# a **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 25, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850 "2003-01-25T12:51:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 124
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2461 "2003-02-26T17:08:35Z")
**O** nward we go! ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2462 "2003-02-26T17:10:45Z")
**Q** uite please, a moment of silence for page 50. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2463 "2003-02-26T17:11:36Z")
**Q** uite right, Osiris. You get an A-thread A! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2464 "2003-02-26T17:21:55Z")
**R** eturning after a brief intermission to do some of the stuff they pay me for – **S** ure and begorrah, **Homebrew** , I’d missed the last post on 49 – I had to go back to figure out why you were skipping so many letters! 🙂 **Thanks** for the pronunciation help, **koeeoaddi** – I’d been saying that, kind of, mentally, but with your help it will now come tripping off my tongue. ( **U** nusual name, that – do I have to go search the “what my screenname means” threads for an explanation, or can I impose further here?) ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2465 "2003-02-26T17:35:22Z")
**V** estige of the 60s, Twicks. It’s from a [song](http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/k/koeeoaddithere.html) by my favorite group, The Incredible String Band. ---
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2466 "2003-02-26T17:39:23Z")
**W** ow! 50 pages. You got the LOTR thread beat. Congats! ---
**Author:** ![montana\_cricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@montana\_cricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/montana_cricket)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2467 "2003-02-26T17:55:02Z")
**X** actly to point of the whole **x** ercise… ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2468 "2003-02-26T17:56:52Z")
**Y** ou should know I came in to use Xander (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) for the “X”, but I was beat to the punch. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2469 "2003-02-26T18:39:44Z")
**ZZZ** is the last entry in my unabridged dictionary – they say it’s used to represent the sound of someone snoring. ---
**Author:** ![Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/45deac/32.png) [@Watcher\_of\_the\_Skies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watcher_of_the_Skies)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2470 "2003-02-26T18:44:15Z")
**A** limentary my dear Watson. It’s one o’clock and time for lunch, dum de dum de dum… ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2471 "2003-02-26T18:56:14Z")
**B** uttered toast. **C** ome on now, who gets that reference? ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2472 "2003-02-26T19:04:55Z")
**C** ame in to say hi, guys. ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2473 "2003-02-26T19:07:53Z")
**D** oh! Messed up my first post of the day. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2474 "2003-02-26T19:11:14Z")
**E** vidently I’m not certain, **Osiris** , but I’ll guess _Wallace & Grommit_? ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2475 "2003-02-26T19:12:45Z")
**F** arts. Has this word been used for F yet? ---
**Author:** ![CCYMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@CCYMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCYMan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2476 "2003-02-26T19:27:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Watcher of the Skies \* > > It’s one o’clock and time for lunch, dum de dum de dum… \*\* Mmmmmm… **G** abriel **G** enesis…lglglglglg ---
**Author:** ![if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/fbc32d/32.png) [@if\_you\_don\_t\_know\_i\_won\_t\_tell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if_you_don_t_know_i_won_t_tell)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2477 "2003-02-26T19:47:03Z")
**H** ope, love, and joy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2478 "2003-02-26T19:48:27Z")
**I** ’m back! **J** ust when you thought I’d left this thread forever! ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2479 "2003-02-26T20:28:30Z")
**L** ove this thread! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2003, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2480 "2003-02-26T20:32:12Z")
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