# Whose Post Is It (Improved!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 7, 2001, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-post-is-it-improved/80294 "2001-09-07T20:47:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-post-is-it-improved/80294/1 "2001-09-07T20:47:34Z")
I recently started a thread based on the _Whose Line is it, Anyway?_ sketch where the contestants speak only in song titles, with an idea that we could create a story. However, I soon realized that it would be quite difficult to tell a coherent tale using only the titles. The thread degenerated into (mostly) word associations. Not that they weren’t clever, but it’s not what I had in mind. Since the thread is currently at 8 pages (i.e. interest still exists), I thought I would try again, with a change in the rules. Titles are still okay, but the emphasis is now on lines from songs, movies, books, or what have you. With that said, I will kick it off with the opening lines from the Bob Dylan classic, “Tangled Up in Blue”: Early one morning, the sun was shining, I was laying in bed… ---
**Author:** ![Arwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Arwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arwen)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-post-is-it-improved/80294/2 "2001-09-07T21:07:59Z")
…sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come… [sub]beatles: I am the Walrus[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-post-is-it-improved/80294/3 "2001-09-08T00:20:47Z")
**… The summer wind came blowing in from across the sea.** [sub][sup]it fits. Sinatra, ‘Summer Wind’[/sup][/sub] ---
**Author:** ![PlanMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@PlanMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlanMan)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-post-is-it-improved/80294/4 "2001-09-08T00:29:57Z")
blowing my _wooden ships on the water, very free_ [sub]crosby, stills, nash and young[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2001, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-post-is-it-improved/80294/5 "2001-09-08T02:32:06Z")
…when the red red robin comes bob-bob-bobbin’ along… ---
**Author:** ![Spudgunr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Spudgunr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spudgunr)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-post-is-it-improved/80294/6 "2001-09-09T00:48:09Z")
go and get your riot gear. (Five iron frenzy-Get your riot gear) ((No, I did not register to post to this thread, I registered to search.)) ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-post-is-it-improved/80294/7 "2001-09-09T07:28:23Z")
And if you go chasing rabbits, and you know you are going to fall ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2001, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-post-is-it-improved/80294/8 "2001-09-09T12:34:45Z")
LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR, LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOR… ---
**Author:** ![Spudgunr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Spudgunr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spudgunr)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-post-is-it-improved/80294/9 "2001-09-10T03:52:34Z")
Well, I’m about to see just how far I can fly, surely your gonna break my fall… ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-post-is-it-improved/80294/10 "2001-09-10T16:14:11Z")
…I fell in to a burnin’ Ring of Fire… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bitterdrunk\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@The\_Bitterdrunk\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bitterdrunk_Kid)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-post-is-it-improved/80294/11 "2001-09-10T17:28:22Z")
Fire on the mountain! Run, boys, run! ---
**Author:** ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-post-is-it-improved/80294/12 "2001-09-10T22:33:22Z")
Runaway. A-run, run, run, run, runaway… ---
**Author:** ![peewee\_RotA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@peewee\_RotA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peewee_RotA)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-post-is-it-improved/80294/13 "2001-09-10T22:37:05Z")
You gotta hide, hide, hide! You gotta jump and run! ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-post-is-it-improved/80294/14 "2001-09-10T23:39:02Z")
Run to me, whenever you’re lonely, run to me, if you need a shoulder… [sub]“Run To Me,” Barry Manilow and Dionne Warwick. HA![/sub] Esprix ---
**Author:** ![peewee\_RotA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3d9bf3/32.png) [@peewee\_RotA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peewee_RotA)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2001, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-post-is-it-improved/80294/15 "2001-09-10T23:51:07Z")
Lean on me when you’re not strong