# 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:** 8
**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 24, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/141 "2007-02-24T02:46:35Z")
Fortunately, the cleaning ladies had just stepped out to have their smoke break. ---
**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 24, 2007, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/142 "2007-02-24T03:05:39Z")
So they were able to attack the Muppet Zombies with butane lighters, causing Bert and Ernie to flee, screaming, “Brains! We’ll be back for your brains!” ---
**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 24, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/143 "2007-02-24T05:50:45Z")
The little boy - whose name was Timmy - looked up at Gore and said, “Please, sir, _please_ tell me you’re not going to announce you’re running for President at the Oscar ceremony if _An Inconvenient Truth_ wins…” ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/144 "2007-02-24T06:55:35Z")
“Well, Timmy,” the former vice president said with a droll twinkle in his eye, “I don’t like to lie to children, and I’m trying not to make unwise political moves, so I can’t give you an answer right now, but time will tell.” ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/145 "2007-02-24T07:49:11Z")
Just then, world-renowned geographer, Dr. Mercator Longitude, circumnavigated down the street, exclaiming “Eureka! I’ve found it!” ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/146 "2007-02-24T08:03:28Z")
“Found what, Dr. Mercator?” piped Timmy. ---
**Author:** ![William\_Strunk\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/839c29/32.png) [@William\_Strunk\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/William_Strunk_Jr)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/147 "2007-02-24T08:07:41Z")
“Atlantis.” ---
**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 24, 2007, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/148 "2007-02-24T08:15:06Z")
“Morissette?” wondered Timmy. ---
**Author:** ![William\_Strunk\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/839c29/32.png) [@William\_Strunk\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/William_Strunk_Jr)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/149 "2007-02-24T08:27:08Z")
“No, is an island and they had lasers and stuff way back in the day.” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/150 "2007-02-24T14:58:47Z")
“Wow! Like Lasik surgery?” asked Tommy. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/151 "2007-02-24T15:02:51Z")
Looking sharply at Timmy and the boy who had just appeared, the former vice president asked, “This kid your twin brother or something?” ---
**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 24, 2007, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/152 "2007-02-24T15:11:10Z")
Dr. Longtitude, Mercator, or whatever his name was, began scraping a muppet off his shoe, remarking “Now, if I can just find some way to finance an expedition…and not with that little Tom Swift so-in-so, he screws _everything_ up.” ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/153 "2007-02-24T17:06:40Z")
“I have almost seven dollars in my piggy bank,” Timmy said philanthropically, “but I was saving up for LASIK surgery.” ---
**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 24, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/154 "2007-02-24T19:40:45Z")
“That would be a splendid start Timmy, but I wouldn’t want to take money you needed for your…help me get this damned thing off my shoe, will you?” ---
**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 25, 2007, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/155 "2007-02-25T00:41:47Z")
Timmy ran inside to get a scraper for the nice man, and was surprised to see his mommy and another man he didn’t recognize in the living room. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/156 "2007-02-25T00:50:02Z")
The man was wearing a red suit and had a white beard, and, yes, Timmy and Tommy’s mommy was kissing him, but there wasn’t a shred of mistletoe in sight. ---
**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 25, 2007, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/157 "2007-02-25T01:02:49Z")
“This is the child you want to sell?” inquired the red suited gypsy. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/158 "2007-02-25T01:14:37Z")
“Sell? I’m giving him away for nothing,” replied Timmy’s mother, causing Timmy to realize that her eyes weren’t whiskey-colored after all, but more closely resembled the leavings of the neighbor’s dog on their lawn, and like those gifts, would probably serve their best purpose if they were in a flaming paper bag on somebody’s front steps. ---
**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 25, 2007, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/159 "2007-02-25T01:31:47Z")
“We need someone to carry water for the circus elephants,” reflected the gypsy, “But he doesn’t look very strong.” ---
**Author:** ![bleach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bleach/32/3106_2.png) [@bleach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bleach)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131/160 "2007-02-25T02:55:17Z")
“How ironic,” mused the mother, “since Timmy was conceived in a dry watering trough inside an elephant’s cage.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-a-story-one-sentence-at-a-time/393131.md?page=9)