# Let's tell a story four words at a time (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 19, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289 "2025-08-19T21:31:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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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:** [November 23, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289/461 "2025-11-23T23:36:46Z")

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in 500’ high tides,

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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:** [November 24, 2025, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289/462 "2025-11-24T19:57:04Z")

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or so it is

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289/463 "2025-11-24T21:45:00Z")

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told in the stories

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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:** [November 24, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289/464 "2025-11-24T22:02:11Z")

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passed down from stoat

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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:** [November 25, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289/465 "2025-11-25T01:31:19Z")

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to manatee, where legend

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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:** [November 25, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289/466 "2025-11-25T17:11:04Z")

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and anti-legend collide.

Meanwhile,

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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:** [November 25, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289/467 "2025-11-25T23:12:08Z")

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during a game of

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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:** [November 25, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289/468 "2025-11-25T23:16:24Z")

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Russian Roulette, the players

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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:** [November 25, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289/469 "2025-11-25T23:25:05Z")

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, having mistakenly switched dum-dums

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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:** [November 26, 2025, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289/470 "2025-11-26T02:22:32Z")

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brand lollipops for an

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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:** [November 26, 2025, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289/471 "2025-11-26T04:59:58Z")

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incontinent mountain gorilla, unanimously

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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:** [November 26, 2025, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289/472 "2025-11-26T12:45:35Z")

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missed themselves, instead hitting

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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:** [November 26, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289/473 "2025-11-26T17:03:57Z")

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Orson Bean’s velvet portrait

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289/474 "2025-11-26T21:08:38Z")

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which aged, instead of

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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:** [November 26, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289/475 "2025-11-26T21:17:04Z")

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pivoted, across the vast

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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:** [November 26, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289/476 "2025-11-26T21:49:20Z")

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eons of time immemorial,

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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:** [November 26, 2025, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289/477 "2025-11-26T22:33:13Z")

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just as Samantha predicted.

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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:** [November 28, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289/478 "2025-11-28T04:33:24Z")

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“Sammy,” as her friends

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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:** [November 28, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289/479 "2025-11-28T04:47:15Z")

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never called her, uncharacteristically

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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:** [November 28, 2025, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-tell-a-story-four-words-at-a-time-part-2/1022289/480 "2025-11-28T13:53:29Z")

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asked all of her

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