# what is the shortest unique sentence? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 5, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-unique-sentence/243571 "2004-05-05T01:53:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-unique-sentence/243571/1 "2004-05-05T01:53:55Z")
inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=254477). What do you think is the _shortest_ thing uttered that has never been uttered berfore? my admittance - (owneby by an old threasd) “bonfires curll rain”" ---
**Author:** ![griffen2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce7236/32.png) [@griffen2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffen2)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-unique-sentence/243571/2 "2004-05-05T01:58:17Z")
Not very short but certain to be unique. Uttered by me, upon noticing the stringy constituency of turkey gizzards, while helping my mum make Christmas dinner. _A gizzard skipping rope…innnnteresting_ To this day I don’t know how that one slipped by my internal bullshit catcher and escaped out my mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-unique-sentence/243571/3 "2004-05-05T02:00:42Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > inspired by [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=254477). What do you think is the _shortest_ thing uttered that has never been uttered berfore? > > my admittance - (owneby by an old threasd) “bonfires curll rain”" “Misunderestimate”? ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-unique-sentence/243571/4 "2004-05-05T02:20:27Z")
Dig a Pony. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-unique-sentence/243571/5 "2004-05-05T02:24:21Z")
Jesus schlepped. ---
**Author:** ![Sami41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-unique-sentence/243571/6 "2004-05-05T03:06:27Z")
“Someone stole Monday” ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-unique-sentence/243571/7 "2004-05-05T04:39:00Z")
“u” Mind, you didn’t say it had to be unique when _ **I** _ say it, just that it had to be unique when it was uttered at a time that it had never been uttered before… GR&D ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-unique-sentence/243571/8 "2004-05-05T04:40:38Z")
::kicks vB code box:: ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-unique-sentence/243571/9 "2004-05-05T04:48:57Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > What do you think is the _shortest_ thing uttered that has never been uttered berfore? Using actual words? I’m reasonably confident nobody has ever said “szbroit rules”, but I’m thinking that maybe doesn’t count;) ---
**Author:** ![DrMemory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DrMemory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrMemory)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2004, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-unique-sentence/243571/10 "2004-05-05T13:12:05Z")
and the winner of the _Longest_ sentance is… ``` "I DO"........... :D ```