# 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:** [August 19, 2019, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1424 "2019-08-19T06:14:31Z")

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… anywhere other than Chili’s.

What he really wanted was …

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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 19, 2019, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1425 "2019-08-19T06:29:08Z")

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Tacos. I directed him to the nearest taco truck.

He vaporized and left his…

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1426 "2019-08-19T12:49:49Z")

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…stench in the air.

I asked the bartender for another…

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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 19, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1427 "2019-08-19T22:58:57Z")

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… cocktail napkin, to use as a mask.

The bartender proceeded 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:** [August 20, 2019, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1428 "2019-08-20T00:10:52Z")

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Mix me up a mint julep made with VaporRub.

It was so bad…

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1429 "2019-08-20T00:17:29Z")

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…I almost couldn’t finish it.

And then, the sexiest woman I’ve ever seen…

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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:** [August 20, 2019, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1430 "2019-08-20T07:30:38Z")

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…came in wearing a cocktail napkin.

The napkin didn’t catch my eye. What caught my eye 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:** [August 21, 2019, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1431 "2019-08-21T06:28:05Z")

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… the construction boots she was wearing.

Well, those and the …

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1432 "2019-08-21T11:25:54Z")

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…cardboard coasters she wore as pasties.

I asked the bartender about her…

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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 22, 2019, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1433 "2019-08-22T04:55:24Z")

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… outfit.

He shrugged and said …

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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 22, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1434 "2019-08-22T17:13:05Z")

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Forever 21 had just had a big sale.

That made me reminisce about being 21 and

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1435 "2019-08-22T17:16:22Z")

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…being really stupid.

I don’t think anyone gains any real intelligence until…

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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 23, 2019, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1436 "2019-08-23T06:02:48Z")

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… they hit 30.

At that point, they’ve been through …

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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 23, 2019, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1437 "2019-08-23T06:09:16Z")

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The deep, dark exciting forest of thier 20s.

Then all the\_\_\_\_\_.

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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 23, 2019, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1438 "2019-08-23T06:25:41Z")

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… midlife crises start to loom.

A red sportscar and a twenty-something blonde won’t solve anything; what you want is …

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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 23, 2019, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1439 "2019-08-23T06:34:00Z")

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A good recipe for Chili.

Make it and they will\_\_\_\_\_.

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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 26, 2019, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1440 "2019-08-26T05:37:21Z")

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… come.

Though they may have questions about …

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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:** [August 27, 2019, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1441 "2019-08-27T06:09:45Z")

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…the tincture you squirted into it.

I always tell them that it improves the…

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1442 "2019-08-27T13:10:30Z")

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…flavor.  
They’re still skeptical, but they still try it, and when they do…

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1443 "2019-08-29T12:32:31Z")

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… a few of them nevertheless don’t survive.

In fact, before they succumb, they often…

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