Fiver quote game

[Wowbagger]

Originally Posted by evay

Round-robins are fun. Sort of "fanfic by committee" -- you start with a premise (the Enterprise sends a landing party down to a planet) and each poster contributes as much to the story as s/he wishes. One sentence, a paragraph, two paragraphs, whatever. Stop mid-sentence if you like.

Whoa. You know, I think we could build that into a slightly more formal process, apply some basic rules of order, and end up producing some really high-quality fivers.

We could call it "Fiver by Committee."

[evay]

Originally Posted by Wowbagger

We could call it "Fiver by Committee."

The irony was not lost on me while I was writing my post.

[Zeke]

While we're deciding what to do with the thread, let me toss you one of my personal all-time favourites:

"Um... no... let's not destroy it. It's not a threat to us. I mean, look how small it is... (points fingers at the viewscreen) It's tiny!"
(silence)
"It's not small, it's FAR AWAY!"

[Sa'ar Chasm]

I'm going to go with the The Corbomite Maneuver or Q-Who.

And now that I've guess I'm going to go Google it.

[NAHTMMM]

Doesn't ring a bell for me. It seems like the sort of thing an undercover spy might say, though.

[Katy Jane]

This one sounds familiar but I don't remember where it's from.

Actually it sounds like Zap Brannigan and Kif from Futurama.

[Zeke]

Nah is on the right track.