# 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:** [April 5, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/541 "2007-04-05T22:52:44Z")

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[QUOTE=anyrose]  
“My partner Wye will be here shortly, and I think you’ll like him”  
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“Why?” asked Wu.

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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 6, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/542 "2007-04-06T14:53:10Z")

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B. Cause: “Aysehd Soh?”

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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 6, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/543 "2007-04-06T15:10:08Z")

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[QUOTE=anyrose]  
B. Cause: “Aysehd Soh?”  
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“Who is that, commie some terrorist?” asked Wu.

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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 6, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/544 "2007-04-06T16:47:03Z")

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“Connie? What’s Connie doing in a place like this?” said Tom swiftly.

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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 6, 2007, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/545 "2007-04-06T16:54:03Z")

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[QUOTE=EddyTeddyFreddy]  
said Tom swiftly.  
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“Oye gevalt,” said [Rabbi](http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1997/star.wars.anniversary/where.are.they/obi.wan.lg.jpg) Yehudah ben Bezalel Levaias “A disturbance like that in the Force I’ve never seen, already!”

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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 7, 2007, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/546 "2007-04-07T03:06:40Z")

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“And who’s this Tom guy, anyway?” Wu asked, scratching his head.

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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 7, 2007, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/547 "2007-04-07T03:35:48Z")

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“Heh, wouldn’t _you_ like to know,” said Tom forcefully.

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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 7, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/548 "2007-04-07T14:25:20Z")

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Wu decided it was time to find yet another bar, to escape this guy who seemed to be speaking in adverbs.

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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 7, 2007, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/549 "2007-04-07T14:49:53Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
“And who’s this Tom guy, anyway?” Wu asked, scratching his head.  
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[“Tom Swift,”](http://chaoskids.com/ROBOTS/TSGR/robot.jpg) grimly explained Rabbi Yehudah ben Bezalel Levaias, “The most disgusting human on the face of the earth; the Golem and I have met him before”, and, faintly as though in the distance, was heard by one and all the strange cry, " ‘I can clean out drains with my mouth,’ said Tom succinctly."

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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 8, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/550 "2007-04-08T03:02:56Z")

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Meanwhile, back at the ranch, a cow said “woof” as it had been studying a foreign language.

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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 8, 2007, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/551 "2007-04-08T03:13:26Z")

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Tom Swift desired the [Mitzvah Plane…](http://planetsean.blogspot.com/uploaded_images/TomSwift1962-759220.jpg) even as he considered how it would be his, a voice was heard, " ‘I can cut off a cow’s head’, said Tom decapitatingly".

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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 8, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/552 "2007-04-08T03:22:41Z")

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The farmer looked at the barking cow and thought “I should have been a doctor” impatiently.

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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 8, 2007, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/553 "2007-04-08T03:40:11Z")

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Tom Swift knew if he abducted the [barking heifer](http://www.slylockfox.com/images/cow.gif) Rabbi Yehudah ben Bezalel Levaias and the Golem would come to her rescue, allowing him to steal the Mitzvah Plane…“I know how to make a mitzvah”, said Tom obediently.

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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 9, 2007, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/554 "2007-04-09T12:13:06Z")

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Joshie yawned and rubbed his eyes to face another morning.

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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 9, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/555 "2007-04-09T12:29:58Z")

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And found a strange [book](http://successbeginstoday.org/wordpress/wp-content/atomicarcrop.jpg) on his bed.

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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 9, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/556 "2007-04-09T14:31:51Z")

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Suddenly, the ceiling crashed down upon him as a Triphibian Atomicar fell from the sky!

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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 9, 2007, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/557 "2007-04-09T14:42:05Z")

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“Would you like a fun ride?” asked [Tom](http://www.politicaldogs.org/uploaded_images/Jackson-723301.jpg) entertainingly.

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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 9, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/558 "2007-04-09T14:44:13Z")

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Joshie, upon recognizing the airborne pedophile pop star, screamed piercingly.

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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 9, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/559 "2007-04-09T14:58:51Z")

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“Oye!” said Rabbi Yehudah ben Bezalel Levaias, “Do I detect a disturbance in the Force, or not?”

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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 9, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/560 "2007-04-09T18:06:01Z")

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“Yup,” said Lefty laconically.

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