# 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:** 229
**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 12, 2003, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4561 "2003-03-12T09:03:06Z")
**O** is for obstacle, one type of race, **P** is for pillow, a rest for your face. ---
**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 12, 2003, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4562 "2003-03-12T09:05:53Z")
**Q** is for quiet, this board is right now, **R** is for rope burn, which makes you cry OW! ---
**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 12, 2003, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4563 "2003-03-12T09:07:31Z")
**S** is for straw, to drink your float through, **T** is for toffee, a candy to chew. ---
**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 12, 2003, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4564 "2003-03-12T09:08:39Z")
**U** is for unbroken, this string of posts is, **V** is for verse, at which I’m a whiz. 😃 ---
**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 12, 2003, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4565 "2003-03-12T09:10:19Z")
**W** is for What am I doing up so late? **X** is for Xerxes, a king who was great. ---
**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 12, 2003, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4566 "2003-03-12T09:11:20Z")
**Y** is for yellow, the hue of the sun, **Z** is for zero, when a countdown is done. ---
**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 12, 2003, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4567 "2003-03-12T09:13:33Z")
**A** bit further I’d go, by hook or by ruse, **B** ut I’m a tradionalist, not Dr. Seuss. ---
**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 12, 2003, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4568 "2003-03-12T09:17:39Z")
**C** ould padding your post count be more fun? We need more themes. How about: [D]own in the lowest solar orbit you will find Mercury. [E]ver wrapped in clouds is the planet Venus. ---
**Author:** ![grettle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@grettle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grettle)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4569 "2003-03-12T12:28:26Z")
**F** or what it’s worth, the thread title after this one was **The finality of death** **G** ee, I hope that isn’t an omen for this thread. . . **H** onest! **I** ’m very entertained 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4570 "2003-03-12T12:45:52Z")
**J** aw on the floor in admiration, your **SBS** ness – **L** eek green with envy I am at your ability to poetically blather– **M** orning, all! ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4571 "2003-03-12T13:13:27Z")
**N** oticeable I am sure was my absence yesterday. **O** verwhelmed was I at work. **P** erhaps **Homebrew** will come and comfort me. ---
**Author:** ![TelcontarStorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@TelcontarStorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TelcontarStorm)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4572 "2003-03-12T13:58:24Z")
**Q** uite a thread you got going here. **R** eally **S** oon it will be a hunneret pages! **T** hat’s something to be proud of. **U** ndoubtedly ---
**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 12, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4573 "2003-03-12T14:14:50Z")
**V** ery excellent post **SBS** , completely Seussian in it’s denial of same. Well done, I say and g’mornin’ everyone! > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by StarvingButStrong \* > \*\ ***A** bit further I’d go, by hook or by ruse, > **B** ut I’m a tradionalist, not Dr. Seuss. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4574 "2003-03-12T14:17:17Z")
**W** is for Wow, for the verse by **SBS** ---
**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 12, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4575 "2003-03-12T14:17:46Z")
**W** hat the heck (if I might be so bold as to ask) were you doing up at 4am writing alphabet rhymes anyway? At that moment my alarm was about an hour away from ringing. Just wondering… ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4576 "2003-03-12T14:59:41Z")
**X** tremely sick and tired am I And thinking in rhyme, thanks alot!(rhymes suppressed) ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4577 "2003-03-12T15:30:15Z")
**Y** uck, my sinuses hurt today. **Z** illion must be the polle count today. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4578 "2003-03-12T15:34:42Z")
**A** aaaaargh! polle **n** count. ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4579 "2003-03-12T15:46:38Z")
**B** ad allergy season out here right now also. My sinuses are also going crazy. ---
**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 12, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/4580 "2003-03-12T15:50:22Z")
**C** elebrating the literary achievement of **StarvingButStrong** this morning. Great job! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=228) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=230)