And then the murders began.

[LuFins Dad]

Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer's wife. And then the murders began.

[Mik]

Call me Ishmael. And then the murders began.

[Doctor Phibes]

When Mr Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventyifirst birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton. And then the murders began.
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Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. And then the murders began.
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This is the literary equivalent of adding 'Mr. Bond' to the end of any dialogue. Has it come to this?

[Klaus]

I bet it works meta-circularly, too.

The first line of almost any story can be improved by making sure the second line is, "And then the murders began." And then the murders began.

[89th]

Hahaha this is terrific.

[Catseye3]

“Where’s Papa going with that ax?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast. And then the murders began.

[Doctor Phibes]

When he was nearly thirteen my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. And then the murders began.

[George K]

@Catseye3 said in And then the murders began.:

“Where’s Papa going with that ax?” said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast. And then the murders began.

That's perfect.

[jon-nyc]

It really works in Jaws.

The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail. And then the murders began.

[jon-nyc]

In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.

And then the murders began.

[jon-nyc]

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. And then the murders began.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in And then the murders began.:

In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.

And then the murders began.

That was the first one I posted.

[89th]

@George-K said in And then the murders began.:

@jon-nyc said in And then the murders began.:

In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.

And then the murders began.

That was the first one I posted.

Pwn3d! And then the murders began.

[Horace]

That marked the first time a joke had been plagiarized on TNCR. And then the murders began.

[bachophile]

The truth is, if old Major Dover hadn’t dropped dead at Taunton races Jim would never have come to Thursgood’s at all. And then the murders began.

[Doctor Phibes]

Jeeves placed the sizzling eggs and b. on the breakfast table, and Reginald (Kipper) Herring and I, licking the lips, squared our elbows and got down to it. And then the murders began.

[jon-nyc]

When he was nearly thirteen my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. And then the murders began.

[Copper]

Idiots. And then the murders began.

[bachophile]

The quantity of matter is the measure of the same, arising from its density and bulk conjunctly. And then the murders began.

[Doctor Phibes]

When on board H.M.S. Beagle as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. And then the murders began.