# 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:** 204
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4061 "2003-03-07T22:09:34Z")
**U** m please fogive me Osiris, I meant no offense ---
**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:** [March 7, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4062 "2003-03-07T22:09:48Z")
_Getting back into alphabetical order_ **U** had better go back and read the earlier pages. **V** ery cool - 82 pages! Keep 'em coming! ---
**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:** [March 7, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4063 "2003-03-07T22:13:19Z")
**W** ow, can you tell I just woke up? **X** ebu are you … Whoops, wrong word. **Y** ou’ve lost me Fallfast, I never was offended, miffed or even peeved. Just a little slow this morning. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4064 "2003-03-07T22:13:31Z")
**U** gly schizophrenic alphabet split there – I think **Sunspace** was on the wrong page. **V** irtuously (self-righteously?), I return us to the proper sequence. **W** hat else would you expect from the Supreme Judge and **X** ecutioner? ;j ---
**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:** [March 7, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4065 "2003-03-07T22:18:59Z")
**Z** ebra ends the alphabet. **A** nd away we go. (cool, an inside joke) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4066 "2003-03-07T22:19:27Z")
**U** h-oh. **V** erily a **w** hole whack of letters appeared like shotgun pellets in an **x** -ray photograph! **Z** ot! \ **A** rrgh! **B** ubbling **c** reatively, the **d** enizens of this thread have **e** xtended the list past **F**! And now someone’s extending the original **g** rowth! **H** ow will **I** cope with this new **j** uggernaut? Is it O. **K**. to **l** eave this **m** uch confusion? **N** o? **O** uch. **P** ray tell what do I do now? **Q** uickly! I need help! **R** eally! **S** omeone help! Oh, the **t** error! [sub]There. They match up again at **U**.[/sub] 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4067 "2003-03-07T22:21:59Z")
**B** other. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4068 "2003-03-07T22:26:44Z")
**C** ool, **Sunspace** , clearly you’re one of us. My condolences. 😉 ---
**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 7, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4069 "2003-03-07T22:32:20Z")
**D** iligence is often punished in this thread, **Sunspace**. **E** xceptional post, though.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4070 "2003-03-07T22:32:50Z")
**D** ’oh! It happened again! I left for a short while to play around with megaHAL (see my sig) and when I come back I’ve missed a couple pages! ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4071 "2003-03-07T22:35:22Z")
\*\*Everyone thats: ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4072 "2003-03-07T22:36:25Z")
**F** irst code messup of mine in a LONG time. ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4073 "2003-03-07T23:13:41Z")
**G** ranted, a minor messup, but most look the other way ---
**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:** [March 7, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4074 "2003-03-07T23:18:40Z")
**H** ere’s what I did to make the task of the alphabetical LOTR I cheated and tacked on 4 useless letters (W, X, Y and Z) which I could truncate to fit the current state of the thread and not have to worry about being passed by. Just a trick I learned. ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4075 "2003-03-07T23:27:08Z")
**N** ow, this may seem stupid, but I though you were getting all excited about the TV show on CBS named Hack. **O** kay, okay, it _does_ seem stupid… ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4076 "2003-03-07T23:27:47Z")
**I** nsane this thread is! 82 pages it be! Pirate talk i like! Shiver me timbers! Walk the plank! ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2003, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4077 "2003-03-07T23:28:37Z")
**P** retty darn stupid, in fact. I was wondering \*what am I missing with this TV show? I’ve watched an episode or two and I must be missing something… ---
**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:** [March 7, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4078 "2003-03-07T23:38:49Z")
**J** oey and their other friend **K** evin. The three of them were quite rambunctuous and annoyed **L** ydia, Joey’s mother. So they were sent to their bedroom where they spied on **M** ilicent and her husband **N** orman who were yelling at their teenage daughter **O** livia about her boyfriend **P** eter who had brought her home after 2am. **Q** uincy, who lived above them, was trying to ignore them while talking on the phone to **R** achelle. They were gossiping about **S** tanley, their co-worker who was having an affair with **T** racy. They also discussed her husband **U** mberto whom she met while overseas. They were worried because **V** ictor, her brother, was very violent. **W** endy was listening to Racelle’s half of the conversation when **X** avier came knocking on her door. He had brought **Y** olanda who had discovered that **Z** ero and **A** dam had built the house that **B** ob lived in until **C** huck burned it down while **D** an was watching. Meanwhile **E** dgar went shopping where he ran into **F** rank who was with his wife **G** ertrude. She was quite cordial and invited Edgar and his wife **H** arriet to dinner on friday. Well their son **I** , who was only 6, didn’t want to go to a boring dinner so he spent the night with his friend ---
**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:** [March 7, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4079 "2003-03-07T23:57:34Z")
**J** ust be kind to Sperfur, he didn’t know he was on the wrong page. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2003, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4080 "2003-03-08T00:23:52Z")
**K** ind, sure – but I think it may be a girl sperfur, not a boy sperfur. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=203) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=205)