# 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:** ![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:** [October 28, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/902 "2018-10-28T04:04:17Z")

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… that it should have been confiscated as a security risk.

Now, the only problem is how to …

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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:** [October 28, 2018, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/903 "2018-10-28T04:17:18Z")

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Roll the window down in the plane.

What usually happens\_\_\_\_\_.

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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:** [October 29, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/904 "2018-10-29T02:59:34Z")

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… is that doing so never turns out very well.

At least the airlines still allow …

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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:** [October 29, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/905 "2018-10-29T03:35:27Z")

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Smoking. Oh, no, wait I saw someone deplaned for lighting up, forget I said that.  
I can carry Ol’ Uncle Freds hand grenade on the plane in my pocket. The nephews want to play hot potato at the reunion. Ah, good times. It should be\_\_\_\_.

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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:** [October 29, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/906 "2018-10-29T03:38:20Z")

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…a blast!

Ugh, I feel so…

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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:** [October 29, 2018, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/907 "2018-10-29T04:50:54Z")

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… cheap and tawdry for telling such a joke.

But you’ve got to admit …

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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:** [October 29, 2018, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/908 "2018-10-29T06:05:02Z")

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It made me laugh (really).

While I get a cloth to clean my screen\_\_\_\_\_.

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**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 29, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/909 "2018-10-29T20:16:56Z")

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while humming “Life is but a screen.” I thought about my pre-computer days

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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:** [October 30, 2018, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/910 "2018-10-30T00:17:04Z")

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it was a simpler time. I met a simple man the other day, he asked me…

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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:** [October 30, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/911 "2018-10-30T06:42:49Z")

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For directions to a restaurant called simply 'Eat at Joe’s".

At the restaurant they serve\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

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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:** [October 31, 2018, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/912 "2018-10-31T05:01:11Z")

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… popcorn in the popper,  
And a porker in the pot,  
There’s pie in the pantry,  
And the coffee’s always hot,  
There’s chicken on the table,  
But you got to say grace,  
There’s always something cooking at  
Old Joe’s Place.

But, you know, the last time I was there …

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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:** [October 31, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/913 "2018-10-31T05:37:35Z")

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Joe was long gone.

The waitresses name was\_\_\_\_\_\_.

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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:** [October 31, 2018, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/914 "2018-10-31T07:32:44Z")

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… faded from years of wearing it on her name tag. But,

It was an early morning bar room,  
And the place just opened up.  
And the little man come in so fast and  
Started at his cup.  
And the broad who served the whiskey  
She was a big old friendly girl.  
And she tried to fight her empty nights  
By smilin’ at the world.

And she said …

(This is kind of fun, integrating song lyrics with the game. But I guess I should stop now.)

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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:** [November 3, 2018, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/915 "2018-11-03T08:23:43Z")

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“Quit yer bitchin, shut up and drink!”

I’m told that I have a deplorable…

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**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:** [November 3, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/916 "2018-11-03T18:03:56Z")

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zir on my noise. So what?

It’s time to buy a new

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**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/917 "2018-11-04T04:50:42Z")

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…toothpick. My old standby is…

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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:** [November 4, 2018, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/918 "2018-11-04T21:48:18Z")

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… rusty.

Maybe next time, I should get one that …

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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:** [November 4, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/919 "2018-11-04T23:07:09Z")

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Is not so pointy.

The Nutcracker ballerinas\_\_\_\_\_\_.

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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:** [November 5, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/920 "2018-11-05T00:02:43Z")

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always vacation at Swan Lake. I took a canoe out on a lake once

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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:** [November 5, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/921 "2018-11-05T03:20:40Z")

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…just to annoy the ducks. You know, “ducks” rhymes with…

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