# Plums Deify: Complete a sentence from a noun and verb. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 5, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626 "2009-02-05T21:49:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626/1 "2009-02-05T21:49:13Z")
Stephen King wrote in “On Writing” that any noun coupled with an action verb makes a complete sentence. One of his favorite examples was “Plums deify.” The object is to take a nonsense noun and verb and turn it into a somewhat meaningful sentence. I’ll finish King;s sentence: _Plums deify_, but prunes demonize. So the nxt person has to complete this sentence and start another: Mountains swing… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626/2 "2009-02-05T21:58:55Z")
Mountains swing, _but deserts rock_. Cheese meanders … . ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626/3 "2009-02-05T22:16:07Z")
I thought the cheese stood alone? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626/4 "2009-02-05T23:48:25Z")
> [@Pochacco](#): > > Cheese meanders … . …across the surface of the pizza. Salmonella celebrates… ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626/5 "2009-02-06T20:08:04Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > …across the surface of the pizza. > > Salmonella celebrates… Salmonella celebrates while intestines agonize. Birds copulate…. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626/6 "2009-02-07T04:04:31Z")
Birds copulate, as do bees and insects; let’s first explore forming a deep emotional attachment to each other, then consider following their example. _(Is that okay?)_ Gorillas skate… ---
**Author:** ![Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Petrobey_Mavromihalis)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626/7 "2009-02-07T08:50:56Z")
Gorillas skate the thin line between animal and human. Buildings procrastinate . . . ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626/8 "2009-02-07T14:52:04Z")
> [@Petrobey\_Mavromihalis](#): > > Buildings procrastinate . . . …but what the hell, it’s not like they have a bus to catch. Dictionaries improvise… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626/9 "2009-02-07T16:15:29Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > …but what the hell, it’s not like they have a bus to catch. > > Dictionaries improvise… as great coffee table legs. Frisbees flucuate… ---
**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:** [February 7, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626/10 "2009-02-07T16:36:33Z")
Frisbees fluctuate, but nerds enjoy Ultimate anyway. Politicians peer… ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626/11 "2009-02-08T00:25:16Z")
_Politicians peer_… at intern’s actings. Cooks fry, but… ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626/12 "2009-02-08T01:36:37Z")
Cooks fry, but sun tanners bake. Trees eat… ---
**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:** [February 8, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626/13 "2009-02-08T04:49:03Z")
Trees eat sunshine and carbon dioxide, if you really think about it. Obama squeals… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2009, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626/14 "2009-02-08T14:07:03Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Obama squeals… …like a little girl if you try to take his Blackberry away. Sunglasses transform… ---
**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:** [February 8, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626/15 "2009-02-08T15:57:18Z")
Sunglasses transform any dog into a photo op. Dogs whinny… ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626/16 "2009-02-09T20:35:29Z")
Dogs whinny when horses whine. Snow blinds… ---
**Author:** ![imfloating](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bc79bd/32.png) [@imfloating](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imfloating)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626/17 "2009-02-09T20:38:38Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > Dogs whinny when horses whine. > > Snow blinds… But the ocean sees ---
**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:** [February 9, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626/18 "2009-02-09T20:41:29Z")
Pssst. Next? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626/19 "2009-02-09T20:42:05Z")
Coffee screams… ---
**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:** [February 9, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626/20 "2009-02-09T20:45:41Z")
“Coffee screams” are what I call my caffeine-addicted roommate’s demands for his favorite beverage every morning. Granny bludgeons… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plums-deify-complete-a-sentence-from-a-noun-and-verb/484626.md?page=2)