# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/21 "2008-09-24T18:05:56Z")
This is not difficult for Philly folks, but a guy from a city that honors a Gallic marquis in its naming finds a shout-out to his town an impossibility. ---
**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, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/22 "2008-09-24T18:12:57Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Ha! So your post #5 was blind luck? Confirmatory. Awfully humorous, and fairly unanticipated, I’d say. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/23 "2008-09-24T18:16:42Z")
Got it. Can I post a hint? ---
**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, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/24 "2008-09-24T18:22:29Z")
> [@Santo\_Rugger](#): > > Confirmatory. Awfully humorous, and fairly unanticipated, I’d say. not so much luck on this post though, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/25 "2008-09-24T18:24:23Z")
Now that I know how to do it, I can add my own words. Hi, folks! ---
**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, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/26 "2008-09-24T18:32:17Z")
What SDMBisms work? Hi Opal, Rio by Duran Duran, Marianas … oops, no, scratch that. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/27 "2008-09-24T18:36:43Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > What SDMBisms work? Hi Opal, Rio by Duran Duran, Marianas … oops, no, scratch that. But only for a third of an hour. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/28 "2008-09-24T18:41:05Z")
It’s trivial to grasp, but difficult to satisfy. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/29 "2008-09-24T18:41:46Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > What SDMBisms work? … Marianas … oops, no, scratch that. Had you only said that fatal word for a Pacific part, I could tauntingly go: “Gotcha ya!” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/30 "2008-09-24T18:43:13Z")
I don’t actually know, but I think I got it. Am I right? Say I am. Typos may slip in, but said typos don’t slip in at my volition. Typos do as typos will. If I’m right, this is a hard way to post. ---
**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, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/31 "2008-09-24T18:45:48Z")
> [@brewha](#): > > not so much luck on this post though, huh? Nope, guess not. ☹ 😃 ---
**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, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/32 "2008-09-24T18:53:14Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > I don’t actually know, but I think I got it. > > Am I right? Say I am. > > Typos may slip in, but said typos don’t slip in at my volition. Typos do as typos will. > > If I’m right, this is a hard way to post. Thou art wrought of gold. 😉 ---
**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, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/33 "2008-09-24T19:22:16Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **Had you only said that fatal word for a Pacific part, I could tauntingly go: “Gotcha ya!”** This post has … awww, fuggidaboutit. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/34 "2008-09-24T19:49:41Z")
Big whoop, y’all. It’s not that hard to do. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/35 "2008-09-24T19:53:35Z")
I finally got one of **Twicks** ’ twicky posts! Woo-hoo! I rock, and stuff. 😃 And so do you! ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/36 "2008-09-24T19:57:28Z")
Today I bought daffodils, lilacs, and tulips. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/37 "2008-09-24T20:01:56Z")
Ok, um…I’m a good…uh…work…guy… ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/38 "2008-09-24T20:06:37Z")
I got it right away off of twicky’s original post. Although, my ocular organs saw similar things in my past. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/39 "2008-09-24T20:16:56Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > 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. I got it! I did! I truly did! But can I do it too? I will try. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011/40 "2008-09-24T20:21:17Z")
> [@brewha](#): > > Boobs! What do I win? You win a copy of [Wright’s story _Gadsby_](http://www.spinelessbooks.com/gadsby/). Lucky you! What will you do with it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-twicky-gimmick/465011.md?page=3)