# Finish my sentence, and start a new one! **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 7
**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 8, 2018, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/121 "2018-07-08T06:48:27Z")
…I burnt the drifter’s pancreas. For 2 bucks, I would… ---
**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 8, 2018, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/122 "2018-07-08T07:01:52Z")
Write you a poem. Not a good poem, but still… I went a beat-nik coffee house and\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**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 8, 2018, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/123 "2018-07-08T07:11:36Z")
…asked for directions to the nearest bar. Anál nathrach, orth’ bháis’s bethad, ---
**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 8, 2018, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/124 "2018-07-08T07:34:09Z")
… And that’s what I said in an Irish pub, after imbibing far too many pints. As a result … ---
**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 8, 2018, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/125 "2018-07-08T07:38:30Z")
I followed a Leprechaun to a pot o’ gold! I went shopping with gold and\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**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 8, 2018, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/126 "2018-07-08T07:54:31Z")
Bought 3 magic beans. When planted, the beans… ---
**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 8, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/127 "2018-07-08T17:26:52Z")
sprouted really fast-growing stalks that poked me right in the eye. Now I’m gonna sue that magic-bean salesman for every penny he’s got! Magic-bean salesmen, as a rule, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ---
**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 8, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/128 "2018-07-08T17:41:41Z")
Are blind. The salesman’s seeing-eye dog\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/129 "2018-07-08T19:28:44Z")
was a Shih Tzu wearing a bow tie and argyle socks. In his brief case… ---
**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 8, 2018, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/130 "2018-07-08T22:25:00Z")
… the Shih Tzu had an extra bow tie and an extra pair of argyle socks. The salesman, on the other hand, was carrying … ---
**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 8, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/131 "2018-07-08T22:26:32Z")
…pamphlets describing the features of the toilet of the future he was selling. Halfway through his pitch… ---
**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 8, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/132 "2018-07-08T22:37:50Z")
I needed to take a peepee, so I excused myself. When I came back into the Parlor\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**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 8, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/133 "2018-07-08T23:01:22Z")
…he was lying face down in a pool of his own blood next to a broken candlestick. To solve the crime… ---
**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 8, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/134 "2018-07-08T23:07:26Z")
… I invited all the famous detectives I could think of. The only ones to take me up on my offer were … ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/135 "2018-07-09T00:01:02Z")
…Hercule Poireaux and Data, dressed up as Sherlock Holmes for hijinks in the holodeck. When I saw just what kind of “hijinks” Data was up to, I… ---
**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 9, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/136 "2018-07-09T00:05:55Z")
Left the scene rather quickly. Dr. Watson met me running out the door and said\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/137 "2018-07-09T00:11:12Z")
I’m positively certain, Mrs. Peacock had something to do with this. When we get the results of the lab work… ---
**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 9, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/138 "2018-07-09T03:08:53Z")
… we will know for sure whether it was Mrs. Peacock or Professor Plum. Still wondering, though, about the murder weapon, which … ---
**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 9, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/139 "2018-07-09T03:15:27Z")
I thought was the letter opener I found under the chair. When I went to retrieve it, I found\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**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 9, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/140 "2018-07-09T16:18:04Z")
Judge Crater’s business card, Amelia Earhart’s last flight plan and a photo of a Yeti holding yesterday’s issue of _The New York Times_. Every time I read _The New York Times_, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050.md?page=8)