# Write a story, one sentence at a time!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131>\
**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\
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**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 31, 2007, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/521 "2007-03-31T18:31:38Z")

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[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy]  
“You need to rethink that combover – it’s not fooling anyone,” Sadie sniffed disdainfully.  
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No doubt a reference to the Rabbi’s [kippa.](http://membres.lycos.fr/marieaurelietpe2004/kippa.jpg)

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**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 31, 2007, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/522 "2007-03-31T21:54:23Z")

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A bottle of red, emboldened by the embrace of the gin and bitters, clinked shyly against the bottle of red beside it and whispered, “Want to go make some rose?”

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**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 31, 2007, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/523 "2007-03-31T22:54:20Z")

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“Gentlemen,” Secret Squirrel interjected, as he siphoned up the lewd menage e’ drink, "You had better go and settle Goyisch Squirrel’s [matzoh brei](http://www.roadfood.com/photos/4667.jpg) pretty soon for I’m running out of [jars!"](http://piclib.nhm.ac.uk/piclib/webimages/0/39000/800/39832_sml.jpg)

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**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:** [April 1, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/524 "2007-04-01T14:45:18Z")

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Secret squirrel shrieked as the lusty heat of the bottled booze blew the glass to glittering shards that shredded his flattened fur.

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**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:** [April 1, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/525 "2007-04-01T14:58:37Z")

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The armor plating in his trench coat kept him uninjured as the plucky squirrel waved farewell to his companions in the [Mitzvah Plane,](http://personal.auna.com/ptma/imagenes/sr71.jpg) guided in their pursuit of Goyisch Squirrel by the [Schmuck Detector](http://www.satellite-service-providers.com/images/satellite_dish.jpg) located atop Mount Zion.

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/526 "2007-04-02T19:18:24Z")

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Wu and Watt slowly extricated themselves from the disaster that had once been a very nice, cozy little pub.

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**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:** [April 2, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/527 "2007-04-02T19:54:58Z")

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Then they remembered that extricating themselves in public is illegal around these parts so they dove back into the quaint, but wrecked, little pub.

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**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/528 "2007-04-02T19:56:08Z")

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A dark blur appeared in the sky. It smelled of asphalt.

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**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:** [April 2, 2007, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/529 "2007-04-02T20:21:06Z")

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“Resistance is futile,” said the giant, icky [cube](http://www.dejobaan.com/textures/preview/asphalt.jpg) “You will be stickygooped.”

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**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:** [April 2, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/530 "2007-04-02T23:41:15Z")

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A steamroller waited patiently for its prey to alight.

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**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:** [April 3, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/531 "2007-04-03T01:51:12Z")

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“Resistance is futile. Your sticky goop will be used to service _our_ [stickygoop](http://www.erwinolaf.com/Images/STEAMROLLER.jpg) . **WHOA!** ”

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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:** [April 3, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/532 "2007-04-03T17:01:09Z")

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Wu decided it was time to find a new bar.

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2007, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/533 "2007-04-03T17:12:36Z")

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As luck would have it, there was one right down the street, so off Wu went, dragging Watt with him.

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**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:** [April 4, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/534 "2007-04-04T23:33:18Z")

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[QUOTE=anyrose]  
As luck would have it, there was one right down the street, so off Wu went, dragging Watt with him.  
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When?

Easily capturing Goyisch Squirrel because they all were introduced by the same poster, and delivering him to Gitmo, Our Heroes discovered that there was a secret alliance with…[the Fat Man!](http://www.time-is-fun.com/The-real-santa-claus-391.jpg)

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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:** [April 5, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/535 "2007-04-05T00:29:02Z")

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Wu and Watt sidestepped the demonic faux Santa and walked into Chairman Mao’s Whiskey Palace A-Go-Go.

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**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:** [April 5, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/536 "2007-04-05T00:48:35Z")

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“Hi”, said the fellow behind the bar, “My name is Wynne.”

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/537 "2007-04-05T02:22:09Z")

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“My partner Wye will be here shortly, and I think you’ll like him”

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**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:** [April 5, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/538 "2007-04-05T02:46:20Z")

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“Wye Knott?” asked Wu of Wynne, “The sign says the bartenders name is B. Cause.”

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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:** [April 5, 2007, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/539 "2007-04-05T04:02:23Z")

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Wu sighed, “And I’d never even _heard_ of Abbott & Costello before tonight.”

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/540 "2007-04-05T11:28:22Z")

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[QUOTE=carnivorousplant]  
“Wye Knott?” asked Wu of Wynne, “The sign says the bartenders name is B. Cause.”  
[/QUOTE]

“Actually that’s an old sign, as we own the place but don’t always bartend, and we just hired a new mixologist named Aysehd Soh”

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