# And Then The Murders Began **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 8, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716 "2017-03-08T19:09:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/301 "2017-07-03T15:22:28Z")
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the span; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the murders then began. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/302 "2017-07-04T02:20:14Z")
I cannot tell a lie, father, I chopped down that cherry tree. But I didn’t begin those murders. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/303 "2017-07-06T16:38:51Z")
Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York. Especially in the summer of 1912. And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/304 "2017-07-06T19:57:56Z")
There once was a man from Nantucket Who kept all his guns in a bucket. He said with a grin, “Let the murders begin! If you don’t like this one, you can suck it!” ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/305 "2017-07-07T17:26:06Z")
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2017, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/306 "2017-07-07T19:49:06Z")
A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope and Tsar, Metternich and Guizot, French Radicals and German police-spies. Where is the party in opposition that has not been decried as communistic by its opponents in power? Where is the opposition that has not hurled back the branding reproach of communism, against the more advanced opposition parties, as well as against its reactionary adversaries? Two things result from this fact: I. Communism is already acknowledged by all European powers to be itself a power. II. It is high time that the murders begin. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/307 "2017-07-10T13:13:56Z")
Living on sponge cake Watching the sun bake All of the tourists covered with oil. Shooting my six gun The murders have begun. All of that sugar makes my blood boil. Wasted away again in Margaritaville. Searching for my lost shaker of salt. Some people claim that there’s a woman to blame. But I claim it’s the junk foods fault. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/308 "2017-07-10T18:01:25Z")
You wired me awake And hit me with a hand of broken nails You tied my lead and pulled my chain To watch my blood begin to boil But I’m gonna break, I’m gonna break my, I’m gonna break my rusty cage and begin the murders Yeah I’m gonna break, I’m gonna break my, I’m gonna break my rusty cage and begin the murders ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/309 "2017-07-10T20:14:52Z")
Some enchanted evening, when you find your true love When you feel her call you across a crowded room Then fly to her side and make her your own Or all through your life you may dream all alone. Once you have found her, never let her go. If she goes anyway, let the murders begin. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/310 "2017-07-11T00:55:38Z")
The night was And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/311 "2017-09-15T08:08:05Z")
The building was on fire, and it wasn’t my fault. And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/312 "2017-09-15T15:23:13Z")
The roof The roof The roof is on fire We don’t need no water, let the murders begin ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/313 "2017-09-15T15:35:06Z")
Rumpletweezer ran the Dinky Tinky shop in the foot of the magic oak tree by the wobbly dumdum bush in the shade of the magic glade down in Dingly Dell. And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/314 "2017-09-15T17:11:20Z")
Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And then the murders began ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/315 "2017-09-16T02:16:48Z")
Lucy: I got five pieces of candy! Violet: I got a chocolate bar! Patty: I got a quarter! Charlie Brown: I got a rock. [they go to the second house] Kids: Trick or treat! [all get their bags filled] Violet: Gee, I got a candy bar! Frieda: Boy, I got three cookies! Lucy: Hey, I got a package of gum! Charlie Brown: I got a rock. [they go to a third house] Lucy: Trick or treat. [Her bag gets filled] Lucy: I got a popcorn ball! Frieda: I got a fudge bar! Violet: I got a pack of gum! Charlie Brown: I got a rock. And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/316 "2017-09-19T05:20:55Z")
Life is difficult. And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/317 "2017-11-26T01:05:31Z")
Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again. And then the murders began. It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn’t know what I was doing in New York. And then the murders began. JoJo was a man who thought he was a loner, but he knew it couldn’t last. And then the murders began. Here’s the story of a lovely lady who was bringing up three very lovely girls. And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/318 "2017-11-29T20:02:07Z")
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure dome decree Where Alph the sacred river ran Through caverns measureless to man And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![Brooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Brooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brooky)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/319 "2017-11-30T13:50:40Z")
Two men trod carefully through the trees in search of their prey. Bluebells and wild garlic were underfoot and then the murders began ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2017, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/320 "2017-11-30T14:31:13Z")
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