# Next Fall on FOX: \*When (nouns)(verb)!\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2001, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-fall-on-fox-when-nouns-verb/77278 "2001-08-21T02:07:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-fall-on-fox-when-nouns-verb/77278/1 "2001-08-21T02:07:11Z")
Inspired by **Mr. Blue Sky** in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=82859), I thought we could have another round of madlibs. There’s a little change to this one though. We’ll only do phrases, and after you do the phrase, you can make up another one for the next poster to do (note: you can do previous ones if you like, just make sure to do the one right before yours, and make up a new one too!) I realize it won’t be like actual madlibs, because you can see the phrase you’re inserting the words in, but this way you can make it as funny as you possibly can. Let’s start with the inspiration for this thread: When _plural noun_ _verb_! (and just because I know you people, I’ll say it first. . .“when idiots post. . .huh huh huh. . .huh huh”) ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-fall-on-fox-when-nouns-verb/77278/2 "2001-08-21T02:10:07Z")
When Turkeys Explode! When Cows Explode! When Chickens Explode! When Moose Explode! When Bunnies Attack! When Pigs Fly! ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-fall-on-fox-when-nouns-verb/77278/3 "2001-08-21T02:11:15Z")
I’m sorry. I didn’t finish reading the OP. I just thought those were funny. I’ll play for real this time. The [noun] who/that [verb, past tense]ed the [noun] ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-fall-on-fox-when-nouns-verb/77278/4 "2001-08-21T04:33:16Z")
The nun that rocked the mic. Frankly, my dear, I don’t [verb] a/an [noun]. ---
**Author:** ![IceQueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/34f0e0/32.png) [@IceQueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IceQueen)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-fall-on-fox-when-nouns-verb/77278/5 "2001-08-21T04:56:32Z")
Frankly, my dear, I don’t need an eye. [Verb] your [noun]! ---
**Author:** ![jaimest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaimest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaimest)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-fall-on-fox-when-nouns-verb/77278/6 "2001-08-21T05:32:59Z")
Coming to FOX this fall… \*When Television Sucks @$$! \* ---
**Author:** ![23skidoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f04885/32.png) [@23skidoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/23skidoo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-fall-on-fox-when-nouns-verb/77278/7 "2001-08-21T05:34:09Z")
Disobey your orders! If I had a [noun] for every [noun] I [past tense verb], I’d be a [adjective] [noun] by now. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-fall-on-fox-when-nouns-verb/77278/8 "2001-08-21T11:33:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 23skidoo \* > \*\*Disobey your orders! > > If I had a nickel for every nun I seduced, I’d be a filthy rich pervert by now. \*\* Next on Fox: When sentences are parsed. By the time I [past tense verb] the [noun] was [gerund] and all the [plural noun] had [past participle]. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-fall-on-fox-when-nouns-verb/77278/9 "2001-08-21T14:14:55Z")
There is an obscure UK TV comedy show called _the Adam and Joe show_ which did a couple of parodies of this: [li]When Vegetables Attack![/li]When Insects Attack (except that the attackers were never insects - they would be slugs(molluscs) or spiders(arachnids) or woodlice(crustaceans) - and the show would start to fall apart once this was pointed out to the presenter, very funny but I guess you had to be there. ---
**Author:** ![missdavis102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@missdavis102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missdavis102)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-fall-on-fox-when-nouns-verb/77278/10 "2001-08-21T17:16:00Z")
By the time I posted, the thread was dying, and all the cool posters had gone. Sigh. It’s always the way. When the [adjective] [noun] [verb ending in ‘s’], you know it’s time to [verb] the [noun]. ---
**Author:** ![stolichnaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@stolichnaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stolichnaya)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-fall-on-fox-when-nouns-verb/77278/11 "2001-08-21T19:14:35Z")
:: shocks thread once…and again :: When the hyperactive newbie blunders, you know it’s time to bring the smackdown. I’m [verb ending in “ing”] in the [noun], just [verb ending in “ing”] in the [noun]. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-fall-on-fox-when-nouns-verb/77278/12 "2001-08-21T21:03:29Z")
_Wicked witch of the west:_ I’m singeing in the rain, just singeing in the rain [sub] **O.K., even I know that was bad** [/sub] [plural noun] gone [adjective]…caught on [noun]! ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-fall-on-fox-when-nouns-verb/77278/13 "2001-08-21T21:14:05Z")
Dopers gone wild . . . caught on 8mm! Hell, I’d pay to see that one. . . Tripler When [adjective] [plural nouns] go [adjective] with [plural nouns]. ---
**Author:** ![Fogglethorpe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Fogglethorpe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fogglethorpe)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-fall-on-fox-when-nouns-verb/77278/14 "2001-08-21T21:19:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by missdavis102 \* > \*\* > > When the [adjective] [noun] [verb ending in ‘s’], you know it’s time to [verb] the [noun]. \*\* When the [proverbial] [sh\*t] [hits] the proverbial fan, you know it’s time to [repaint] the proverbial [walls]. ---
**Author:** ![dalovindj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/65b543/32.png) [@dalovindj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalovindj)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/next-fall-on-fox-when-nouns-verb/77278/15 "2001-08-21T21:54:04Z")
> [@](#): > > When [adjective] [plural nouns] go [adjective] with [plural nouns]. When cracked-out politicians go crazy with cigars. DaLovin’ Dj