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This game idea came to my mind. Here a poster posts a sentence which makes sense only when there is a context surrounding it.
The next poster adds context and posts another sentence which needs a context.
It will be more like a dialogue (or even monologue) with the previous sentence.
E.g. 1)
P1: That man is getting on my nerves.
P2: Well he is your manager and that is what he gets paid for. Remember what I told you about him last time we talked?
P3: Oh yeah, that is my favorite joke of all time.
E.g 2)
Pn: Do you really think I can do this on my own?
Pn+1: Oh come on Pn, a medium pizza is breakfast for you. Want some coffee with that?


I'll start.
Well guess who just walked in?
 
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7 hours and 24 minutes after starting the marathon this morning. I guess that settles it then...
 
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...she really can finish the course with her eyes closed.

Overcoming her other problem was even more amazing.
 
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Nobody thought she would ever get over her pogonophobia, least of all her husband. And then, one day, out of the blue...
 
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she announced she was leaving him for the circus' bearded lady.

As it turns out she ...
 
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... wasn't actually a lady at all. But that wasn't a problem.
 
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She had another mountain of concerns, especially the attorney who called her yesterday.
 
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"Ms. Hirsute? I have some good news and some bad news for you."

First the bad news...
 
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... I was lying about the good news.

Unfortunately I have no option but to...
 
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...tell you that we must run the marathon again.

This time, God willing, it will be different.
 
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Before you say another word, hear this.
 
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Six months from now, I may not even be alive.

But tomorrow...
 
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You will want to overcome your fears. To put it clearly, just...
 
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[Okay, this is interesting, but this exercise--or others somewhat like it that I've done--all go the same way: they change direction every single line. For this to be interesting, we've got to develop one (or more) narrative(s), not keep derailing what the writer ahead of you started. Just my two cents.]
 
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