# Let's tell a story four words at a time (Part 1)

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**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 2, 2015, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587 "2015-02-02T09:12:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/7642 "2024-07-21T02:59:30Z")

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drowns its victims in

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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:** [July 21, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/7643 "2024-07-21T03:07:35Z")

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Blawnox-style non-dairy margarine substitute

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**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/7644 "2024-07-21T03:29:19Z")

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which everyone knows is

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/7645 "2024-07-21T13:23:15Z")

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a floor wax and

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**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/7646 "2024-07-21T14:37:03Z")

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a 60s psychedelic rock

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/7647 "2024-07-21T16:05:33Z")

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album that violated copyright

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**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/7648 "2024-07-21T16:28:34Z")

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laws and triggered seizures

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/7649 "2024-07-21T17:02:48Z")

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in overcaffeinated hobbits, whose

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**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/7650 "2024-07-21T17:46:54Z")

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awkward dancing moves often

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**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/7651 "2024-07-21T23:35:20Z")

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went unnoticed.

Twelve smouldering

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2024, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/7652 "2024-07-21T23:51:01Z")

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volcanoes soon erupted in

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**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/7653 "2024-07-22T00:54:34Z")

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Blawnox county but fortunately

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**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/7654 "2024-07-22T01:32:56Z")

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death was mercifully swift

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/7655 "2024-07-22T01:40:12Z")

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for the poor suffering

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**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/7656 "2024-07-22T01:47:45Z")

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hobbits, leprechauns, insurance salesmen

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/7657 "2024-07-22T01:54:16Z")

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, cheese-eating singers, Daleks,

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**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/7658 "2024-07-22T02:12:42Z")

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night nurses, warlocks, goatherds,

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**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/7659 "2024-07-22T02:31:27Z")

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and wombats, but _not_

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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/7660 "2024-07-22T02:34:57Z")

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stoats, kaiju’s, or eldritch

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**Author:** ![2\_More\_Bits](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2_more_bits/32/4148_2.png) [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/7661 "2024-07-22T02:45:09Z")

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screaming coming from the

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