# 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:** 212
**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 9, 2003, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4221 "2003-03-09T12:15:59Z")
**B** othersome letter! Thanks for offing it, I completely blanked on it. **C** onsidered putting a list of 26 alphabetical swear words, but this isn’t the pit and that is a mighty tall order. Impossible even. ---
**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 9, 2003, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4222 "2003-03-09T12:25:35Z")
**D** amnation! I smell a challenge. ---
**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 9, 2003, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4223 "2003-03-09T12:26:50Z")
**E** ffing board nannies might require astericks and other strategems at times. **F** rack. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4224 "2003-03-09T13:23:45Z")
**G** osh golly gee, kids, we don’t want to swear, but **H** eck, we could probably do a list of euphemisms. **I** cy day in h-e-double-hockey-sticks it would be before we’d sully our beloved thread like that. **J** eez Louise! ---
**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 9, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4225 "2003-03-09T13:48:31Z")
**K** iss mah grits! **L** awsy me! **M** y goodness gracious. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4226 "2003-03-09T13:57:16Z")
**N** uts! **O** uch! **P** hooey! ---
**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 9, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4227 "2003-03-09T15:04:16Z")
**S** hinola! **T** arnation! **U** n-freaking-believable! ---
**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 9, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4228 "2003-03-09T15:08:35Z")
**Q** witcherbitchen about those **R** assafrassin’ skipped letters… ---
**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 9, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4229 "2003-03-09T17:12:29Z")
**S** hoot! ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4230 "2003-03-09T19:07:59Z")
**V** ery hard to get this back on track… **W** hen we skip letters… **X** cept when we get back on track… **Y** ou might find it difficult to derail this thread otherwise. **Z** oinks! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4231 "2003-03-09T19:40:10Z")
**V** ehement exclamation! **W** hat a drag! **X** pletive deleted! **Y** ou’re kidding! **Z** ounds! ---
**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 9, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4232 "2003-03-09T19:52:15Z")
**A** rsehat! **B** ozo! ( **C** usses vehemently) **D** rat it all, I messed up the order! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4233 "2003-03-09T20:03:28Z")
**E** gad! **F** udge! **G** reat balls of fire! **H** okey-doke, kids, that was fun – whaddya wanna do now? ---
**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 9, 2003, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4234 "2003-03-09T20:05:39Z")
**E** asy there **koeeoaddi** , ain’t nothin’ that ain’t been done before. ---
**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 9, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4235 "2003-03-09T20:09:01Z")
**I** don’t have the mental energy to participate in this particular list, but I sure am enjoying reading it. Keep going! Sorry for the interruption - now back to our regularly scheduled mundane and pointless posting. ---
**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 9, 2003, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4236 "2003-03-09T20:31:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by StarvingButStrong \* > \*\*\*\*B\*\*each baby, beach baby, here on the sand… (I’m starting to dream of hot weather.) \*\* **J** ust wondering if anyone remembers the one-hit-wonder band responsible for “Beach Baby”. If I could figure out how to do one of those “spoiler boxes” I’d put the answer here. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4237 "2003-03-09T21:41:11Z")
**K** ool and the Gang. (No, that’s wrong.) **Watcher** , do this: type the word spoiler between brackets [] Then write whatever spoilage you want. Then type the word spoiler between brackets again, but put a slash mark / before the word: /spoiler That should do it. ---
**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 9, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4238 "2003-03-09T21:46:00Z")
**L** ike this? First Class was the one-hit-wonder band who recorded "Beach Baby Cool, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4239 "2003-03-09T21:46:35Z")
**L** et’s see, I’ve been gone for about 35 pages now and need to catch up. Are we still cursing or have we moved on to other mundane and pointless things? ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2003, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4240 "2003-03-09T21:47:26Z")
**M** y work is done. **Watcher** , that was perfect! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=211) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=213)