Dr. PoopiePants, your feat is impossible. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-unique-sentence/340188/7 "2006-01-16T05:11:03Z")
“After matricide, I shall masturbate on this white-hot cheese grater.” ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-unique-sentence/340188/8 "2006-01-16T05:14:30Z")
“After removing my head, I devoured the monkey penis.” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-unique-sentence/340188/9 "2006-01-16T05:20:08Z")
“Then I took my breakfast: a delicious, sparkling Faberge omlette.” Saying uniquely weird things is sort of a hobby of mine. But if anyone’s feeling uncreative, the truth is that most sentences are unique. At least, that’s what I learned in a linguistics course in college. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-unique-sentence/340188/10 "2006-01-16T05:34:45Z")
George Carlin had this one: “As soon as I shove this hot poker in my ass, I’m going to chop my dick off!” ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-unique-sentence/340188/11 "2006-01-16T05:52:25Z")
“Look over there! My appendix has escaped from the elephants!” ---
**Author:** ![Baine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Baine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baine)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-unique-sentence/340188/12 "2006-01-16T06:18:16Z")
Penguins armed with candy canes assaulted the pediatrician. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-unique-sentence/340188/13 "2006-01-16T06:23:19Z")
“President Bush, please continue with your theory on linguistic phonetics.” ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-unique-sentence/340188/14 "2006-01-16T06:34:16Z")
“You could take a lease out on his face.” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-unique-sentence/340188/15 "2006-01-16T06:47:06Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > George Carlin had this one: > > “As soon as I shove this hot poker in my ass, I’m going to chop my dick off!” He also gave the world: “Hand me that piano.” ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-unique-sentence/340188/16 "2006-01-16T06:59:31Z")
As I raped the Devil, he inverted at great speed. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-unique-sentence/340188/17 "2006-01-16T07:06:22Z")
“If it weren’t for my horse, I never would have spent that year in…high school!” HA! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-unique-sentence/340188/18 "2006-01-16T07:51:16Z")
Misguided editors maneuvered Elvis’ magic eight ball. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-unique-sentence/340188/19 "2006-01-16T09:35:21Z")
Frivolously, I danced widdershins while my fingers ate my eyes. As the starfighters dropped Nerf bombs over Gondor, I hiccuped. “Three eyes !”, cried the King, as he rotated in joy. ---
**Author:** ![Stentor\_2.5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@Stentor\_2.5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stentor_2.5)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2006, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-truly-unique-sentence/340188/20 "2006-01-16T09:48:05Z")
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