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**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:** 221

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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:** [March 11, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4401 "2003-03-11T04:56:58Z")

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**V** oluminously I will post. Rabbiting on and on until someone replies just to shut me up.

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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:** [March 11, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4402 "2003-03-11T04:58:18Z")

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**W** ow! A new page!

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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:** [March 11, 2003, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4403 "2003-03-11T04:59:35Z")

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**X** ceeded the posting limit there, I did. The software snarled and told me to shut up for a while. ☹

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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:** [March 11, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4404 "2003-03-11T05:01:19Z")

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**Y** ou just killed my really educational X word, oh well, till later.

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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:** [March 11, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4405 "2003-03-11T05:01:21Z")

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**Y** ou know, I have just had a flash of genius. Or insanity. Whatever.

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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:** [March 11, 2003, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4406 "2003-03-11T05:02:43Z")

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**Z** orry, Osiris! But fear not, X comes around amazingly fast.

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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:** [March 11, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4407 "2003-03-11T05:05:23Z")

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**A** nd in revenge, if it makes you feel better, you killed my flash of genius.

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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:** [March 11, 2003, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4408 "2003-03-11T05:07:42Z")

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**B** rilliant posters have done posts with the entire alphabet, yes? But nobody has ever completed the alphabet in 26 consecutive posts.

**C** ould be done, I think, if insomnia hits around 3am.

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**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4409 "2003-03-11T06:40:57Z")

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**D** ogbert!

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4410 "2003-03-11T07:21:46Z")

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**E** xciting! Almost to page 90.

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**Author:** ![Shadez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shadez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadez)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4411 "2003-03-11T08:29:54Z")

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**F** our score and seven years ago…  
this thread was created. 😃

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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:** [March 11, 2003, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4412 "2003-03-11T08:45:23Z")

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**G** ots to be about that old.  
**H** eh-heh, that would put Klaatu as a centenarian.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4413 "2003-03-11T08:47:21Z")

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**I** ndubitably. (Has that one been used before?)

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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:** [March 11, 2003, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4414 "2003-03-11T11:07:10Z")

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**J** ocundity has persisted in this thread quite pleasingly.  
**K** eep it up whilst I sleep.

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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:** [March 11, 2003, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4415 "2003-03-11T12:05:53Z")

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**L** and of Nod, next three stations!

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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:** [March 11, 2003, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4416 "2003-03-11T12:07:08Z")

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**O** h what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day…

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**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 11, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4417 "2003-03-11T12:55:40Z")

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**P** leased to serve, this morning, for all the a-threaders still with us, _switches to official capacity - the following breakfast: fresh-squeezed orange juice, fresh hot bagel from a NY bagel bakery, with choice of butter or cream cheese, scrambled eggs with choice of ham, bacon or sausage, and a nice fresh grapefruit from Florida._ Good morning!

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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:** [March 11, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4418 "2003-03-11T13:00:32Z")

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**Q** uips galore there, last night – good thing this punster was sound asleep. Funny stuff.

**R** eally tasty breakfast you’ve provided there, **Watcher**. Let me start with a bagel and see how it goes.

**S** esame seed? Don’t mind if I do.

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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:** [March 11, 2003, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4419 "2003-03-11T13:07:05Z")

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**M** mmmmm, Watcher!

**N** evermind the letters I skipped up there, this is a breakfast worth getting up for.

**T** hink I’ll try the ham today. \<chomp, chew\>

**U** nbelievably yummy. 🙂

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**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 11, 2003, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4420 "2003-03-11T13:24:37Z")

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**V** ery nice it is, to have a breakfast posse. Thanks you two! All other a-threaders (even those that just happen by) are also welcome to partake.

I probably shouldn’t mention that my real breakfast this morning came from a street vendor.

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