# Write a story, one sentence at a time! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 21, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131 "2007-02-21T20:20:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/301 "2007-03-08T19:28:07Z")
“I cannot believe,” remarked Ernie as he sprinkled horseradish, “that she wore those shoes with that dress.” ---
**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:** [March 8, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/302 "2007-03-08T20:43:35Z")
“There truly is _no_ accounting for taste,” said Bert, licking his lips in anticipation. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/303 "2007-03-08T20:49:47Z")
“What the hell,” reflected Ernie, “Do you need a hand?” “No thanks,” replied Bert, “I’m having a ball!” ---
**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:** [March 8, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/304 "2007-03-08T21:04:25Z")
“That’s disgusting, man,” said Ernie with a frown. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/305 "2007-03-08T21:13:08Z")
Ernie grimaced and wiped sweat from his brow. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/306 "2007-03-08T21:25:03Z")
Bert replied, “If you were on the ball, you would have yelled, “The man’s nuts, grab 'em!!”, pun intended.” ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/307 "2007-03-08T21:26:13Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] Ernie grimaced and wiped sweat from his brow. [/QUOTE] Oh goody, **Auto’s** here! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/308 "2007-03-09T00:25:31Z")
“What’s disgusting,” corrected Bert, “is that she would wear those shoes with that damn dress. Quit hogging the horseradish, asshole.” ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/309 "2007-03-09T13:12:17Z")
When they were _finally_ done with supper, which included a 650 pound giant squid and a 300 pound human, the pair jumped up and bellowed in unison, “Who’s next?!..I mean, let’s blow this joint!” ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/310 "2007-03-09T13:23:07Z")
Just then, a shadow crept along the sidewalk outside the kitchen window. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2007, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/311 "2007-03-09T14:09:30Z")
Meanwhile, on a sprawling cattle ranch ten miles west of Haifa, Bucky Goldstein and Lefty Moskowitz were skeptically looking over a spindly newborn calf. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/312 "2007-03-09T14:16:21Z")
“She looks red all over.” remarked Bucky. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/313 "2007-03-09T17:24:26Z")
“That’s just how they come out, _mi amigo_,” Lefty said in his distinctive Tel Aviv drawl. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/314 "2007-03-09T18:09:43Z")
Bucky came to a sudden realization, “What the hell are two Jews like us doing in the Middle of Tel-Aviv?” ---
**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:** [March 9, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/315 "2007-03-09T19:28:30Z")
“We’re not, ya idjit,” said Lefty, “we’re on a sprawling cattle ranch ten miles west of Haifa.” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/316 "2007-03-09T19:34:22Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] “That’s just how they come out, _mi amigo_,” Lefty said in his distinctive Tel Aviv drawl. [/QUOTE] “I meant that she looks [perfectly red](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Heifer) ,” insisted Bucky. ---
**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:** [March 9, 2007, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/317 "2007-03-09T19:37:30Z")
Lefty nodded thoughtfully, stuck in a wad of kosher chewing tobacco and mulled over the significance of Numbers 19:2. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/318 "2007-03-09T22:42:41Z")
An ass standing on a hillside overlooking them suddenly brayed. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/319 "2007-03-10T16:23:02Z")
“Hey, look, the Prime Minister is visiting!” Lefty said, nudging Bucky. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/320 "2007-03-14T05:01:00Z")
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