# a

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850>\
**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:** 142

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**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2821 "2003-02-28T04:18:50Z")

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**F** riggo jeez! Four people posted while I was getting that link.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2822 "2003-02-28T04:20:01Z")

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**F** ighting would be interesting to see here.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2823 "2003-02-28T04:21:44Z")

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( **G** iven that we have to keep the alphabet going)

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**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2824 "2003-02-28T04:26:49Z")

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**H** iya!!!

::sperfur pops **Lobsang** in the jaw::

**I** s that what you meant?

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2825 "2003-02-28T04:26:59Z")

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**H** ow do you suggest we proceed?

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2826 "2003-02-28T04:28:04Z")

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**J** ousting is more what I was thinking – the whole **K** nighthood thing seems so…Dopey…to me.

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**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 28, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2827 "2003-02-28T04:30:01Z")

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**L** obsang, you probably don’t like Lobby do you?

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**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2828 "2003-02-28T04:30:15Z")

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“ **K** iss Me Kate” was broadcast on PBS last night, so: this thread is ‘more than Wunderbar.’

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2829 "2003-02-28T04:30:50Z")

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**L** ances at the ready.

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**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2830 "2003-02-28T04:30:50Z")

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**L** unges, thrusts…stuff like that?

**M** ight need some training.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2831 "2003-02-28T04:34:51Z")

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**N** o. **O** siris. My take-away delivery guy used to call me Lobby.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2832 "2003-02-28T04:36:05Z")

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**P** erhaps I won’t mind other people calling my Lobby though

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**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2833 "2003-02-28T04:36:13Z")

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**P** arry, thrust, slash…whoops! Supposed to hit the _other_ guy’s leg, I suppose.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2834 "2003-02-28T04:38:32Z")

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\*\*\*\*Q **uick twirl till it’s caught on Daffy’s bill.**

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**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2835 "2003-02-28T04:40:13Z")

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**R** ats. \<limps off the field of battle\>

Think I’ll observe the rest of the bouts from the sidelines. Hey, boy! Hot dog and coke over here!

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2836 "2003-02-28T04:43:18Z")

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**S** issy! Hitch up those green tights and get back in here!

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**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 28, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2837 "2003-02-28T04:44:49Z")

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**T** ut-tut. I’ve got a rabid racoon and I’m not afraid to use it.

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**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2838 "2003-02-28T04:48:02Z")

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**U** nbelievable what I have to go through…okay. \<stuffs hotdog in mouth, marches back onto the field.\>  
Take that! \<whaps Twickster with her purse. Which is worse than it sounds, because I carry a laptop computer in it.\>

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**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2839 "2003-02-28T05:00:59Z")

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**V** ictory! No one has struck back in an entire quarter hour, so I declare myself the winner and Champeen of the World of ‘A.’

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/2840 "2003-02-28T05:02:47Z")

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**W** aiting is what we were doing. You have just stepped on our landmine.

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