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Title: First Line of a Story
Post by: The Haacksawist on March 12, 2009, 10:03:57 AM
I've been burning posts (creatively, though), so I thought I'd start a thread with my 50th post wherein I'll start a story with one line and then we'll see where it goes.  Have fun.  Or don't, I guess.

The first line is...

And then he jumped.
Title: Re: First Line of a Story
Post by: iAmBaronVonTito on March 12, 2009, 10:27:22 AM
for the past half hour he couldn't get his heartburn to subside and the jumping only made things worse.
Title: Re: First Line of a Story
Post by: steve davidson on March 12, 2009, 11:53:40 AM
"That swindler Casey Cazmandiar has sold me my last pair of cure-all jumping pants, that's for sure." he said.
Title: Re: First Line of a Story
Post by: Chris L on March 12, 2009, 01:38:30 PM
He cursed these recent developments, as well as the parents who had shirked their civilized duty to name him. 
Title: Re: First Line of a Story
Post by: hugman on March 12, 2009, 01:48:20 PM
His mind flashed bitterly back to second grade rollcall: "Billy Herzog?  Here.  Timothy Hiller? Here....Him?.....Here."
Title: Re: First Line of a Story
Post by: JustSheaNo on March 12, 2009, 08:28:39 PM
He jumped again. He jumped again and cursed his name as the pain flared up, up, up into his throat and he screamed,
Title: Re: First Line of a Story
Post by: Regular Joe on March 12, 2009, 09:10:29 PM
"Why won't my throat stop burning!? What did I do to deserve your torment, throat?"
Title: Re: First Line of a Story
Post by: ShawnFromUtah on March 12, 2009, 10:56:49 PM
"Damn you, lower esophageal sphincter! You sound like the lousy name of a lousy grindcore band! Made up of high school kids from rural Indiana!"
Title: Re: First Line of a Story
Post by: mnordine on November 11, 2014, 10:15:43 AM
The burning feeling in his upper G.I continued to increase. However, in his midst to find a remedy for this, such as drinking copious amounts of Antacid, sitting in his refrigerator was an unfilled prescription for a proton-pump inhibitor, which if taken, could ease the pain. However, due to the crippling agoraphobia, leaving the house to fulfill this prescription was not an option.
Title: Re: First Line of a Story
Post by: Stanley on November 11, 2014, 06:28:52 PM
Then, as it always did at the appointed hour, the phone rang... "Hello?"  "Don Rickles?"
Title: Re: First Line of a Story
Post by: Joe Rogaine on November 28, 2014, 08:52:52 PM
I remember seeing something similar to this on another forum, but it was what would be your opening joke be if you were doing stand up.
Title: Re: First Line of a Story
Post by: Biscuit Gravy on December 08, 2014, 04:52:48 PM
Baffled at the prospect of Don Rickles being able to successfully decipher a Captcha, no less his ability to formulate a reply that would convey his sick brand of off-color diatribes as an 'opening joke' on a seldom-used message board dedicated to a very specific type of Japanese anime-pillow fetishcism, the only clear choice, once again, was to jump.
Title: Re: First Line of a Story
Post by: buffcoat on December 09, 2014, 12:02:55 AM
"Our Band Could Be Your Life": not very likely, he thought, and then frowned.


Wait, I think I misinterpreted the import of this post. Still.
Title: Re: First Line of a Story
Post by: Biscuit Gravy on December 09, 2014, 04:52:45 PM
the delusions brought upon him while jumping were second only to the time he took ayahuasca, and performed the elaborate mating rituals of a poisonous tree frog with the wild-eyed shaman of a hitherto unknown tribe, deep within the South American rainforest; the very act which inspired this lifelong need to jump.
Title: Re: First Line of a Story
Post by: Biscuit Gravy on December 09, 2014, 04:55:28 PM
"hey, it's better than burning posts", he said, as he licked his nictitating membrane.
Title: Re: First Line of a Story
Post by: fonpr on December 09, 2014, 10:38:12 PM
he licked his nictitating membrane.
This is nice stuff.