first lines

[Terri]

a friend and i sort of collect, or make up, or point out
lines that could start a story
mostly absurd but not always
there really aren't rules - it's a 'know them when you hear them' situation

like:
there's linguini everywhere
or
the slugs were gone this morning
or
the garbage truck sings like a monster
or
i know where my blankets are

anybody got contributions here?

[sasha]

yeah, there's even an international contest soliciting opening lines - I posted about it in Stories: viewtopic.php?f=98&t=31401#p201441

[WIREMAN]

In a rickety cab we headed into the lonely desert.....

[sasha]

Angrily she slammed the door shut with finality, but then she slammed it a few more times, just to make sure.

With his weapon slung carelessly over his shoulder, Danvers eyed the raw recruit with disdain and spat into the mud, not because the plug of tobacco had run its course, but because he was a piggish, uncouth slob.

As he floated outside the space station, McConnell reflected that the best part of spacewalking was that, out here, he could fart all he wanted without having to listen to his crewmates complaining about it.

[Terri]

my usuals must be the abridged version
or the 'ku version

jimmy get off my plate

[Arcadia]

the garbage truck sings like a monster

cool beggining!

[WIREMAN]

Trash trucks move down E. Patrick St. before dawn.....

[saw]

'I didn't know there were legs that long"

[Terri]

'I never know what to do around cleavage. It looks you in the eye...you have to look back, right?'

[Terri]

'They cut moons into both of his cheeks.'

[sasha]

"He began to suspect his sleepwalking was getting out of hand when he awoke naked astride his neighbor's Vespa 200 miles from home."

[stilltrucking]

I dream of is Delhi, the matriarch, I know this sounds sick, but when she wrapped her trunk around my waist and pulled me to her in an embrace and take my hand and put it in her mouth, I felt the fire down below. I suppose I am a pervert, but I do draw the line at mammals. A man has to have some standards, I could never feel that way about a reptile but there are some truckers who would fuk a snake if you held its head.

late edit,
sorry I thought it was all one sentence did not notice the period

[Terri]

it's okay, we all fall in love with an elephant now and then

[Doreen Peri]

Nobody could figure out why the lid was so tight.

[sasha]

Father Donovan always volunteered to say Midnight Mass at Christmas because only then could he get away with filling the chalice with WIld Turkey instead of sacramental wine.