# Two Sentence Stories **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 6
**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:** [July 4, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/101 "2015-07-04T16:25:18Z")
> [@thestrangeness](#): > > The name of the game is two-sentence stories. He got 5 years for forgery and 10 for a drive-by shooting. GMTA, **thestrangeness** ; see post #50. 😉 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![thestrangeness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@thestrangeness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thestrangeness)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2015, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/102 "2015-07-12T22:23:10Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > GMTA, **thestrangeness** ; see post #50. 😉 🙂 oh. wow. lol. didn’t mean to rip you off ---
**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:** [July 12, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/103 "2015-07-12T22:42:06Z")
> [@thestrangeness](#): > > oh. wow. lol. didn’t mean to rip you off Pshaw! That thread name is begging for multiple versions. Besides, yours is better. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/104 "2015-07-16T05:13:21Z")
“It’s hard to live with a man who’s learning to play the violin”, she said handing the police the revolver. — Richard Brautigan Plagiarism saves time ---
**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:** [July 19, 2015, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/105 "2015-07-19T14:23:29Z")
As the hitchhiker closed the door of the pickup he’d just got into he said, “It smelled like blood out there.” The driver locked the doors and reached for a knife, looking in the rear-view mirror at his wife who lay in the bloody bed and said, “I just killed a dear.” ---
**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:** [July 21, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/106 "2015-07-21T03:02:01Z")
33 AD–The very first Easter Sunday: Jesus exited the crypt, poured Himself a cuppa joe and scratched his head, stifling a yawn. “I feel like I’ve been dead three days,” He mumbled aloud. (Apologies to G. Larson) ---
**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:** [July 21, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/107 "2015-07-21T03:15:33Z")
'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. Unless the thing you lost was worth lots of money. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/108 "2015-07-22T21:04:41Z")
If you love something set it free. If it comes back it is yours and if not, hunt it down and kill it. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/109 "2015-07-26T00:42:20Z")
The doctor said, “It’s not as bad as it sounds. I don’t think we’re pronouncing it right.” ---
**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:** [July 26, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/110 "2015-07-26T03:52:01Z")
The doctor said, “I have good news and bad news. The good news is, we’re going to name a disease after you!” ---
**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:** [July 26, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/111 "2015-07-26T15:12:09Z")
My late wife’s doctor was good enough to come to her funeral. “I don’t suppose you’d like to see the test results?” he asked at the conclusion. ---
**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:** [July 27, 2015, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/112 "2015-07-27T07:04:59Z")
When I participated in a spelling bee, my competitor missed the word “schadenfreude.” For some reason, I took pleasure in that. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/113 "2015-07-27T17:01:56Z")
“I do”. She didn’t. Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [July 27, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/114 "2015-07-27T17:29:03Z")
Talk about government waste! I paid my taxes YEARS ago and to this day they STILL send me the forms! ---
**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:** [July 29, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/115 "2015-07-29T20:58:19Z")
Grissom and Young had nearly completed their third orbit when there was a knock on the door. “Who is it?”, Gus called out while John smacked him in the head and said “Think about it!”. This has obviously degenerated into a series of two liners. I’m appalled, but keep up the good work! ---
**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:** [July 29, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/116 "2015-07-29T21:39:36Z")
Jesus saves. Moses picks up the rebound, he shoots, _HE SCORES!!!_ ---
**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:** [July 29, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/117 "2015-07-29T22:52:30Z")
If it wasn’t for my lawyer, I’d still be in prison. It went a lot faster with two people digging. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/118 "2015-08-04T20:09:25Z")
When you stare into the Abyss, it stares back into you. Which is why I avoid the nunnery; once was enough. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/119 "2015-08-05T16:56:22Z")
I was awoken by the radiant sun gleaming through the window, dappling my face with warm and tender caresses. So I parked at the next rest area and got myself a triple espresso. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2015, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-sentence-stories/721052/120 "2015-08-05T17:05:44Z")
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