# Return of "Change one letter in one word and wreck an entire sentence" **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 2, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147 "2012-01-02T15:19:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147/1 "2012-01-02T15:19:16Z")
I have yet to go searching for other repeats of [Change one letter in one word and wreck an entire sentence](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=508375) which got 112 posts from 02-26-2009, 05:40 PM through 03-11-2009, 02:54 PM and which was started with these target sentences > [@](#): > > The guard on this floor of the prison has made it impossible to escape. > > The lamb stew we had for lunch has made my afternoon altogether strange. > > The dog’s bark alarmed the sleeping children and they were unable to go back to sleep. > > I wish I had planned the garden better. and included some others that were added along the way. # Here’s a new batch for those who enjoy tampering with words and such: \*\* 1. The Iranian football team has been making rapid strides into modern sport. 2. Many movie stars these days are experimenting with facial reconstruction. 3. Only small rodents and insects find comfort in the prefab portable toilets in this place. 4. Should we be looking for a new Messiah anytime soon? \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Jilaad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jilaad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jilaad)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147/2 "2012-01-03T02:49:03Z")
The Iranian football team has been making **vapid** strides into modern sport. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147/3 "2012-01-03T02:56:54Z")
1.) The Iranian foosball team has been making rapid strides into modern sport. (Next, they’ll rival the Chinese for ping-pong.) 3.) Only small rodents and insects find comfort in the prefab portable toilets in this plane. (Someone removed all the snakes from the plane, allowing the rodents and insects to take over.) ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147/4 "2012-01-03T03:01:29Z")
1. Only small rodents and insects find comfort in the prefab **potable** toilets in this place. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147/5 "2012-01-03T03:16:56Z")
Zany movie stars these days are experimenting with facial reconstruction. ---
**Author:** ![UFC\_Is\_Sux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/46a35a/32.png) [@UFC\_Is\_Sux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UFC_Is_Sux)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147/6 "2012-01-03T03:19:22Z")
1. Many movie stars these days are experimenting with racial reconstruction. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147/7 "2012-01-03T03:23:19Z")
Many movie stars these days are experimenting with facial deconstruction. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147/8 "2012-01-03T03:25:49Z")
Should we be looking for a new Messiah anytime, poon? ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147/9 "2012-01-03T03:29:38Z")
1. The Iranian football team has been making rabid strides into modern sport. 2. Only small rodents and insects find comfort in the prefab edible toilets in this place. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147/10 "2012-01-03T12:53:28Z")
> [@67java89](#): > > 1. The Iranian football team has been making rabid strides into modern sport. 1. The Iranian football team has been making rabit strides into modern sport. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147/11 "2012-01-03T14:25:34Z")
1. Should we be hooking for a new Messiah anytime soon? ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147/12 "2012-01-03T19:30:44Z")
1. Many movie stars these days are experimenting with fecial reconstruction. ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147/13 "2012-01-03T21:48:17Z")
1. The Iranian football team has been making rapid strides into modern **spurt**. 2. **Man** movie stars these days are experimenting with facial reconstruction. 3. Only small rodents and insects\*\*; \*\ ***fine** comfort in the prefab portable toilets in this place. (yes, maybe adding punctuation is cheating, but doesn’t this look like a real estate listing in some former Eastern Bloc country?) 4. Should we be looking for a **Jew** Messiah anytime soon? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147/14 "2012-01-05T18:42:07Z")
May we start off a new phrase: L1) Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff in there! ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147/15 "2012-01-05T19:28:02Z")
L1) Let’s go to the quarry and throw Steff in there! ---
**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:** [January 5, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147/16 "2012-01-05T22:58:13Z")
Should we be cooking for a new Messiah anytime soon? Should we be looming for a new Messiah anytime soon? Should we be looking for a new Messiah anytime? Noon? ---
**Author:** ![67java89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/aeb1de/32.png) [@67java89](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/67java89)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147/17 "2012-01-06T11:24:47Z")
L1. Let’s go to the quarry and throw staff in there! (I don’t like the people I work with very much) 1. Should we be booking for a new Messiah soon? (We’re going to need a huge place to have a party) ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147/18 "2012-01-06T12:05:02Z")
1. The Iranian football team had been making rapid strides into modern sport. 2. Manly movie stars these days are experimenting with facial reconstruction. 3. Lonly (sic) small rodents and insects find comfort in the prefab portable toilets in this place. 4. Should we be cooking for a new Messiah anytime soon? ---
**Author:** ![Redwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dfb087/32.png) [@Redwing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redwing)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147/19 "2012-01-06T14:53:55Z")
1. The Iranian football team has been **faking** rapid strides into modern sport. (they’re really good at selling those dives) 2. **Any** movie stars these days are experimenting with facial reconstruction. (any and all) 3. Only small rodents and insects **fund** comfort in the prefab portable toilets in this place. (someone’s got to pay for em) 4. Should we be **mooking** for a new Messiah anytime soon? (is a religious mook also a monk?) L1) Let’s go to the quarry and throw stiff in there! (the body was moved!) ---
**Author:** ![Normal\_Phase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Normal\_Phase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Normal_Phase)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147/20 "2012-01-06T15:22:41Z")
There’s always the old classic that only needs a change in capitalization: I helped my Uncle Jack off his horse. (ducks and runs) 1. The Iranian football seam has been making rapid strides into modern sport. (a radical new ball-construction technique?) 2. Many movie stars these days are experimenting with facial deconstruction. (eww) 3. Only small rodents and insects fund comfort in the prefab portable toilets in this place. (no wonder the toilets are bad if the mice are paying for them) 4. Should we be looting for a new Messiah anytime soon? (looting for the old one only got us locked up by the godless state) 5. Pets go to the quarry and throw stuff in there! (bad doggie) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-of-change-one-letter-in-one-word-and-wreck-an-entire-sentence/608147.md?page=2)