# Finish my sentence, and start a new one!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [June 30, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050 "2018-06-30T16:06:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/201 "2018-07-13T00:30:17Z")

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…huffing toluene.

While in a solvent-induced stupor…

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/202 "2018-07-13T03:45:59Z")

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I started posting in this thread, and _now_ look where it’s got me!

My sister’s birthday is today, but \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/203 "2018-07-13T03:49:09Z")

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Of course she’s not taking my calls. No gift from me.  
So , next Christmas I expect\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/204 "2018-07-13T05:00:25Z")

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… a lump of coal, and that’s only if she’s feeling generous.

The only good thing about family squabbles is …

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**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:** [July 13, 2018, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/205 "2018-07-13T07:40:37Z")

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> [@Spoons](#):
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> The only good thing about family squabbles is …

… you save a lot of money of gifts.  
Last night I dreamt …

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/206 "2018-07-13T07:57:30Z")

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Of a Christmas in the great north. Got snowed in, starved and died. Oh well, it started out good.

In my winter wonderland things\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

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**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:** [July 13, 2018, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/207 "2018-07-13T08:09:34Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> In my winter wonderland things\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

60’F.  
The whole universe was. . .

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**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/208 "2018-07-13T09:34:51Z")

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. . . filled with wonder.

Throwing caution to the wind, I \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

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**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:** [July 13, 2018, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/209 "2018-07-13T10:02:22Z")

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> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#):
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> Throwing caution to the wind, I \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

jumped his bones. So the pharmacy was sold out of condoms? When am I going to be in Haiti again.  
All your base. . .

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/210 "2018-07-13T10:31:52Z")

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Are belong to banks.

Reverse mortgaging all my base…

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**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:** [July 13, 2018, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/211 "2018-07-13T12:03:46Z")

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…are a good idea (and you trust Fonzie, don’t you?).  
It was the best of times…

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/212 "2018-07-13T12:36:14Z")

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it was the wurst of times.

So I left the German sausage factory, thinking to myself, "Self, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/213 "2018-07-13T18:22:31Z")

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… that’s it. I’m going vegetarian.

So I headed for the supermarket’s produce section, where …

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/214 "2018-07-13T19:10:29Z")

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I found only bacon-flavored rutabagas and steak-flavored carrots.

Frustrated, I demanded to speak to the manager, and told her, "\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

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**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/215 "2018-07-13T19:18:38Z")

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“It’s my sister’s birthday today, and I need some nonmeat flavored zucchini, Brussels sprouts would work, too.”

She looked at me and replied…

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**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:** [July 13, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/216 "2018-07-13T23:22:24Z")

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> [@Patx2](#):
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> She looked at me and replied…

…“You said Brussel_ **s** _ sprouts. I want to have your baby.”  
“I’ll bet you even know…”

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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/217 "2018-07-14T01:31:06Z")

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> [@RivkahChaya](#):
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> …“You said Brussel_ **s** _ sprouts. I want to have your baby.”  
> “I’ll bet you even know…”

“How on earth an ant breast feeds?”

“Recently actor Tom Arnold was arrested for…”

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**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/218 "2018-07-14T04:06:19Z")

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dancing poorly in a bowling alley.

You mentioned Brussels sprouts and it makes me feel so sexy I think we should…

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/219 "2018-07-14T04:13:38Z")

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Grow some. The future looks bright.  
I put on my shades and went\_\_\_\_\_\_.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/220 "2018-07-14T04:15:35Z")

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to find a quiet corner of the produce aisle so you could ravish me there.

Whenever I find a couple really enjoying themselves in the produce aisle, I \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

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