Great Opening Lines

[Josef]

"It was a bright, cold day in April .. and the clocks were striking thirteen"

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen

Do keep up, dear sir.

[Doorstop]

Oops .. serves me right for shooting from the hip.

[Josef]

Oops .. serves me right for shooting from the hip.

We'll overlook this one minor deviation from your S.O.P.

[Lucky Poet]

"No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinized and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinize the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water."

[Bing Buzby]

There once was a man from Nantucket

[hungryjoe]

Once upon a time.

[busdriver]

Two half's driver!

[Doorstop]

Who's bird's a whore?

C'mere ya bawbag!!!!

[MacotheIsles]

Once upon a time.

Ah yes; Mary Hopkin, August 1968. A classic.

I can never hear 'Oh the creeeeestellll shandyleeeeers' (ie- pub version) without joining in. All thegitherrrr nowwww....

[Bridie]

The sun shone, having no alternative, on the nothing new.
Samuel Beckett - Murphy

Lend me your ears while I call you a fool.
Ian Anderson - Witches Promise

[hungryjoe]

"I'm from the Social Work Dept., I'm here to help you".

[Bridie]

"I'm from the Social Work Dept., I'm here to help you".

Is that a chat- up line? *blows kisses*

[Bridie]

"Hello, I'm calling from BT do you have a minute to talk about your account?"

[Fossil]

I like your shoes

[Bridie]

I like your shirt wallet