# Two Sentence Stories

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [May 28, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052 "2015-05-28T17:20:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/41 "2015-06-04T20:34:02Z")

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I came across a picture of you today and it made me smile. I still had to damp mop the floor though.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/42 "2015-06-04T22:26:44Z")

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Oh, no, the brakes on the car weren’t working! Well…it was almost time for Mom to put in another quarter, anyway.

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**Author:** ![HeXen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@HeXen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeXen)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/43 "2015-06-05T00:06:29Z")

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Onetime, I boldly had sex with my g/f’s best friend right next to her while she slept. True story.

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/44 "2015-06-05T00:17:38Z")

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He wept for the happiness that might’ve been as he dug the grave for his wife and their newborn baby. In the background he heard the cries from the room in which she was giving birth.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/45 "2015-06-05T14:05:16Z")

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One time my sister was karving her initials on a møøse. So it bit her.

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**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/46 "2015-06-05T14:28:20Z")

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During my internship in Göteborg I had to put 50 stitches into a girl that came into the emergency room. She faced years of grueling plastic surgery and a lifelong fear of swamp donkeys.

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**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/47 "2015-06-05T15:47:27Z")

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The last man on Earth sat in a room.  
There was a knock ay the door.

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**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:** [June 5, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/48 "2015-06-05T16:25:05Z")

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“Ay the door,” Adam said. “Do you mean ‘Eye?’” Bob asked.

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**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/49 "2015-06-05T21:01:28Z")

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As the man went out to get his mail he noticed a shadow crossing his lawn. As he looked up to see what it was a 777 crashed into his house.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2015, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/50 "2015-06-05T22:57:51Z")

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My friend, Jimbo, is incarcerated for the next 25 years and my other friend, Rico, is serving a dime in Q. A two sentence story.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/51 "2015-06-06T14:56:40Z")

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This starts up here on Floor #2,  
…and  
…then  
…goes  
…downstairs to the first floor. You guessed it–a two-story sentence.

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**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:** [June 6, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/52 "2015-06-06T15:46:07Z")

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It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents — except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness. Suddenly, a giant asteroid struck the Earth and everyone died.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/53 "2015-06-08T16:00:03Z")

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The two burglars were caught stealing a very rare calendar from the museum. Each man got 6 months.

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**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/54 "2015-06-08T20:05:03Z")

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> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> This starts up here on Floor #2,  
> …and  
> …then  
> …goes  
> …downstairs to the first floor. You guessed it–a two-story sentence.

Official Sheep Award! B-a-a-a-d. 😃

Margaret waited with bated breath for Stan to arrive, open the door and see her naked and waiting form. Stan opened the door, exclaimed in surprise and delight, and fell down dead of a massive coronary.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/55 "2015-06-09T23:24:28Z")

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I had wasted my first two wishes on really stupid stuff, when the genie reminded me: **What will your third wish be, _Effendi_**?

“Three more wishes, if you please.”

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**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/56 "2015-06-10T16:49:31Z")

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The sound of the tentacles slithering against the marble floor caused me to choke off the cry that was screaming to get out. Then, silence.

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/57 "2015-06-10T18:43:42Z")

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Merve was showing off his new suit made out of steaks and pork chops. Suddenly, the bus lurched and threw him out into the jungle.

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**Author:** ![Teach-me-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Teach-me-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach-me-not)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/58 "2015-06-11T00:15:27Z")

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> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#):
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> I was defusing the bomb and cut the green wire, leaving the red one intact. Oh, hell, I cut the wrong

My chemistry teacher narrated this story once:

The young chemist set out to determine whether cyanide was sweet or sour. His assistant found him dead a few hours later, a sheet of paper by his side, with a hastily scribbled “S”.

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**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/59 "2015-06-11T15:10:55Z")

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As we made hot sweaty ferocious love, the farmer’s daughter kept humming this incessant tune and it was very distracting.  
As I ran nearly naked through the corn field I figured it out: [Hay Loft by Mother Mother](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LvAiJYKoSM)!

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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/60 "2015-06-12T02:22:27Z")

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“Now, we will activate the Large Hadron Collider, and soon we shall learn the secrets of the Universe!”

And there was no second sentence.

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