# Let's tell a story four words at a time (Part 1) **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 434
**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:** [December 9, 2024, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/8662 "2024-12-09T05:09:12Z")
causing stress to hundreds ---
**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:** [December 9, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/8663 "2024-12-09T11:44:00Z")
of young beaver accountants. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/8664 "2024-12-09T23:13:26Z")
“Stock cannot be _negative_!”, ---
**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:** [December 10, 2024, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/8665 "2024-12-10T05:37:13Z")
Bucky McToothface complained, waving ---
**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:** [December 10, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/8666 "2024-12-10T11:29:07Z")
a pistol around and ---
**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:** [December 10, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/8667 "2024-12-10T19:24:07Z")
threatening to shoot anyone ---
**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:** [December 10, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/8668 "2024-12-10T19:30:43Z")
looking suspicious. “BANG!” went ---
**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:** [December 10, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/8669 "2024-12-10T20:07:01Z")
the massive nuclear warhead. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/8670 "2024-12-10T20:11:45Z")
With a BANG! flag ---
**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:** [December 10, 2024, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/8671 "2024-12-10T20:30:10Z")
, Timmy’s toy pistol was ---
**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:** [December 10, 2024, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/8672 "2024-12-10T21:10:48Z")
blamed for the nuclear ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/8673 "2024-12-10T21:12:17Z")
holocaust that ensued. Melvin ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/8674 "2024-12-10T21:16:13Z")
grabbed his rubber duck ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/8675 "2024-12-10T21:22:01Z")
and used it to ---
**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:** [December 10, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/8676 "2024-12-10T22:42:07Z")
shield himself from the ---
**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:** [December 10, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/8677 "2024-12-10T23:45:16Z")
intense deadly radiation. Alas, ---
**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:** [December 11, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/8678 "2024-12-11T02:46:38Z")
what he really needed ---
**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:** [December 11, 2024, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/8679 "2024-12-11T04:12:07Z")
was time to finish ---
**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:** [December 11, 2024, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/8680 "2024-12-11T11:35:38Z")
his bath. Later that ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/8681 "2024-12-11T21:29:00Z")
evening Melvin asked, "why [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587.md?page=433) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587.md?page=435)