# You Read It Here First

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**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [February 11, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-read-it-here-first/959327 "2022-02-11T18:35:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-read-it-here-first/959327/41 "2022-03-24T00:41:46Z")

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My first time competing in the Olympics – I have a sled and my name is Bob; I’m a shoo-in.

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**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-read-it-here-first/959327/42 "2022-03-24T00:48:24Z")

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It’s unfortunate that so many seafarers use my uncle Sidney’s left kidney as a navigational reference point because he’s an over-the-road trucker and apt to do quite a bit of traveling.

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**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-read-it-here-first/959327/43 "2022-03-24T01:30:07Z")

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> [@Ponderoid](#):
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> It takes a lot of courage to turn down a job offer from God.

That actually sounds like a fantastic first line to be used as a prompt in a writing contest!

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