# A twicky gimmick **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 24, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011 "2008-09-24T16:35:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/1 "2008-09-24T16:35:42Z")
Join twicks in this world of wordplay – If you can distinquish what is idiosyncratic about this OP, you might want to add a post of your own. If not, naturally, you won’t. Hint: Looking in my crystal ball, I don’t think most participants will fashion particularly wordy posts. ---
**Author:** ![This\_ll\_Do](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/this_ll_do/32/3023_2.png) [@This\_ll\_Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_ll_Do)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/2 "2008-09-24T16:52:33Z")
I saw that! As I’m not particularly good at this sort of thing, my followup post is-- as you did intuit-- a bit short. And awkward. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/3 "2008-09-24T16:54:17Z")
The opposite style message’s even harder. Perhaps another time. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/4 "2008-09-24T17:02:50Z")
**This’ll Do** may stick around – **Ludovic** may not. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/5 "2008-09-24T17:09:55Z")
I can’t distinquish anything. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![bink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@bink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bink)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/6 "2008-09-24T17:12:50Z")
I think it’s obvious! Nothing to it. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/7 "2008-09-24T17:15:57Z")
Nothing to it, but short is truth. Too long, and I’ll slip up. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/8 "2008-09-24T17:17:35Z")
Some friends vetted this post, but they do not know if it will pass. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/9 "2008-09-24T17:18:25Z")
> [@vetbridge](#): > > Some friends vetted this post, but they do not know if it will pass. eYOU…SHALL…NOT…PASS!!! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/10 "2008-09-24T17:19:31Z")
All but **vetbridge** (sic) may stay. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/11 "2008-09-24T17:26:44Z")
If I’m right, this’ll do. If I’m wrong, it probably won’t. Also, possibly, I’ll do it wrong anyway. Anyway, I wish my cold would go away. I can’t afford to miss any additional sub days. Plus, it’s annoying as piss to cough so much. My throat hurts and I sing this Sunday. That’s probably about all I can pull off for now. I’m gonna do it wrong if I go on. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/12 "2008-09-24T17:29:25Z")
Actually, this kind of posting’s not that hard if you think about it a bit – in fact, a long fictional story in this way of writing was thought out on many occasions. But I admit, Control-f is a God-wrought savior in making total clarity that I didn’t skirt said posting gimmick. Now if I could only find a way to skirt stupid articulatory grammar constraints, and find a way to point to past actions without totally jumping through hoops. ---
**Author:** ![EristicKallistic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/85e7bf/32.png) [@EristicKallistic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EristicKallistic)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/13 "2008-09-24T17:29:46Z")
I’m finding it a bit troubling to do, though I thought it wouldn’t turn out that way. Oddly, it occurs to my mind that Yoda would champion this string of posts with its idiosyncratic grammatical quirk. But at its finish, I find it a charmingly quizzical thing. Thanks, Twick! ---
**Author:** ![This\_ll\_Do](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/this_ll_do/32/3023_2.png) [@This\_ll\_Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_ll_Do)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/14 "2008-09-24T17:33:28Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > **This’ll Do** may stick around. Why, thank you kindly. For now, a truly worthy contribution must wait. Such grammatical gymnastics would call for significant laboring with (how do you say it-- that gigantic book with lists of words with similar connotations?-- my mind is a blank). But this morning I am working; duty calls. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/15 "2008-09-24T17:39:42Z")
> [@This\_ll\_Do](#): > > (how do you say it-- that gigantic book with lists of words with similar connotations?-- my mind is a blank). For this post? I call it a “dictionary”. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/16 "2008-09-24T17:43:07Z")
Bravo/a, all! Posts 11-14 pass with flying colors. (I also find Control-F a utilitarian pal.) ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/17 "2008-09-24T17:44:20Z")
Post #15 also. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/18 "2008-09-24T17:46:31Z")
I [del]get[/del] got it now! And it only took an hour. Slightly not as much of a task than my actual work, though. I fail without changing. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/19 "2008-09-24T17:51:55Z")
Ha! So your post #5 was blind luck? ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/20 "2008-09-24T18:04:34Z")
Boobs! What do I win? I was going to just post that ^, but thought I’d tighp a bit to go with it in so I could show I’m cool. Wow, I sound stupid writing stuff in this post. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011.md?page=2)