# One-liners that suggest a great story **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 4, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-liners-that-suggest-a-great-story/721606 "2015-06-04T03:48:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-liners-that-suggest-a-great-story/721606/41 "2015-06-04T20:53:59Z")
Thanks, Obama! ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-liners-that-suggest-a-great-story/721606/42 "2015-06-04T20:54:01Z")
I know now that my wife has become host to a Kandarian demon Warriors! Come out and play! ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-liners-that-suggest-a-great-story/721606/43 "2015-06-04T21:01:43Z")
I was on a flight once and overhead someone on their cell phone and from their side of the conversation, it sounded like this guy in the seat near me me was having his company stolen out from under him by someone he trusted. He was clearly stressed and panicked but was trying to sound calm and professional and said everything in euphemism. The one line I remember was, “It sounds like Dan had his own agenda.” I felt really bad… Whoever Dan was, he was a douche-bag. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-liners-that-suggest-a-great-story/721606/44 "2015-06-04T21:41:16Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Yeah, that’s the classic one that came to mind. It’s often attributed to him, but there’s no evidence for it. (A bit on it [here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_sale:_baby_shoes,_never_worn) and [here](http://www.snopes.com/language/literary/babyshoes.asp).) The classified ad in the snopes link is particularly heart-breaking. Or maybe the baby just had bigger feet than size 2 so the shoes they received as a gift wouldn’t fit and the baby went on to live a long and happy life? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-liners-that-suggest-a-great-story/721606/45 "2015-06-04T21:43:12Z")
A nine mile walk is no joke, especially in the rain. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-liners-that-suggest-a-great-story/721606/46 "2015-06-04T22:42:01Z")
“I am going to have a long talk with Bombadil: such a talk as I have not had in all my time” ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-liners-that-suggest-a-great-story/721606/47 "2015-06-04T23:20:52Z")
“…and that’s why my brother isn’t allowed near parades anymore.” ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-liners-that-suggest-a-great-story/721606/48 "2015-06-04T23:22:11Z")
“If one of them sits at a table they will most likely be immature and even if i’m friendly and do a good job serving probably not tip me.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-liners-that-suggest-a-great-story/721606/49 "2015-06-04T23:56:00Z")
The first line from one short story and the last line from a second: “A swordsman fought a sorcerer once, not long before the end.” “Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out.” ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-liners-that-suggest-a-great-story/721606/50 "2015-06-05T00:34:41Z")
“The senator, while insisting that he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-liners-that-suggest-a-great-story/721606/51 "2015-06-05T01:09:40Z")
It is my favorite book of all time, and I have never read it. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-liners-that-suggest-a-great-story/721606/52 "2015-06-05T01:16:51Z")
“Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come.” ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-liners-that-suggest-a-great-story/721606/53 "2015-06-05T01:42:17Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > “The senator, while insisting that he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity” Well done. ---
**Author:** ![Lubricious\_Integument](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-liners-that-suggest-a-great-story/721606/54 "2015-06-05T03:35:00Z")
> [@](#): > > It was a bright cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen > [@Shodan](#): > > Regards, > Shodan Yabbut that was followed by an ENTIRE FREAKING NOVEL that gave context to that line. Please see the OP. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Lubricious\_Integument](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-liners-that-suggest-a-great-story/721606/55 "2015-06-05T03:41:34Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > I’ve got debts that no honest man can pay. > [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I slept with three generations of that family. These are stories worth hearing! Others? ---
**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:** [June 5, 2015, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-liners-that-suggest-a-great-story/721606/56 "2015-06-05T03:47:26Z")
55 posts, and nobody done this one yet? “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” ---
**Author:** ![Lubricious\_Integument](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-liners-that-suggest-a-great-story/721606/57 "2015-06-05T03:50:07Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > 55 posts, and nobody done this one yet? > > “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” Yabbut that was followed by an ENTIRE FREAKING NOVEL that gave context to that line. Please see the OP. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![TaoPilot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@TaoPilot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaoPilot)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-liners-that-suggest-a-great-story/721606/58 "2015-06-05T03:52:39Z")
“And then they made me their chief.” - Captain Jack Sparrow “Egon, this reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole in you head. Do you remember that?” ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-liners-that-suggest-a-great-story/721606/59 "2015-06-05T04:27:03Z")
“Though you may have survived Cleveland.” [referring to Snake Plissken in _Escape from L.A._] ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-liners-that-suggest-a-great-story/721606/60 "2015-06-05T04:29:10Z")
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