# 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:** 165
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3281 "2003-03-02T04:01:39Z")
**N** o, not Barry Manilow! He’s a sex god! ---
**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:** [March 2, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3282 "2003-03-02T04:04:55Z")
**O** h, and about paper supplies: no more legal sized paper! And them Brits better get used to 8 1/2 X 11, too, no more A4 nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3283 "2003-03-02T04:07:04Z")
**P** erhaps you haven’t heard? Dubya is taking over the world! (oops, the CIA told me to keep my mouth shut!) ---
**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:** [March 2, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3284 "2003-03-02T04:08:43Z")
**Q** uit your joshing, Samarm. Shrub ruling the world? It is to laugh. BTW, assistance will be needed. Sub-rulers, as it were, to handle particularly troublesome geographic regions (anyone want to tackle France?) and departments. Lots of laws needed to improve television, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3285 "2003-03-02T04:09:24Z")
**P** lease can you also ban anchovies on the pizza? **Q** uite well, I am, **samarm** , other than a sore spot in my mouth. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2003, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3286 "2003-03-02T04:11:39Z")
**R** ight you are, Kat. In fact, not just on pizzas: Anchovies must be driven into extinction! ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3287 "2003-03-02T04:13:06Z")
**S** ay, can I be a sub-ruler-type-person? ---
**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:** [March 2, 2003, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3288 "2003-03-02T04:16:23Z")
**T** here! The first person has joined the coming juggernaut. Why not? I’m feeling extra benevolent right now. (The pleasing prospect of no more anchovies…) What fiefdom would you like, Kat? ---
**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:** [March 2, 2003, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3289 "2003-03-02T04:20:51Z")
**T** errifying songs should be banned, I agree. Don’t forget Booby Goldsboro, or have **U** forgotten the horror that is “Watching Scotty Grow?” **V** apid & **X** crutiaing, it was! ---
**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:** [March 2, 2003, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3290 "2003-03-02T04:22:00Z")
**Z** oomed in too late to avoid the dreded simulpost. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3291 "2003-03-02T04:23:03Z")
**A** nd to spell dreaded correctly!:smack: ---
**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:** [March 2, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3292 "2003-03-02T04:23:09Z")
**W** hat about ‘W’? Didn’t he perpetrate “Little Green Apples”, too? If so, maybe it’s not just the songs that need doing away with. \ ---
**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:** [March 2, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3293 "2003-03-02T04:28:26Z")
**Y** es, I’m afraid so - “Honey” too. see the tree how big it’s grown and friend…oops, I forgot the “Y” ☹ ---
**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:** [March 2, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3294 "2003-03-02T04:30:46Z")
**B** obby boy is clearly a habitual criminal. Up against the wall, come the glorious day of my coronation. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3295 "2003-03-02T04:35:55Z")
**C** orrect progression of the alphabet seems to have become problematic of late. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3296 "2003-03-02T04:37:31Z")
**C** an I have Australia? ---
**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:** [March 2, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3297 "2003-03-02T04:37:31Z")
**D** ear Koeeoaddi, you are clearly a woman (man? hermaphrodite? no gender based discrimination in my administration) of exquisite taste. Would you like to the Royal Minister in charge of Cultural Affairs? ---
**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:** [March 2, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3298 "2003-03-02T04:40:52Z")
**E** xcellent choice, Kat. But you’d have to take New Zealand, too: package deal. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3299 "2003-03-02T04:40:54Z")
**E** xquisite taste and **koeeoaddi** go together like pizza and beer. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2003, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/3300 "2003-03-02T04:44:30Z")
**F** ine with me. I think I can keep New Zealand in line. _ **G** rins_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=164) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=166)