# Describe a work with a truncated title. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 6, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967 "2011-07-06T01:05:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967/1 "2011-07-06T01:05:06Z")
Remove one letter from the title of a book, movie, tv show, play, musical, etc., and write a one-sentence description of the new work. Example: _It’s a Wonderful Lie._ A guardian angel talks George Bailey into thinking his life has made a difference . . . when actually, everyone would be better off without him. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967/2 "2011-07-06T01:22:45Z")
_The Straight Doe_. A website all about a heterosexual female deer. ---
**Author:** ![MacSpon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/34f0e0/32.png) [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967/3 "2011-07-06T01:47:02Z")
_The Lord of the Rigs._ An epic story about a champion oil-well driller. _The Bibe._ The True Word from On High about drinking. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967/4 "2011-07-06T01:54:00Z")
_ **A Son of Ice and Fire** _: Killer Frost and Firestorm work out their differences the old fashioned way; the resulting broodling evaporates when exposed to the sunlight. The End. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967/5 "2011-07-06T02:00:55Z")
_Chariots of Ire_: Professional jealousy on an athletic team takes a deadly turn. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967/6 "2011-07-06T02:07:23Z")
**Fust** A scholarly man makes a deal with the Dirt Devil in order to keep his chambers clean. **The Anal CTs of Confucius** How a virtuous man deals with butt cancer. **The Hills Have Yes** Creepy cannibals are prog rock fans. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967/7 "2011-07-06T02:13:17Z")
_Jurassic Ark_ The dinosaurs didn’t actually get drowned in the flood. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967/8 "2011-07-06T02:29:51Z")
**A Clockwork Range** - Ultra-violence down on the farm. **The Rocky Horror Picture Sow** - A mad scientist creates a cross-dressing pig. **West Side Tory** - Gang warfare and romance in the houses of Parliament. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967/9 "2011-07-06T02:31:14Z")
Air-A hippie mistakenly finds himself on a mission to Mars. Oy Story- The adventures of a Jewish kid and his dreidel. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967/10 "2011-07-06T02:39:45Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > **The Hills Have Yes** > Creepy cannibals are prog rock fans. If there were a price of admission, this would be worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967/11 "2011-07-06T02:55:54Z")
> [@MacSpon](#): > > _The Bibe._ The True Word from On High about drinking. _The Bile_: A vitriolic and acrimonious holy text. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967/12 "2011-07-06T03:11:46Z")
**Star Was** -A documentary about supernovas. **12 Angry Me** -Cloning gone wrong. **Even Samurai** =Two Japanese warriors fight to a draw. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967/13 "2011-07-06T03:14:55Z")
\*Abe: Pig in the City. \*A chronicle of the voracious appetite of the 16th President (Part 3: the Washington Years). ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967/14 "2011-07-06T03:17:35Z")
_Apocalypse No_ - A US Army captain takes a stand when asked to undertake a dangerous mission to travel to a remote village and murder a Special Forces Colonel who had fallen out of favour with his superiors. _Psych_ - A fun-loving transvestite plays an elaborate practical joke on a pretty young guest staying at his motel. _All Abut Eve_ - A young woman takes a trip on an overcrowded subway train. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967/15 "2011-07-06T03:20:34Z")
Waiting for Odot: The most boring episode of DS9 ever. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967/16 "2011-07-06T03:23:44Z")
_God Will Hunting_: an omnipotent math prodigy. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967/17 "2011-07-06T03:31:30Z")
_Star Trek II: The Wrath of Han_: The _USS Enterprise_ attempts to apprehend a scruffy yet rogueish smuggler, leaves scorch marks on his ship in the process, and suffers the consequences. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967/18 "2011-07-06T03:50:02Z")
**Ack** - Bill the Cat ages rapidly in this sad tale. **Total Ecall** -The sexiest online voice chat available! $3.99 per minute!!! **Alvin and Hobbes** -A loveable chipmunk meets his gruesome end. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967/19 "2011-07-06T03:54:06Z")
_Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Cones_ The Galactic Republic is thrown into turmoil by the attack of an army of mysterious aliens from the planet Remulak. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967/20 "2011-07-06T03:59:54Z")
I don’t know how to pick/nominate a thread for thread-spotting, but this is very entertaining, with endless possibilities. :p:p:p [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-a-work-with-a-truncated-title/587967.md?page=2)