# 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:** ![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:** [February 22, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1122 "2019-02-22T05:37:06Z")

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Look at my red shoes.  
Oops! These belonged to\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

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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:** [February 22, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1123 "2019-02-22T13:57:36Z")

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my predecessor, that creepy German guy."

Meanwhile, at McMurdo Station in Antarctica,…

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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:** [February 23, 2019, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1124 "2019-02-23T06:08:45Z")

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… Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.

The station commander would not comment further, except to say …

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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:** [February 23, 2019, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1125 "2019-02-23T09:09:59Z")

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Look, penguins!  
It was soooooo cold \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

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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:** [February 24, 2019, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1126 "2019-02-24T08:35:18Z")

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… that the penguins really were wearing tuxedos to stay warm.

Poor things, nobody told them 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:** [February 24, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1127 "2019-02-24T08:36:43Z")

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The captain’s table was full.

They served a dinner of\_\_\_\_\_.

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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:** [February 24, 2019, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1128 "2019-02-24T23:12:43Z")

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… stuff the penguins wouldn’t like anyway.

So the penguins instead …

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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:** [February 24, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1129 "2019-02-24T23:15:20Z")

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Cruised to the delicatessen for bagels and lox.

The proprietor was going on and on about\_\_\_\_\_.

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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:** [February 25, 2019, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1130 "2019-02-25T05:36:44Z")

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… how such well-dressed customers could be so messy.

At least the penguins paid the bill, and …

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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:** [February 28, 2019, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1131 "2019-02-28T07:41:30Z")

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…tipped the waiter in fish.

Fish that the waiters took to…

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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:** [February 28, 2019, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1132 "2019-02-28T09:15:36Z")

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… the fryer, so they could have a Fish and Chips special on the menu.

It didn’t work out so well because …

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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:** [March 9, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1133 "2019-03-09T15:40:04Z")

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the place next door was doing an all you can eat surf and turf.

My boss loves those sort of deals

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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:** [March 11, 2019, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1134 "2019-03-11T06:43:22Z")

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… that save him money.

But he went too far when he negotiated …

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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:** [March 19, 2019, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1135 "2019-03-19T05:26:38Z")

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…for a geoduck on French bread with everything on it.

But everybody knows that geoduck doesn’t go with…

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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:** [March 19, 2019, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1136 "2019-03-19T07:19:45Z")

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Bad manners.

Saying Thank-you is at least\_\_\_\_\_.

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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:** [March 19, 2019, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1137 "2019-03-19T22:33:53Z")

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… polite and appropriate.

What wouldn’t be polite and appropriate would be to say …

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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:** [March 23, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1138 "2019-03-23T19:34:00Z")

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you’ve obviously come to the wrong house, ya idjit.

I once knocked on the door of…

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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:** [March 24, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1139 "2019-03-24T04:55:50Z")

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… the new family who just moved in down the street.

When the door opened …

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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:** [March 24, 2019, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1140 "2019-03-24T06:40:58Z")

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It was like the Addams family moved in.

Midnight the 1st time they stayed in their new home things\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

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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:** [March 24, 2019, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1141 "2019-03-24T08:39:37Z")

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… got weird in the neighbourhood.

The broom on their front doorstep …

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