>>> "OK, so, there I was..."
>>
>>Heh. The classic opening to what sailors call a sea story!
>
>The alternate opening, of course, being "No shit, this really
>happened...."

Or the version I heard for over-the-top stories:

"No shit, there I was, shoulder to shoulder and back to the wall, me and the army with David Bowie. And his knife."

The attempt to get every possible ridiculous cliche in it.

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Jen Dantes - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lady of Sith Tech Support.
In the UF universe, it may be "with Zoner and his gun."