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Re: Add a Word to the Story

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Augh, the next word is going to be "the" in any way. Therefore I'll wait till someone else posts it in order to introduce a funny nown. :wink:

Ah, what the heck, let's get it over with: "How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen," inquired the
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"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen," inquired the Chief
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"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen," inquired the Chief Director
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"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen?" inquired the Chief Director, sipping
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"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen?" inquired the Chief Director, sipping plum
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"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen?" inquired the Chief Director, sipping plum enhancers
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"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen?" inquired the Chief Director, sipping plum enhancers all
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"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen?" inquired the Chief Director, sipping plum enhancers all day
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"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen," inquired the Chief Director, sipping plum enhancers all day short long.

EDIT: who snuck that question mark in there?
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Decidetto wrote:"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen," inquired the Chief Director, sipping plum enhancers all day short long.

EDIT: who snuck that question mark in there?
Me, because it is a question, to inquire is to ask.
If it's ok, I'm putting it back.

"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen?" inquired the Chief Director, sipping plum enhancers all day long.
"Why
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Why a
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If the direct speech is part of a larger sentence, which is the case here, the punctuation at the end of the direct speech is always a comma, regardless of whether it is a question or not.
And, sorry Danone, but "a" isn't going to make any sense if you would place it right there in the sentence :(

So, if I may, "How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen," inquired the Chief Director, sipping plum enhancers all day long. "Why does a

(Your "a" is still intact, Danone, just in another place :) )
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Why does a baby
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"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen," inquired the Chief Director, sipping plum enhancers all day long. "Why does a baby know
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"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen," inquired the Chief Director, sipping plum enhancers all day long. "Why does a baby know why
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Why does a baby know why Scientologists
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"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen," inquired the Chief Director, sipping plum enhancers all day long. "Why does a baby know why scientologists happen
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"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen," inquired the Chief Director, sipping plum enhancers all day long. "Why does a baby know why scientologists happen to
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"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen," inquired the Chief Director, sipping plum enhancers all day long. "Why does a baby know why scientologists happen to be
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"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen," inquired the Chief Director, sipping plum enhancers all day long. "Why does a baby know why scientologists happen to be utter
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