# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/81 "2017-03-09T18:26:48Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > "When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide > Where I stop and I turn and I go for a ride > Till I get to the bottom and I see you again. > > And then the murders began." Damn well played, sir. Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of York. And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/82 "2017-03-09T19:15:42Z")
Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches had bellies with stars. The Plain-belly Sneetches had none upon thars. 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:** [March 9, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/83 "2017-03-09T19:18:23Z")
So ya Thought ya Might like to go to the show To feel the warm thrill of confusion That space cadet glow Tell me is something eluding you, sunshine? Is this not what you expected to see? If you wanna find out what’s behind these cold eyes You’ll just have to claw your way through this disguise. And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/84 "2017-03-09T19:22:00Z")
Ziggy played guitar Jamming good with Wierd and Gilly and then the murders began OK, not a novel obviously, but it just scans so well. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/85 "2017-03-09T19:27:33Z")
One evening, after thinking it over for sometime, Harold decided to go for a walk in the moonlight. 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:** [March 9, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/86 "2017-03-09T19:45:21Z")
Monday was an inconvenient time to die. And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/87 "2017-03-09T20:21:43Z")
On the last day before I got my superpower, I was sulking because I didn’t have a super power. And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/88 "2017-03-09T20:27:46Z")
“The building was on fire and it wasn’t my fault.” And then the murders began. Grab a book, huh? Let’s see. “I spend a lot of time talking to people who disagree with me–I would go so far as to say that it’s my favorite leisure activity–and repeatedly I meet individuals who are eager to share their views on science despite the fact that the have _never done an experiment_.” And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/89 "2017-03-09T21:03:25Z")
The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call “out there.” And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/90 "2017-03-09T21:38:50Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > “I spend a lot of time talking to people who disagree with me–I would go so far as to say that it’s my favorite leisure activity–and repeatedly I meet individuals who are eager to share their views on science despite the fact that the have _never done an experiment_.” And then the murders began. This one may be my favorite. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/91 "2017-03-09T22:00:47Z")
Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer’s wife. And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/92 "2017-03-09T22:06:04Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas, a lonesome area that other Kansans call “out there.” And then the murders began. Appropriate! ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2017, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/93 "2017-03-09T23:43:02Z")
When we began our race for the Presidency in April 2015, we were considered by the political establishment and the media to be a “fringe” campaign, something not to be taken seriously. And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/94 "2017-03-10T00:32:07Z")
If you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to ask for a glass of milk. And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/95 "2017-03-10T00:33:26Z")
Hella and I are writing a diary. And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/96 "2017-03-10T00:37:49Z")
In 1971, a group of young and enthusiastic yoga students came together in Bloomington, Indiana. And then the murders began. Maybe to fully appreciate this one, you need to know it’s the preface to a vegetarian cookbook. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/97 "2017-03-10T02:05:13Z")
“How utterly delightful!” exclaimed Richelieu “I’ve never seen a cat with such delicate features–the coloration is marvelous, as well.” And then the murders began. (This is actually the last sentence in the book, not the first, but…) "Hillbillies! You have no respect! And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/98 "2017-03-10T05:14:55Z")
Happy families are all alike, but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/99 "2017-03-10T06:39:05Z")
“Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice. And then the murders began.” ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/100 "2017-03-10T14:38:46Z")
Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her. And then the murders began. Not for the first time, an argument had broken out over breakfast at number four, Privet Drive. And then the murders began. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716.md?page=6)