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

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**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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garden gnome, which wagged

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[not an entry]I was thinking of starting a role-playing one with a bit more structure, but then [someone beat me to it 2 weeks ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-enter-the-mysterious-basement-and-find-game/1020815/11), but alas that thread quickly died. Might as well keep on keeping on in the established idiom, as such.[nae]

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