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Stories where almost all the major characters die in the end (Let’s limit it to one per writer. Otherwise we might end up with half a dozen Shakespeare plays.)

  1. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo
  2. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard
  3. And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie
  4. Yojimbo, dir. by Akira Kurosawa
  5. On the Beach, Neville Shute (or either of the two film adaptation)
  6. Dr. Strangelove, dir. by Stanley Kubrick
  7. Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10, by Marcus Luttrell
  8. The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black, by Frank Lauria
  9. Carrie, Stephen King
  10. The Blair Witch Project
  11. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, dir. by George Roy Hill
  12. King Lear, by William Shakespeare
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Stories where almost all the major characters die in the end (Let’s limit it to one per writer. Otherwise we might end up with half a dozen Shakespeare plays.)

  1. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo
  2. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Tom Stoppard
  3. And Then There Were None, Agatha Christie
  4. Yojimbo, dir. by Akira Kurosawa
  5. On the Beach, Neville Shute (or either of the two film adaptation)
  6. Dr. Strangelove, dir. by Stanley Kubrick
  7. Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10, by Marcus Luttrell
  8. The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black, by Frank Lauria
  9. Carrie, Stephen King
  10. The Blair Witch Project
  11. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, dir. by George Roy Hill
  12. King Lear, by William Shakespeare
  13. Cloverfield (film)

13 Instances of What You Should Have Said//What You Did Say:

  1. The traffic is heavy, maybe he was delayed at the office, I’m sure there’s nothing at all to worry about. // Maybe he’s dead.
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13 Instances of What You Should Have Said//What You Did Say:

  1. The traffic is heavy, maybe he was delayed at the office, I’m sure there’s nothing at all to worry about. // Maybe he’s dead.
  2. I hope your jobs were protected when the company decided to end-of-life IntelliLab // I hope you guys didn’t get nailed by that decision.
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13 Instances of What You Should Have Said//What You Did Say:

  1. The traffic is heavy, maybe he was delayed at the office, I’m sure there’s nothing at all to worry about. // Maybe he’s dead.
  2. I hope your jobs were protected when the company decided to end-of-life IntelliLab // I hope you guys didn’t get nailed by that decision.
  3. You’ve ruined my life! I hope I never see you again! // I do.
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13 Instances of What You Should Have Said//What You Did Say:

  1. The traffic is heavy, maybe he was delayed at the office, I’m sure there’s nothing at all to worry about. // Maybe he’s dead.
  2. I hope your jobs were protected when the company decided to end-of-life IntelliLab // I hope you guys didn’t get nailed by that decision.
  3. You’ve ruined my life! I hope I never see you again! // I do.
  4. I do not want you kids playing video games all day so we will schedule times when you can play them/ / When the sun is up, there will be no video games!

Simple instruction… until they realized they could get up waaaay before the sun!

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13 Instances of What You Should Have Said//What You Did Say:

  1. The traffic is heavy, maybe he was delayed at the office, I’m sure there’s nothing at all to worry about. // Maybe he’s dead.
  2. I hope your jobs were protected when the company decided to end-of-life IntelliLab // I hope you guys didn’t get nailed by that decision.
  3. You’ve ruined my life! I hope I never see you again! // I do.
  4. I do not want you kids playing video games all day so we will schedule times when you can play them/ / When the sun is up, there will be no video games!
  5. That’s bullshit // With all due respect, sir…
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13 Instances of What You Should Have Said//What You Did Say:

  1. The traffic is heavy, maybe he was delayed at the office, I’m sure there’s nothing at all to worry about. // Maybe he’s dead.
  2. I hope your jobs were protected when the company decided to end-of-life IntelliLab // I hope you guys didn’t get nailed by that decision.
  3. You’ve ruined my life! I hope I never see you again! // I do.
  4. I do not want you kids playing video games all day so we will schedule times when you can play them/ / When the sun is up, there will be no video games!
  5. That’s bullshit // With all due respect, sir…
  6. 3.14159 // Somewhere around 4, isn’t it?
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13 Instances of What You Should Have Said//What You Did Say:

  1. The traffic is heavy, maybe he was delayed at the office, I’m sure there’s nothing at all to worry about. // Maybe he’s dead.
  2. I hope your jobs were protected when the company decided to end-of-life IntelliLab // I hope you guys didn’t get nailed by that decision.
  3. You’ve ruined my life! I hope I never see you again! // I do.
  4. I do not want you kids playing video games all day so we will schedule times when you can play them/ / When the sun is up, there will be no video games!
  5. That’s bullshit // With all due respect, sir…
  6. 3.14159 // Somewhere around 4, isn’t it?
  7. Sure, I’ll have some cake on the boss’s birthday. // No, thanks. I’m working.
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13 Instances of What You Should Have Said//What You Did Say:

  1. The traffic is heavy, maybe he was delayed at the office, I’m sure there’s nothing at all to worry about. // Maybe he’s dead.
  2. I hope your jobs were protected when the company decided to end-of-life IntelliLab // I hope you guys didn’t get nailed by that decision.
  3. You’ve ruined my life! I hope I never see you again! // I do.
  4. I do not want you kids playing video games all day so we will schedule times when you can play them/ / When the sun is up, there will be no video games!
  5. That’s bullshit // With all due respect, sir…
  6. 3.14159 // Somewhere around 4, isn’t it?
  7. Sure, I’ll have some cake on the boss’s birthday. // No, thanks. I’m working.
  8. Please pass the salad.//That’s right, everybody stuff your face. Don’t even think that somebody else might want some.
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13 Instances of What You Should Have Said//What You Did Say:

  1. The traffic is heavy, maybe he was delayed at the office, I’m sure there’s nothing at all to worry about. // Maybe he’s dead.
  2. I hope your jobs were protected when the company decided to end-of-life IntelliLab // I hope you guys didn’t get nailed by that decision.
  3. You’ve ruined my life! I hope I never see you again! // I do.
  4. I do not want you kids playing video games all day so we will schedule times when you can play them/ / When the sun is up, there will be no video games!
  5. That’s bullshit // With all due respect, sir…
  6. 3.14159 // Somewhere around 4, isn’t it?
  7. Sure, I’ll have some cake on the boss’s birthday. // No, thanks. I’m working.
  8. Please pass the salad.//That’s right, everybody stuff your face. Don’t even think that somebody else might want some.
  9. Yes, I’ve been sitting here in bed all morning crying my eyes out over you because I am madly in love with you. // Come down to the pool with you? Okay…
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13 Instances of What You Should Have Said//What You Did Say:

  1. The traffic is heavy, maybe he was delayed at the office, I’m sure there’s nothing at all to worry about. // Maybe he’s dead.
  2. I hope your jobs were protected when the company decided to end-of-life IntelliLab // I hope you guys didn’t get nailed by that decision.
  3. You’ve ruined my life! I hope I never see you again! // I do.
  4. I do not want you kids playing video games all day so we will schedule times when you can play them/ / When the sun is up, there will be no video games!
  5. That’s bullshit // With all due respect, sir…
  6. 3.14159 // Somewhere around 4, isn’t it?
  7. Sure, I’ll have some cake on the boss’s birthday. // No, thanks. I’m working.
  8. Please pass the salad.//That’s right, everybody stuff your face. Don’t even think that somebody else might want some.
  9. Yes, I’ve been sitting here in bed all morning crying my eyes out over you because I am madly in love with you. // Come down to the pool with you? Okay…
  10. I guess we’ll never know who did that. // Okay, I’ll admit it. I did it.
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13 Instances of What You Should Have Said//What You Did Say:

  1. The traffic is heavy, maybe he was delayed at the office, I’m sure there’s nothing at all to worry about. // Maybe he’s dead.
  2. I hope your jobs were protected when the company decided to end-of-life IntelliLab // I hope you guys didn’t get nailed by that decision.
  3. You’ve ruined my life! I hope I never see you again! // I do.
  4. I do not want you kids playing video games all day so we will schedule times when you can play them/ / When the sun is up, there will be no video games!
  5. That’s bullshit // With all due respect, sir…
  6. 3.14159 // Somewhere around 4, isn’t it?
  7. Sure, I’ll have some cake on the boss’s birthday. // No, thanks. I’m working.
  8. Please pass the salad.//That’s right, everybody stuff your face. Don’t even think that somebody else might want some.
  9. Yes, I’ve been sitting here in bed all morning crying my eyes out over you because I am madly in love with you. // Come down to the pool with you? Okay…
  10. I guess we’ll never know who did that. // Okay, I’ll admit it. I did it.
  11. “What is calcium?” / “What is iron?” (a few months ago, on my “Jeopardy!” appearance)
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  1. “What is calcium?” / “What is iron?” (a few months ago, on my “Jeopardy!” appearance)

Ouch! Sympathies.

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13 Instances of What You Should Have Said//What You Did Say:

  1. The traffic is heavy, maybe he was delayed at the office, I’m sure there’s nothing at all to worry about. // Maybe he’s dead.
  2. I hope your jobs were protected when the company decided to end-of-life IntelliLab // I hope you guys didn’t get nailed by that decision.
  3. You’ve ruined my life! I hope I never see you again! // I do.
  4. I do not want you kids playing video games all day so we will schedule times when you can play them/ / When the sun is up, there will be no video games!
  5. That’s bullshit // With all due respect, sir…
  6. 3.14159 // Somewhere around 4, isn’t it?
  7. Sure, I’ll have some cake on the boss’s birthday. // No, thanks. I’m working.
  8. Please pass the salad.//That’s right, everybody stuff your face. Don’t even think that somebody else might want some.
  9. Yes, I’ve been sitting here in bed all morning crying my eyes out over you because I am madly in love with you. // Come down to the pool with you? Okay…
  10. I guess we’ll never know who did that. // Okay, I’ll admit it. I did it.
  11. “What is calcium?” / “What is iron?” (a few months ago, on my “Jeopardy!” appearance)
  12. We must stay together at all costs! // We need to split up the party.
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13 Instances of What You Should Have Said//What You Did Say:

  1. The traffic is heavy, maybe he was delayed at the office, I’m sure there’s nothing at all to worry about. // Maybe he’s dead.
  2. I hope your jobs were protected when the company decided to end-of-life IntelliLab // I hope you guys didn’t get nailed by that decision.
  3. You’ve ruined my life! I hope I never see you again! // I do.
  4. I do not want you kids playing video games all day so we will schedule times when you can play them/ / When the sun is up, there will be no video games!
  5. That’s bullshit // With all due respect, sir…
  6. 3.14159 // Somewhere around 4, isn’t it?
  7. Sure, I’ll have some cake on the boss’s birthday. // No, thanks. I’m working.
  8. Please pass the salad.//That’s right, everybody stuff your face. Don’t even think that somebody else might want some.
  9. Yes, I’ve been sitting here in bed all morning crying my eyes out over you because I am madly in love with you. // Come down to the pool with you? Okay…
  10. I guess we’ll never know who did that. // Okay, I’ll admit it. I did it.
  11. “What is calcium?” / “What is iron?” (a few months ago, on my “Jeopardy!” appearance)
  12. We must stay together at all costs! // We need to split up the party.
  13. I don’t want to take any meds that could be addictive//Well, since you’re the doctor…

Next up: Sheldon Cooperisms

  1. I grew up in Texas. Football is ubiquitous in Texas. Pro football, college football, high school football, Pee-Wee football; in fact, every form of football except the original: European football, which most Texans believe to be a commie plot.
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Next up: Sheldon Cooperisms

  1. I grew up in Texas. Football is ubiquitous in Texas. Pro football, college football, high school football, Pee-Wee football; in fact, every form of football except the original: European football, which most Texans believe to be a commie plot.
  2. I’ve never said that you are not good at what you do. It’s just that what you do is not worth doing.
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Next up: Sheldon Cooperisms

  1. I grew up in Texas. Football is ubiquitous in Texas. Pro football, college football, high school football, Pee-Wee football; in fact, every form of football except the original: European football, which most Texans believe to be a commie plot.
  2. I’ve never said that you are not good at what you do. It’s just that what you do is not worth doing.
  3. (Knock, knock, knock) Penny? (Knock, knock, knock) Penny?
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Next up: Sheldon Cooperisms

  1. I grew up in Texas. Football is ubiquitous in Texas. Pro football, college football, high school football, Pee-Wee football; in fact, every form of football except the original: European football, which most Texans believe to be a commie plot.
  2. I’ve never said that you are not good at what you do. It’s just that what you do is not worth doing.
  3. (Knock, knock, knock) Penny? (Knock, knock, knock) Penny?
  4. You boys may have had gelato with Stan Lee and gotten autographed comics, but I saw the inside of his house and got an autographed application for a restraining order.
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Next up: Sheldon Cooperisms

  1. I grew up in Texas. Football is ubiquitous in Texas. Pro football, college football, high school football, Pee-Wee football; in fact, every form of football except the original: European football, which most Texans believe to be a commie plot.
  2. I’ve never said that you are not good at what you do. It’s just that what you do is not worth doing.
  3. (Knock, knock, knock) Penny? (Knock, knock, knock) Penny?
  4. You boys may have had gelato with Stan Lee and gotten autographed comics, but I saw the inside of his house and got an autographed application for a restraining order.
  5. Bazinga!
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Next up: Sheldon Cooperisms

  1. I grew up in Texas. Football is ubiquitous in Texas. Pro football, college football, high school football, Pee-Wee football; in fact, every form of football except the original: European football, which most Texans believe to be a commie plot.
  2. I’ve never said that you are not good at what you do. It’s just that what you do is not worth doing.
  3. (Knock, knock, knock) Penny? (Knock, knock, knock) Penny?
  4. You boys may have had gelato with Stan Lee and gotten autographed comics, but I saw the inside of his house and got an autographed application for a restraining order.
  5. Bazinga!
  6. I’m not crazy, my mother had me tested!