Originally Posted By sherrytodd "XXXXXXX lived in the midst of the great XXXXXX prairies, with Uncle XXXXX who was a farmer, and Aunt XX, who was the farmer's wife. Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles. There were four walls, a floor and a roof, which made one room; and this room contained a rusty looking cooking stove, a cupboard for the dishes, a table, three or four chairs, and the beds."
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x In the ancient city of London, on a certain autumn day in the second quarter of the sixteenth century, a boy was born to a poor family of the name of Canty, who did not want him.
Originally Posted By alexbook I don't think I've used this one before: "You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly."
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x "I looked at my notes and I didn't like them. I'd spent three days at U.S. Robots and might as well have spent them at home with the Encyclopedia Tellurica."
Originally Posted By alexbook "Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy."
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Here's a fairly easy one (but all I can think of right now): "Marley was dead. Dead as a doorknob."
