# 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:** 222
**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 11, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4421 "2003-03-11T13:39:51Z")
**W** ell, it’s 8:45 here in cubicle-land, it’s -15 outside, and I just scarfed down some overdone toast from the company caf… ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4422 "2003-03-11T14:21:05Z")
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**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4423 "2003-03-11T14:22:23Z")
**Y** ou’re so kind **Watcher**. Sure beats my normal breakfast. ---
**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, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4424 "2003-03-11T14:23:04Z")
“ **X** ylem up, Phloem down.” One day in Botany101 the professor sang that while performing a little dance. Not so coincidentally, that’s about the only factoid I retain from the course. ---
**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, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4425 "2003-03-11T14:24:34Z")
**Z** ipped at the pass, sorry. Oh, well, put **A** nother nickel in, in the nickelodeum… ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4426 "2003-03-11T14:30:15Z")
**B** eauty is only a lightswitch away ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4427 "2003-03-11T14:57:28Z")
**C** at got your tongue? ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4428 "2003-03-11T14:59:47Z")
**D** o unto others as you would have other do unto you ---
**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, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4429 "2003-03-11T15:02:45Z")
**E** ven in a perfect world where everyone were equal, I’d still own the film rights and be working on the sequel. [/E.Costello] Everyday I Write the Book. ---
**Author:** ![montana\_cricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@montana\_cricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/montana_cricket)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4430 "2003-03-11T15:05:02Z")
**E** xcellent Breakfast…_wipes chin_ **F** un it is, eating breakfast with all of you… **G** ood Coffee! ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4431 "2003-03-11T15:05:43Z")
**H** ere today, gone tomorrow **I** dle hands are the devil’s workshop ---
**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, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4432 "2003-03-11T15:06:07Z")
**I** ’ve fallen [behind in the alphabet] and can’t get [caught] up! ---
**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, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4433 "2003-03-11T15:09:07Z")
**J** oker was the best of Batman’s opponents. **K** ismet is just a fancy way of saying we’re doomed. ---
**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, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4434 "2003-03-11T15:13:53Z")
**L** oved the Elvis quote, **Watcher** – it’s the line I always cite to those who bemoan the decline in song lyrics since the heyday of Cole Porter and Ira Gershwin. ---
**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, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4435 "2003-03-11T15:16:13Z")
**M** oney-making idea just occurred to me – we could sell this thread to the folks at “Sesame Street.” ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4436 "2003-03-11T15:22:54Z")
**N** ever put off until tomorrow what you can do today **O** ff the top of my head **P** eople who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones **Q** uicker than a New York minute ---
**Author:** ![catnoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@catnoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catnoe)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4437 "2003-03-11T15:35:31Z")
**R** eally love this pointless thread, anyone mind if I introduce it at another site? It would drive a few folks I know bonkers. ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4438 "2003-03-11T15:44:38Z")
**S** ame bat time, same bat channel **T** ake your life in your own hands **U** nless you are the lead dog, the view never changes **V** ariety is the spice of life **W** et behind the ears ---
**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 11, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4439 "2003-03-11T15:45:13Z")
**S** pontaneous combustion is not a phenomenon I often worry about. **T** op of the morning, folks! ---
**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 11, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4440 "2003-03-11T15:47:45Z")
**Y** ou snuck that in on me **FallFast** and I previewed too. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=221) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=223)