# 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:** 30
**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 12, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/581 "2007-04-12T17:06:30Z")
“That’s not _really_ one sentence,” Sam said accusingly. ---
**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 12, 2007, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/582 "2007-04-12T17:23:45Z")
“Poetic License,” responded the Rabbi, “And my [VBG](http://www.kollectablekaos.com.au/images/doom%20bfg.jpg) …as well as necessary literary explanation, giving verisimilitude to an otherwise bland and uninteresting narrative.” ---
**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 12, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/583 "2007-04-12T21:03:38Z")
“Well, I guess he knows his Gilbert & Sullivan,” conceded Dusty. ---
**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 12, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/584 "2007-04-12T21:27:27Z")
Returning to the Mitzvah plane with the captive rabbit, the Rabbi and his associate saw a mysterious [figure](http://www.madebymark.com/madebymark/vadergg01.jpg) standing nearby. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/585 "2007-04-12T22:07:08Z")
The Golem grabbed the Rabbi by the arm and said “I sense a great distoibance in da foice.” ---
**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 12, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/586 "2007-04-12T23:11:04Z")
“Oye, _Guys and Dolls_ I should never have let you see already,” muttered the Rabbi. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/587 "2007-04-13T01:32:54Z")
“Call a lawyer an’ sue me, what can you do me?” shrugged the Golem, now clad in a dark, pinstripe suit with white shirt and white tie, pockets filled with dice and playing cards. ---
**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 13, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/588 "2007-04-13T02:04:21Z")
“Oye vey, please do not let him sing”, whispered the Rabbi. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/589 "2007-04-13T02:08:28Z")
In the distance, the first few notes of “I Hope I Get It” play and someone shouts “5-6-7-8!” ---
**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 13, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/590 "2007-04-13T02:24:16Z")
“Get a grip already, my terra cotta friend, we have to see about this nefarious goyim messing with the Mitzvah plane!” chided Rabbi Yehudah ben Bezalel Levaias. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/591 "2007-04-13T02:24:33Z")
“What happened to 1, 2, 3 and 4?” asked someone in the back of the room. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/592 "2007-04-13T02:35:15Z")
“I don’t know about 4, but 1, 2, & 3 are [here.](http://www.yarayara.com/myop/jel.jpg)” answered someone else ---
**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 13, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/593 "2007-04-13T02:48:09Z")
“It could be woise,” Rabbi Yehudah ben Bezalel Levaias consoled himself, "he thinks he’s [Skye Masterson,](http://www.stomptokyo.com/guests/img/guysndolls-b.jpg) but he _could_ think he’s [Jack Bauer."](http://www.certifiedrandom.com/images/2006win/kiefer.jpg) ---
**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 13, 2007, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/594 "2007-04-13T13:11:03Z")
Wu said, “That Jack Bauer, he spent some time in China recently, didn’t he?” ---
**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 13, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/595 "2007-04-13T14:18:10Z")
“Yes, at a health resort,” replied Watt. ---
**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 13, 2007, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/596 "2007-04-13T18:59:17Z")
“Remind me not to go there, pfui,” said the Rabbi. ---
**Author:** ![iluvurmom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iluvurmom/32/7276_2.png) [@iluvurmom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iluvurmom)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/597 "2007-04-13T19:19:11Z")
Sure anything for you, would you like to get some grub? ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/598 "2007-04-13T20:09:45Z")
The [grub](http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/files/images/annual-white-grub-raster_0.jpg) (who looked eerily like [Bert](http://www.shocktreatmentnetwork.com/e_bert.jpg)), said, “Let me be Frank with you, or Ernest if you’d rather,” as he pulled out a Halal flame-thrower from his gullet. ---
**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 13, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/599 "2007-04-13T20:16:20Z")
“Oy, _again_ with the flamethrowers…” Joshie muttered. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/600 "2007-04-16T00:23:09Z")
Sadie grabbed the thing nearest her hand, which happened to be an open container of table salt, and flung it at [del]Frank[/del] Earnest the Grub, hitting him square between the shoulders. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131.md?page=31)