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Thanks for helping an old codger turn a new page.


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What was on the first page GB?

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Originally posted by yo its me
What was on the first page GB?
Same old, same old.

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
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Thanks for helping an old codger turn a new page.


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The rat that the cat that the dog chased saw ran.

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Originally posted by Policestate
The rat that the cat that the dog chased saw ran.
This being an example of how a sentence could go on forever, for example one describing successive numbers, could stretch to infinity, and one concatenating clauses with grammatical conjunctions such as and could go on as long as material may be supplied.

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
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And only then did the Old Man realize that he'd left the stove on at the house.

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Originally posted by yo its me
What was on the first page GB?
The thread's honest title and a one sentence initial post.

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Originally posted by Nordlys
Same old, same old.
Please see my reply to 'yo it's me' a few moments ago.

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Originally posted by Policestate
This being an example of how a sentence could go on forever, for example one describing successive numbers, could stretch to infinity, and one concatenating clauses with grammatical conjunctions such as and could go on as long as material may be supplied.
Aware of that possibility, Policestate, (having also struggled through Bulwer-Lytton) but a guy's got to start somewhere, so took my chances.

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Originally posted by Hand of Hecate
And only then did the Old Man realize that he'd left the stove on at the house.
... after having turned it off (or at least on low) at the RHP General Forum.

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Aware of that possibility, Policestate, (having also struggled through Bulwer-Lytton) but a guy's got to start somewhere, so took my chances.
I was only being a smartarse, having googled 'longest possible sentence'! 🙂

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
...a guy's got to start somewhere....
Maybe things are okay without such a notion...

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Originally posted by Policestate
I was only being a smartarse, having googled 'longest possible sentence'! 🙂
I was only checking to see whether or not you were still awake, out of

a passing concern that those gourmet burgers might need turning.

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
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For crimes against the fora I sentence you to 15 years without the possiblity of parole.

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In his most recent novel, "The Rotters' Club", Jonathan Coe treats the reader to a sentence containing 13,995 words. (everything2.com)