# One Word-Backward Story **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 5, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-backward-story/682960 "2014-03-05T19:34:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**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:** [April 2, 2014, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-backward-story/682960/361 "2014-04-02T12:19:03Z")
piranha ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2014, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-backward-story/682960/362 "2014-04-02T13:09:09Z")
devoured ---
**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:** [April 3, 2014, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-backward-story/682960/363 "2014-04-03T01:03:07Z")
Garfield ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-backward-story/682960/364 "2014-04-03T01:18:05Z")
President ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-backward-story/682960/365 "2014-04-03T01:20:02Z")
and ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-backward-story/682960/366 "2014-04-03T17:27:52Z")
Chevy ---
**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:** [April 3, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-backward-story/682960/367 "2014-04-03T19:45:11Z")
'57 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-backward-story/682960/368 "2014-04-03T20:08:34Z")
Ford’s ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-backward-story/682960/369 "2014-04-03T23:26:15Z")
while ---
**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:** [April 4, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-backward-story/682960/370 "2014-04-04T01:16:30Z")
hiccupped ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-backward-story/682960/371 "2014-04-04T04:05:35Z")
Dave ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-backward-story/682960/372 "2014-04-04T13:06:55Z")
Petunia. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-backward-story/682960/373 "2014-04-04T13:12:02Z")
ravished ---
**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:** [April 4, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-backward-story/682960/374 "2014-04-04T13:26:58Z")
mercilessly ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-backward-story/682960/375 "2014-04-04T14:49:26Z")
I have been trying to figure out how to start this story(so to speak), and I think I’ve come up with a solution: when I next post the word “time”, y’all are to follow with “a”, “upon” and finally, “Once”. On with the story. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-backward-story/682960/376 "2014-04-04T15:07:52Z")
nonetheless ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-backward-story/682960/377 "2014-04-04T15:56:18Z")
Porky ---
**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:** [April 4, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-backward-story/682960/378 "2014-04-04T16:46:41Z")
Roadrunner. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-backward-story/682960/379 "2014-04-04T16:52:09Z")
exsanguinated ETA: > [@Czarcasm](#): > > I have been trying to figure out how to start this story(so to speak), and I think I’ve come up with a solution: when I next post the word “time”, y’all are to follow with “a”, “upon” and finally, “Once”. I thought this was a never-ending story? (…or is that “never-beginning” story? Oh so confusing…) ---
**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:** [April 4, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-word-backward-story/682960/380 "2014-04-04T19:56:08Z")
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