# 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 1, 2019, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1484 "2019-10-01T08:25:29Z")

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… being dead, had no comment.

But Bob Geldof was there too, and he said, …

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> …sang an amped up version of Over the Rainbow.

As I recall things, there was a Toronto punk performer in the early 1980s named Toby Swann, who did a punk/new wave (you decide) arrangement of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” Have a listen:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/NIO26JEFop0/hqdefault.jpg "Somewhere over the Rainbow - Toby Swann") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIO26JEFop0)

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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:** [October 1, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1485 "2019-10-01T12:54:43Z")

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I give the arrangement 10, the singing, 3.

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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:** [October 1, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1486 "2019-10-01T14:54:38Z")

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But Bob Geldof was there too, and he said, “I have GOT to get out of here!”

As he forced his way through the weeping, bleeding, wailing, pooping crowd, he noticed…

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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 2, 2019, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1487 "2019-10-02T21:03:45Z")

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… one person who was neither weeping, bleeding, wailing, nor pooping.

Curious, he approached the person, and …

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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:** [October 2, 2019, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1488 "2019-10-02T21:42:33Z")

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said, “I’ll give you something to poop about, old woman!”

This, of course, made the old woman…

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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 4, 2019, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1489 "2019-10-04T05:26:00Z")

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… poop.

At which point, Bob Geldof …

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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 4, 2019, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1490 "2019-10-04T05:53:31Z")

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Screamed for an orderly.  
This place has really\_\_\_\_\_.

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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:** [October 4, 2019, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1491 "2019-10-04T06:55:01Z")

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…gone downhill since Barney took over management.

Not that he’s a bad guy, he’s just…

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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 5, 2019, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1492 "2019-10-05T03:24:49Z")

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… cannot manage his way out of a paper bag.

What he needs to do is …

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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 5, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1493 "2019-10-05T18:14:50Z")

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bring Fred onboard as a partner.

Hearing that, Barney exclaimed

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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:** [October 5, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1494 "2019-10-05T18:28:06Z")

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… **Urp.** Uh, wrong Barney.

Hey Homer, did you hire someone 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:** [October 7, 2019, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1495 "2019-10-07T22:25:49Z")

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… look after sector 7G when you were on lunch?

Because you need to see what …

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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:** [October 8, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1496 "2019-10-08T15:15:12Z")

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Smithers just brought to the table.

Mr. Burns, meanwhile, was just sitting in his office and…

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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 9, 2019, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1497 "2019-10-09T07:40:20Z")

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… touching his fingers together while saying “Excellent.”

Lenny and Carl …

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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:** [October 9, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1498 "2019-10-09T14:23:20Z")

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, whom no one could tell apart except true \*Simpsons \*devotees, were meanwhile sitting cross-legged in a yurt just outside of Blawnox, Pa.

They were discussing Episcopal theology 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:** [October 10, 2019, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1499 "2019-10-10T04:28:41Z")

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…psychosomatic rashes.

As Lenny scratched his ankle, he asked Carl what his beliefs were. Carl scratched his neck and…

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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 10, 2019, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1500 "2019-10-10T06:01:01Z")

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… asked, “Why does this conversation make us both itch?”

The decided to go to Moe’s and …

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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:** [October 10, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1501 "2019-10-10T15:33:55Z")

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suddenly realized they were still in Blawnox, not Springfield.

As they rolled up the yurt, packed their bags and headed for the airport, Lenny said…

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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 12, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1502 "2019-10-12T23:28:18Z")

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… “We’ve gotta get a smaller yurt.”

Carl just shrugged and said …

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**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-my-sentence-and-start-a-new-one/817050/1503 "2019-10-13T00:24:41Z")

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Fucked up.

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