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List of the best ways to start a personal anecdote

Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
edited 2012-11-13 00:19:23 in General

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1. "Many moons ago, when the world was young...."
2. "So there I was, driving off a cliff while being pursued by the FBI...."

I can't think of any more :(

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  • GelzoGelzo
    It's 4:20 somewhere.
    "This one time, at band camp..."
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    Once upon a time, in Zaboo land...
  • TreTre
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    "It was a dark and stormy night..."
  • MalphMalph
    "Call me Ishmael..."
  • MiseryMisery
    The sadness will last forever.
    "Like the time..."
  • TreTre
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    "Man, you see, what had happened was..."
  • Corporal ForsytheCorporal Forsythe
    Doctor Who reference in Pokemon B2W2? Headcanon accepted.
    "what do you mean that's not your pooper?"
  • BunnyBunny
    edited 2012-11-16 22:52:00
    Not a hybrid rabbit-skink spirit
    In High School, I had a habit of putting my arm around someone's shoulder and saying in an overly dramatic tone of voice "SON, let me tell you a STORY." And then I would tell them a story
  • MalphMalph
    "Long ago, in a distant land. I, [insert name here], the shape-shifting master of darkness..."
  • RocketRunnerRocketRunner
    "This is the Inner Sphere, thousands of planets colonized by humankind..."
  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    "I heard this one from an ancient mariner..."

    "So, I was dating this girl..." (especially applicable to straight women and gay men)

    "Picture all of reality as an onion..."

    "I must speak quickly, for I have little time left on this mortal coil..."
  • TreTre
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    "A family walks into a talent agency. It's a father, mother, son, daughter and dog. The father says to the talent agent, "We have a really amazing act. You should represent us."

    The agent says, "Sorry, I don't represent family acts. They're a little too cute."

    The mother says, "Sir, if you just see our act, we know you would want to represent us."

    The agent says, "OK. OK. I'll take a look."
  • FüschlatzFüschlatz

    "So I was inspecting my stomach with a stretchy camera one day..."
  • HexartesHexartes
    "So, I was masturbating in the middle of a four-way intersection the other day..."
  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    Had I known how bawdy this was going to get, I would have pulled out, "So I was makin' it with two broads..." earlier.
  • FüschlatzFüschlatz
    edited 2012-11-19 22:09:43

    "This one time, I was burning witches in a lake of sulphur..."
  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    "So, I was with my dealer..."
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