# The Atoz Game (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 24, 2020, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920 "2020-01-24T21:53:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 384
**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:** [October 1, 2021, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-1/846920/7664 "2021-10-01T17:56:48Z")
**Round Robin storytelling, everyone submit a sentence, starting with the appropriate letter, of course** **A** steadfast young soldier, home from the War, sought to seek his fortune. **B** ob (for that was his name) went first to his parents’ house, eager to see them after three long years away. **C** hicken was cooking on the stove and Bob was starving for a home cooked meal. “ **D** arling! You’re Home!”, his mother gushed with joy. **E** xcitedly, Bob embraced his mother. “ **F** ather will be home shortly,” she said. “I want you two to behave this time.” **G** oing to the window, Bob saw his father coming to the door. **H** aving denied his oedipal urges all these years, Bob felt an irrepressible rage rise within himself. “ **I** ‘ll try to behave, Mother,” he said, “but it won’t be easy.” **J** aw and fists clenched, eyes bulging, Bob waited by the window. **K** illing had become easy for Bob. “ **L** et’s see what he has to say before we act” his brother asked while lowering the rifle Bob had raised to meet his father… “ **M** eh, you’re right,” Bob said to his brother Steve. “Put the rifle back in the closet; we know where it is if we need it.” **N** egan entered the house, naively unaware of his sons’ patricidal conversation. **O** edipus, still blerary-eyed after this sudden arousal from a long slumber next to the steady fire in Bob’s id, shrugged at the sight of Negan, then slowly shook his head and resumed his recumbency. “ **P** OW!” went the gun. **Q** uizzically, father looked at son, and son at father. “ **R** obert Negan!”, the mother exclaimed with a scream! “ **S** eems to me like you might’ve worked on your marksmanship a bit more while you were in the Army,” Negan said, unharmed and raising an eyebrow as he sat down in his easy chair. " **T** ime for you to beg for your life!" Bob growled as he grabbed Negan by the neck. “ **U** nless you want that rifle stuck up where the sun don’t shine, you’d better sit down and shut up because I’ve got something to tell you,” replied Negan. ( **V** entriloquist-like, Negan was still able to speak clearly while being throttled by Bob.) **W** ith some reluctance, Bob obeyed his father and sat down, pushing aside his mother’s seven beloved cats (yes, even Beruthiel, Master Crumpet and Snookums) as he did so. [**X** -rated scenes censored here due to concerns for family entertainment.] ---
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**Round Robin storytelling, everyone submit a sentence, starting with the appropriate letter, of course** **A** steadfast young soldier, home from the War, sought to seek his fortune. **B** ob (for that was his name) went first to his parents’ house, eager to see them after three long years away. **C** hicken was cooking on the stove and Bob was starving for a home cooked meal. “ **D** arling! You’re Home!”, his mother gushed with joy. **E** xcitedly, Bob embraced his mother. “ **F** ather will be home shortly,” she said. “I want you two to behave this time.” **G** oing to the window, Bob saw his father coming to the door. **H** aving denied his oedipal urges all these years, Bob felt an irrepressible rage rise within himself. “ **I** ‘ll try to behave, Mother,” he said, “but it won’t be easy.” **J** aw and fists clenched, eyes bulging, Bob waited by the window. **K** illing had become easy for Bob. “ **L** et’s see what he has to say before we act” his brother asked while lowering the rifle Bob had raised to meet his father… “ **M** eh, you’re right,” Bob said to his brother Steve. “Put the rifle back in the closet; we know where it is if we need it.” **N** egan entered the house, naively unaware of his sons’ patricidal conversation. **O** edipus, still blerary-eyed after this sudden arousal from a long slumber next to the steady fire in Bob’s id, shrugged at the sight of Negan, then slowly shook his head and resumed his recumbency. “ **P** OW!” went the gun. **Q** uizzically, father looked at son, and son at father. “ **R** obert Negan!”, the mother exclaimed with a scream! “ **S** eems to me like you might’ve worked on your marksmanship a bit more while you were in the Army,” Negan said, unharmed and raising an eyebrow as he sat down in his easy chair. " **T** ime for you to beg for your life!" Bob growled as he grabbed Negan by the neck. “ **U** nless you want that rifle stuck up where the sun don’t shine, you’d better sit down and shut up because I’ve got something to tell you,” replied Negan. ( **V** entriloquist-like, Negan was still able to speak clearly while being throttled by Bob.) **W** ith some reluctance, Bob obeyed his father and sat down, pushing aside his mother’s seven beloved cats (yes, even Beruthiel, Master Crumpet and Snookums) as he did so. [**X** -rated scenes censored here due to concerns for family entertainment.] “ **Y** ou shouldn’t have told the boys _that_,” Negan’s wife said, aghast. ---
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**Round Robin storytelling, everyone submit a sentence, starting with the appropriate letter, of course** **A** steadfast young soldier, home from the War, sought to seek his fortune. **B** ob (for that was his name) went first to his parents’ house, eager to see them after three long years away. **C** hicken was cooking on the stove and Bob was starving for a home cooked meal. “ **D** arling! You’re Home!”, his mother gushed with joy. **E** xcitedly, Bob embraced his mother. “ **F** ather will be home shortly,” she said. “I want you two to behave this time.” **G** oing to the window, Bob saw his father coming to the door. **H** aving denied his oedipal urges all these years, Bob felt an irrepressible rage rise within himself. “ **I** ‘ll try to behave, Mother,” he said, “but it won’t be easy.” **J** aw and fists clenched, eyes bulging, Bob waited by the window. **K** illing had become easy for Bob. “ **L** et’s see what he has to say before we act” his brother asked while lowering the rifle Bob had raised to meet his father… “ **M** eh, you’re right,” Bob said to his brother Steve. “Put the rifle back in the closet; we know where it is if we need it.” **N** egan entered the house, naively unaware of his sons’ patricidal conversation. **O** edipus, still blerary-eyed after this sudden arousal from a long slumber next to the steady fire in Bob’s id, shrugged at the sight of Negan, then slowly shook his head and resumed his recumbency. “ **P** OW!” went the gun. **Q** uizzically, father looked at son, and son at father. “ **R** obert Negan!”, the mother exclaimed with a scream! “ **S** eems to me like you might’ve worked on your marksmanship a bit more while you were in the Army,” Negan said, unharmed and raising an eyebrow as he sat down in his easy chair. " **T** ime for you to beg for your life!" Bob growled as he grabbed Negan by the neck. “ **U** nless you want that rifle stuck up where the sun don’t shine, you’d better sit down and shut up because I’ve got something to tell you,” replied Negan. ( **V** entriloquist-like, Negan was still able to speak clearly while being throttled by Bob.) **W** ith some reluctance, Bob obeyed his father and sat down, pushing aside his mother’s seven beloved cats (yes, even Beruthiel, Master Crumpet and Snookums) as he did so. [**X** -rated scenes censored here due to concerns for family entertainment.] “ **Y** ou shouldn’t have told the boys _that_ ,” Negan’s wife said, aghast. “ **Z** ounds! This story has taken a turn for the worse!” exclaimed Negan. Next: **Computer technology** Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) ---
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**Computer technology** Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) Beta testing CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) You didn’t say it had to be _modern_ technology… ---
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