# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/141 "2017-03-14T13:28:10Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > There was once a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself-- not just sometimes, but always. And then the murders began. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/142 "2017-03-14T13:30:47Z")
2 sentences “I did two things on my seventy-fifth birthday. I visited my wife’s grave. And then the murders began.” ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/143 "2017-03-14T14:43:05Z")
ALL STATES, all powers, that have held and hold rule over men have been and are either republics or principalities. And then the murders begin.\* \*changed from began to begin to fit better ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/144 "2017-03-14T15:24:18Z")
Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds that lour’d upon our house In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. And then the murders began. ---
**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 14, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/145 "2017-03-14T16:00:15Z")
Odo, the young German operating the radio, shook his head. “I’m sorry, Ambassador Nichols, but the signal has been lost.” And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/146 "2017-03-14T18:44:01Z")
Hearing I ask | from the holy races, From Heimdall’s sons, | both high and low; Thou wilt, Valfather, | that well I relate Old tales I remember | of men long ago. 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:** [March 14, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/147 "2017-03-14T19:12:24Z")
I am born. And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/148 "2017-03-14T19:26:01Z")
Tonight, on FOX, a very special edition of _Family Ties_. And then the murders began. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/149 "2017-03-14T19:51:24Z")
Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy. And then the murders began. I heard the mailman approach my office door, half an hour earlier than usual. 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 14, 2017, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/150 "2017-03-14T20:19:14Z")
In the youth of the world, the evil God Torak stole the Orb of Aldur and fled, seeking dominion. And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/151 "2017-03-14T20:51:33Z")
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. And then the murders began. ---
**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 14, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/152 "2017-03-14T23:40:14Z")
A swordsman fought a sorcerer once, not long before the end. And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/153 "2017-03-15T04:36:54Z")
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded yellow sun. And then the murders began. This time there would be no witnesses. And then the murders began. All children, except one, grow up. And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/154 "2017-03-15T09:28:35Z")
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, and the earth was without form, and void; 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 15, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/155 "2017-03-15T15:27:09Z")
Captain Walker didn’t come home His unborn child will never know him Believe him missing with a number of men Don’t expect to see him again And then the murders began, Mrs. Walker, the murders began. And then the murders began, Mrs. Walker, the murders began. The murders! The murders! The murders! ---
**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 16, 2017, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/156 "2017-03-16T07:00:44Z")
“Help! I need somebody! Help! Not just anybody! Help! You know I need someone Help!” And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/157 "2017-03-17T11:14:01Z")
These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. And then the murders began. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/158 "2017-03-17T12:04:58Z")
“All your base are belong to us.” And then the murders began. ---
**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 17, 2017, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/159 "2017-03-17T14:56:40Z")
The wingless, saucer-like drone drifted through the wet, misty night on silent counter gravity. 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 17, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716/160 "2017-03-17T18:35:31Z")
Hello darkness, my old friend; I’ve come to talk with you again. And then the murders began. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/and-then-the-murders-began/781716.md?page=9)