# 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:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/502 "2018-08-01T03:21:45Z")

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> [@Spoons](#):
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> … that without headstones, she had no idea where her family plot was.
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> So, she left her flowers in the middle, and …

…nodded politely to the groundskeeper doing a crossword puzzle in the shade.

As she passed, he whispered, “Five letters, first letter D…”

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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:** [August 1, 2018, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/503 "2018-08-01T03:59:57Z")

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3rd letter g  
She had no\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

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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:** [August 1, 2018, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/504 "2018-08-01T04:36:58Z")

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… idea that the word sought was “digit.”

Because when it comes to puzzles, elephants …

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/505 "2018-08-01T04:48:19Z")

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…do better with pictures than words.

The elementary school teacher sauntered into the airport Applebee’s like…

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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:** [August 1, 2018, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/506 "2018-08-01T05:12:39Z")

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It was a 5 star restuarant.

Lucky for her they had\_\_\_\_\_\_.

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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:** [August 1, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/507 "2018-08-01T05:22:05Z")

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… both kinds of wine: red _and_ white.

As she perused the menu, she noticed …

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**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:** [August 1, 2018, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/508 "2018-08-01T11:05:35Z")

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…it was in Sanskrit.

Thinking quickly, she…

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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:** [August 1, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/509 "2018-08-01T13:15:52Z")

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Pointed to a menu item and hoped for the best.

What she got was\_\_\_\_\_.

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**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/510 "2018-08-01T13:26:13Z")

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_not…_ the best.

Perusing the menu in a Scottish restaurant…

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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:** [August 1, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/511 "2018-08-01T15:33:46Z")

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, you take your life into your own hands if you order anything other than the haggis with a side of fries.

The best thing about visiting Scotland in August is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/512 "2018-08-01T16:30:56Z")

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…the black flies spend most of their time under kilts, so they don’t bother the tourists.

Scotland Yard called with information about your…

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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:** [August 1, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/513 "2018-08-01T16:51:13Z")

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Lost cat. Found living with the Queens corgis.  
Off to the pet shop for\_\_\_\_\_\_.

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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:** [August 1, 2018, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/514 "2018-08-01T18:06:57Z")

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eight capybaras, three stoats and an emu, just like Great Aunt Edna asked for.

I tried juggling emus once, but \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

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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:** [August 1, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/515 "2018-08-01T18:49:43Z")

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when I dropped them and they crashed to the ground stoats immediately set about devouring them.

The most wonderful thing about Australia…

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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:** [August 1, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/516 "2018-08-01T21:53:44Z")

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…is an Outback Steakhouse on every corner.

Would you believe…

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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:** [August 1, 2018, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/517 "2018-08-01T23:37:56Z")

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kangaroos adore bloomin’ onions.

Just last week, as a matter of fact,…

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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:** [August 1, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/518 "2018-08-01T23:40:18Z")

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I ate Kangaroo pie. So good.

Shouldn’t eat too much or\_\_\_\_\_\_.

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**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/519 "2018-08-02T03:13:16Z")

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I get jumped up or hoppy or something,

but then there’s …

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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:** [August 2, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/520 "2018-08-02T03:22:49Z")

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… the fun of boxing.

Though I prefer wrestling, because …

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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:** [August 2, 2018, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/521 "2018-08-02T03:28:05Z")

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Sumo pants are so fun to wear.

Sushi makes me\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

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