# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![indierock82](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f14d63/32.png) [@indierock82](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indierock82)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/121 "2007-02-23T00:53:20Z")
Man. I thought I’d be an asshole and come here and write “and then Sam died”. But looks like you guys took it to a whole new level. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2007, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/122 "2007-02-23T01:05:28Z")
Does this mean will never know what happened to the Bert and Ernie zombies? Darn! ---
**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:** [February 23, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/123 "2007-02-23T02:11:59Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Psych; the life’s blood is just melted Fudgesicle from the broken-down ice cream truck. [/QUOTE] Meanwhile, back at the Ranch, the little boy whose name is unimportant, learned for the first time how to masturbate ‘like a motherfuck’. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/124 "2007-02-23T03:47:37Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] ::backs slowly out of the thread :rolleyes: [/QUOTE] me, three. I thought for sure Dopers could be creative and silly without resorting to profane imagery ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/125 "2007-02-23T04:29:35Z")
…and I tried so hard, too. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/126 "2007-02-23T04:31:02Z")
The small crowd around the ice cream truck (who, like most good people, had never heard of William Strunk, much less believed a word he said) were amazed to see no less a man than legendary Broadway producer David Merrick walk up to join them. ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/127 "2007-02-23T04:43:59Z")
“I am not an animal!” he exclaimed. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/128 "2007-02-23T05:00:56Z")
“Nor a number!” ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/129 "2007-02-23T05:10:03Z")
Nor a mineral, and I’m also drunk out of my mind! Said the whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/130 "2007-02-23T05:21:08Z")
The crowd, a little ashamed at this display, chipped in (expect for Ernie, him being the jerk that he is), and bought Mr. Merrick a wild berry popsicle, which he promptly ate in one big bite. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2007, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/131 "2007-02-23T10:54:58Z")
Ernie, being the jealous type, mumbled under his breath, “And here I thought the ‘Abominable Snowman’ was dead…or melted.” ---
**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:** [February 23, 2007, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/132 "2007-02-23T15:48:53Z")
Meanwhile, the little boy looked up to see former Vice President Al Gore casting a very large shadow over him. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2007, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/133 "2007-02-23T15:59:57Z")
“Fudgesicles,” proclaimed the Former Vice President, interact with Global Warming to produce the disasterous consequences we have just seen; you must always end a sentence with a semicolon; er, you must never order a fudgesicle again!" ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/134 "2007-02-23T19:08:50Z")
“Have a Bomb Pop instead,” he recommended. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/135 "2007-02-23T19:23:48Z")
Bomps pops it was, a round for everyone…and there was much gleeful licking. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/136 "2007-02-23T20:26:47Z")
How many licks, gleeful or otherwise, does it take to get to the center of a bomp pop? ---
**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:** [February 23, 2007, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/137 "2007-02-23T21:08:40Z")
“All of them”, he concluded in thought, not specifiying which ‘_he_’ the thought came out of. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/138 "2007-02-23T21:14:08Z")
Meanwhile, back at the icecream truck, Bert and Ernie attacked Sam’s ankles, mumbling, “Brains…brains…” ---
**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:** [February 23, 2007, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/139 "2007-02-23T21:28:53Z")
Sam looking at the ankle biters; “Hell, why do I always get myself into predicaments like this??.. I know damn well I’m allergic to Bomb Pops…-shit!” ---
**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:** [February 23, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/140 "2007-02-23T21:36:25Z")
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