# Fill in the blanks **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 8, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464 "2019-10-08T02:11:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464/1 "2019-10-08T02:11:53Z")
Post a sentence with 2-5 blanks, formatted as 3 dashes, —, or 3 underscores, \_\_\_. Next player fills in the blanks , then posts his own sentence. Use as many words as you like for each blank. The problem with \_\_\_ is the way they \_\_\_. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2019, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464/2 "2019-10-08T14:10:04Z")
The problem with old Barbra Streisand movies is The Way They Were. Hello! My name is \_\_\_\_\_! You killed my \_\_\_\_\_! Prepare to \_\_\_\_! ---
**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:** [October 8, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464/3 "2019-10-08T14:14:28Z")
Hello! My name is Seth Rogan! You killed my buzz! Prepare to endure my whining! Me \_\_\_\_\_\_, you \_\_\_\_\_. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464/4 "2019-10-08T15:39:20Z")
Me am goings to the stores, you wanting anythings? Why did I even \_\_\_ this morning? Haven’t even had my \_\_\_ and already it’s \_\_\_. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464/5 "2019-10-08T16:53:38Z")
Why did I even hurl this morning? Haven’t even had my shot of whiskey and it’s already 6 a.m. Look, it’s a genuine \_\_\_\_\_! Wait until I tell \_\_\_\_\_. There may even be a \_\_\_\_ in it for me! ---
**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:** [October 8, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464/6 "2019-10-08T17:51:50Z")
Look, it’s a genuine Hiroshige! Wait until I tell the museum. There may even be a subfootnote on a plaque in it for me! I say, I say, why did the \_\_\_\_\_ cross the \_\_\_\_\_\_? ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464/7 "2019-10-08T20:30:31Z")
I say, I say, why did the rooster cross the chicken? That’s a question only a \_\_\_ \_\_\_ can answer. ---
**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464/8 "2019-10-09T03:47:47Z")
That’s a question only a poultry psychologist can answer. If it hadn’t been for \_\_\_, I never could have \_\_\_. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2019, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464/9 "2019-10-09T10:31:13Z")
If it hadn’t been for Danskins dance slippers, I never could have danced all night, danced all night, and still have begged for more. And now the purple dusk of \_\_\_\_\_ steals upon the meadows of my \_\_\_\_\_ ---
**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464/10 "2019-10-12T02:55:55Z")
And now the purple dusk of lassitude steals upon the meadows of my ambition gone to seed. The most \_\_\_ thing about what \_\_\_ said was \_\_\_. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464/11 "2019-10-12T06:10:50Z")
The most stupid thing about what Trump said was everything. Hey Rocky, watch me pull a \_\_\_ out of my \_\_\_. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464/12 "2019-10-13T01:08:26Z")
Hey Rocky, watch me pull a sequel out of my VCR. The bloody \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ broke down on the way to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464/13 "2019-10-13T01:44:02Z")
The bloody hearse broke down on the way to the master’s crypt. Even a man who is pure of \_\_\_\_ and says his prayers by night can become a \_\_\_\_ when the \_\_\_\_\_ blooms and the autumn moon is bright. ---
**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464/14 "2019-10-17T04:02:46Z")
Even a man who is pure of blood and says his prayers by night can become a lycanthrope when the wolfsbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright. You might call me \_\_\_ but at least I never \_\_\_ … at least, \_\_\_. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464/15 "2019-10-17T15:58:16Z")
You might call me Al, but at least I never split from Art Garfunkel … at least, not in this lifetime. These are the times that try men’s \_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464/16 "2019-10-17T18:43:03Z")
These are the times that try men’s patience, particularly given the current occupants at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. If I give you \_\_\_\_\_ you must promise me that \_\_\_\_ will never\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464/17 "2019-10-19T08:00:13Z")
If I give you a second chance you must promise me that you will never need a third. When I awoke, I was \_\_\_ to find that \_\_\_ despite \_\_\_. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2019, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464/18 "2019-10-19T13:35:23Z")
When I awoke, I was surprised to find that it was so cold outside despite global warming. Yesterday I ate some \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ together with some \_\_\_\_\_\_ and they were \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**Author:** ![mjmlabs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mjmlabs/32/69_2.png) [@mjmlabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mjmlabs)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2019, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464/19 "2019-10-20T01:23:44Z")
Yesterday I ate some habañero salsa together with some tortilla chips and they were scrump-dilly-ishus! If it weren’t for \_\_\_, there would be no \_\_\_; and that \_\_\_. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464/20 "2019-10-20T15:51:06Z")
If it weren’t for Cecil Adams, there would be no SDMB; and that would mean I would have fewer friends. I was working in the \_\_\_\_\_ late one night when my eyes beheld an eerie sight: the \_\_\_\_\_\_ from the slab began to arise, and suddenly, to my surprise, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fill-in-the-blanks/841464.md?page=2)