Great opening Lines Challenge

[Tom McNall]

How about this one?
"Uptown Saturday night. A h3ll of a place. F*&^kin Hillbilly heaven is what it is. I say to h3ll with this sh**, let's go upstairs and get this a$$hole. We wait for Gates, these are his people"

 

[Tom McNall]

ehm..no it was about a teenage slacker..mostly about phonies, and thinking for yourself. How are you getting these answers
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I was joking, Catcher (baseball) in the rye (whiskey).

How do I get them? ....I'm gifted. Some would say cursed :lol:

My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973."[/quote]

THE LOVELY BONES

Come up with some tough ones will ya? :lol:

 

[peapod]

Well you stumped me with that one. * man stumped by barney rubble, hope nobody notices*

 

[Tom McNall]

Next of Kin with Patrick Swayze.

How about this little gem:

"Sir.
General.
General.
Sir.
General.
General.
Sir.
Lean and hungry. Still nothing?
Not a sign.
How long has he been gone?
Nearly two hours."

 

[Reverend Blair]

RE: Great opening Lines C

I got a tough one for you, Tom...

The story of American agricultural progress from the colonial period to the present time is an interesting and spectacular one. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, industrial activities were limited, cities were relatively small, and a large part of the population of working age was engaged in the production of food.

 

[Reverend Blair]

RE: Great opening Lines C

Oh, didn't notice your next question. Is that Gladiator?

 

[Tom McNall]

That was quick and good. I am having trouble with your last one though.

 

[Tom McNall]

OK I give. Is it some kind of film from geography class

 

[zenfisher]

I don't know those ones Tom or Rev. I have a feeling I should know Tom's, but the Rev's sounds like something out of a text book.
How about...

My own first experience of death came when I was about seven. We were preparing to leave the Eastern Highlands to travel to central Tibet. Samten, one of the personal attendants of my master, was a wonderful monk who was kind to me during my childhood. He had a bright, round, chubby, face, always ready to break into a smile. He was everyone's favourite in the monestary because he was so good natured....

 

[Tom McNall]

Hey Zen,

Tibetan Book of the Living and Dying,

 

[Reverend Blair]

RE: Great opening Lines C

Mine was from "Farm Gas Engines and Tractors" by Professor Fred R. Jones. It's considered a classic in some circles. ;-)

 

[Reverend Blair]

RE: Great opening Lines C

I dropped Maria off in front of the tattoo parlor just before midnight. There was no place to park on the street, so I sent her inside and found a place on the sidewalk, in front of a house with no lights.

 

[Hard-Luck Henry]

Hunter S. Thompson -- Gonzo Papers (2?)

It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me.

 

[Tom McNall]

Earthly Powers
Anthony Burgess

 

[Tom McNall]

"I must admit I didn't think much of Andy first time I laid eyes on him; looked like a stiff breeze would blow him over. That was my first impression of the man. "

 

[Reverend Blair]

RE: Great opening Lines C

I have no idea, so I cheated and Googled it. I won't say though...let somebody else try it.

The Thompson book's proper title is Generation of Swine, Henry. Gonzo Papers II is the sub-title. You deserve an extra prize for getting that...I had to check the jacket to find it.

 

[peapod]

Earthy Powers Anthony Burgess


In a hole in the ground there lived a *****. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat; it was a ***** hole, and that means comfort.

 

[Reverend Blair]

RE: Great opening Lines C

Stephen King...the jail story they made into a movie. I can't remember the name.

 

[peapod]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[mrmom2]

The green mile