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Re: Add a Word to the Story

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:24 pm
by Decidetto
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

Re: Add a Word to the Story

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:28 pm
by Adsolution
"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen," inquired the Chief

Re: Add a Word to the Story

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:29 pm
by Decidetto
"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen," inquired the Chief Director

Re: Add a Word to the Story

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:30 pm
by Master
"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen?" inquired the Chief Director, sipping

Re: Add a Word to the Story

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:31 pm
by Decidetto
"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen?" inquired the Chief Director, sipping plum

Re: Add a Word to the Story

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:33 pm
by Master
"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen?" inquired the Chief Director, sipping plum enhancers

Re: Add a Word to the Story

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:33 pm
by Decidetto
"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen?" inquired the Chief Director, sipping plum enhancers all

Re: Add a Word to the Story

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:35 pm
by Master
"How does one man read newspapers upsidedown while annihilating hamsters by the dozen?" inquired the Chief Director, sipping plum enhancers all day

Re: Add a Word to the Story

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:36 pm
by Decidetto
"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?

Re: Add a Word to the Story

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:50 pm
by Master
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

Re: Add a Word to the Story

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:52 pm
by Danone
Why a

Re: Add a Word to the Story

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:04 pm
by Decidetto
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 :) )

Re: Add a Word to the Story

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:29 pm
by Danone
Why does a baby

Re: Add a Word to the Story

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 11:33 pm
by Decidetto
"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

Re: Add a Word to the Story

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:02 am
by Adsolution
"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

Re: Add a Word to the Story

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:05 am
by Bzzit
Why does a baby know why Scientologists

Re: Add a Word to the Story

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:12 am
by Decidetto
"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

Re: Add a Word to the Story

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:12 am
by Adsolution
"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

Re: Add a Word to the Story

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:14 am
by Decidetto
"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

Re: Add a Word to the Story

Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:17 am
by Bzzit
"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