# 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:** 499
**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:** [August 14, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/9962 "2025-08-14T00:32:38Z")
its finger disapprovingly at ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/9963 "2025-08-14T01:04:17Z")
some bad, naughty people ---
**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:** [August 14, 2025, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/9964 "2025-08-14T01:57:01Z")
, who used it to ---
**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:** [August 14, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/9965 "2025-08-14T18:33:43Z")
do bad and naughty ---
**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:** [August 14, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/9966 "2025-08-14T21:02:01Z")
things to each other. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/9967 "2025-08-14T21:33:51Z")
The gnome eagerly snapped ---
**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:** [August 14, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/9968 "2025-08-14T21:50:36Z")
their necks and fled ---
**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:** [August 15, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/9969 "2025-08-15T01:26:56Z")
, pursued by a bear ---
**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:** [August 15, 2025, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/9970 "2025-08-15T01:52:50Z")
; despite the restraining order, ---
**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:** [August 15, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/9971 "2025-08-15T04:16:39Z")
Hugh Grant laughed uproariously. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/9972 "2025-08-15T21:05:17Z")
Funny thing about Hugh, ---
**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:** [August 15, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/9973 "2025-08-15T22:45:12Z")
as when he went ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2025, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/9974 "2025-08-15T22:47:08Z")
To act in that ---
**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:** [August 16, 2025, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/9975 "2025-08-16T00:14:12Z")
llama ranch mockumentary, he ---
**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:** [August 16, 2025, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/9976 "2025-08-16T01:20:46Z")
thought a Golden Globe ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/9977 "2025-08-16T01:48:13Z")
would be an accomplishment ---
**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:** [August 16, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/9978 "2025-08-16T01:51:36Z")
and then he’d retire. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2025, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/9979 "2025-08-16T02:19:47Z")
But fate had other ---
**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:** [August 17, 2025, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/9980 "2025-08-17T02:08:39Z")
plans for ol’ Hugh. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-1/711587/9981 "2025-08-17T02:12:17Z")
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