One Perfect Sentence - The Jaunty July Challenge

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Inspired by something I read while on holiday (I'll divulge at the results), the Jaunty July Challenge requires you to start your sentence with:

We didn't inherit . . .


The rules are simple:

  • Each entry must be ONE sentence only, as defined by the basic rules of English grammar. We will notice if you squeeze unrelated clauses together and pretend it's a sentence, so please don't do it. Your entry will be disqualified and removed.

  • Don’t comment on other people's entries – this makes the thread far less readable. If you’d like to make a comment – or if you have a question – then please do so in Café Life, using the “One Perfect Sentence” prefix. I will keep checking the thread to answer any questions. If you have a question you don't want others to read, please private message me directly.

  • You can make as many entries as you want to, (new addition) but only your entry with the greatest number of votes will win a place (and litbits).

  • IMPORTANT: Due to a technical hitch that has erased the anonymous option, for one month only your name will appear with your entry.

Voting will open later this month.

Good luck and get writing! :writing-hand:
 
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“We didn’t inherit Colonel Blenkinsop’s old blunderbuss so that you could ‘accidently discharge’ a full barrel of buckshot at the president’s fat ass,” he gasped as we hightailed along the freeway with an army of secret service agents in hot pursuit.
 
We didn't inherit the earth, but perhaps we weren't meek enough, and maybe there was nothing left worth inheriting.
 
We didn't inherit anything other than an empty tub of margarine and a ball of string, but we were still happy and counted ourselves extremely fortunate.
 
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We didn't inherit our father's intelligence, which is a shame given that we did inherit his lust for larceny.
 
We didn't inherit anything of worldly value - a house, savings, a key to a secret safe full of money - but the man in her closet, with black tape over his mouth, wide eyes, and hands and feet tied, meant we'd inherited a whole lot of trouble.
 
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