Can We Collaboratively Write a Story?

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The forum discussion revolves around a collaborative storytelling game where participants contribute five words at a time to build a narrative. The story begins with a mysterious stranger at night and evolves into a whimsical tale involving a golden apron that can transform soil into peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, a purple people-eater, and various quirky characters like Elvis and a mad scientist. As the story progresses, participants express frustration over the speed of contributions and the challenge of adhering to the five-word limit, leading to humorous exchanges about the narrative's absurdity and the need for structure. Characters are introduced, including a superhero, a villain, and a maiden in distress, with discussions about plot development and character traits. Ultimately, the group reflects on the chaotic nature of the collaborative effort, acknowledging the difficulties in creating a cohesive story while maintaining a light-hearted tone.
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*too slow*

was falling down, when suddenly
 
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...Einstein and Hawking popped out of the black hole and touched the girl's...

(Long piece, I know. :( )
 
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frisky jibbly bits, and she..
 
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...slapped him squarely across the...
 
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posturing posterior post-haste, possibly...
 
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passively pestering post-humous pedantics partaking...
 
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Math Is Hard said:
passively pestering post-humous pedantics partaking...
of her pensive personality. "Perplexing,"...
 
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..she puzzled. "Where's that purple people eater?"
 
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"And why not eat me?"
 
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'Its actually in chemistry Lab...
 
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DeathKnight said:
'Its actually in chemistry Lab...
Eating silver nitrate poisoned people...
 
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for supper", said the nutty...
 
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...mad scientist who loves...
 
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..to get sucked his...
:!)
 
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long, curved, silken-skinned..
 
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...toothbrush he only uses for...
 
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wiping his hairy, dirty..
 
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...toe nails that are...
 
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objects of delight for..
 
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...sprinkles on a cake, which happens to be...
 
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oozing with voluptuous...
 
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(thanks Artman for leaving us with that one!)

...mounds of mocha mousse seeming to tempt the mad scientist to...
 
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exfoliate. Instead, he ran. So, ...
 
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he bounced right onto the...
 
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cyby said:
he bounced right onto the...
Bubbling experiment. Meanwhile, the...
 
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. . . toothbrush sat unused, languishing from not realizing its full potential. The Mad Scientist thought, "wait a minute, a toothbrush has the right to a fullfilling existence too!" and so picked up the depressed toothbrush, and took it downtown to the drugstore hoping to find it . . .
 
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a pink toothbrush to...

(And to think I got picked on for using SIX words! :-p)
 
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boogie with. Having done this...
 
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the resulting litter of toothpicks...
 
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began their dangerous march towards
 

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