# 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:** 26
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/501 "2003-02-06T16:44:49Z")
**C** ould we stop invoking the mods? They’re gonna come in and see what we’re doing and boy, will they be mad. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/502 "2003-02-06T16:46:11Z")
**D** ang! 11 pages! ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/503 "2003-02-06T16:59:26Z")
**E** schewing the mods for thread longevity ---
**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:** [February 6, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/504 "2003-02-06T17:13:03Z")
**F** irst thing in the morning, I check this stupid thread. Oy. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/505 "2003-02-06T17:29:02Z")
**G** oody! I get to post here again. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/506 "2003-02-06T18:24:20Z")
**H** ell, it’s not dead yet??? ---
**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:** [February 6, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/507 "2003-02-06T18:46:28Z")
**I** t still lives! ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/508 "2003-02-06T19:56:23Z")
**J** a, es gibt **K** eine, die besser als dieses Gewinde sind ein **L** ieben Sie dieses Gewinde! ---
**Author:** ![BioHazard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3bc359/32.png) [@BioHazard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BioHazard)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/509 "2003-02-06T20:01:13Z")
**M** ein Gewinde ist grösser als Ihr Gewinde!!! ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/510 "2003-02-06T20:04:26Z")
**N** ein! All I know of German I learned on Hogan’s Heroes. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/511 "2003-02-06T20:04:29Z")
**N** o way I thought we’d make it this far. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/512 "2003-02-06T20:06:18Z")
**O** h ye of little faith… ---
**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:** [February 6, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/513 "2003-02-06T20:09:53Z")
**p** uh-leeze folks, this is amazing! ---
**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:** [February 6, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/514 "2003-02-06T20:30:24Z")
\*\*Q[/]uery. Do you think this thread will make 15 pages? ---
**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:** [February 6, 2003, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/515 "2003-02-06T20:53:28Z")
**R** eally folks, this is truly **s** omething special! ---
**Author:** ![Coilean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@Coilean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coilean)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/516 "2003-02-06T21:35:17Z")
**T** rue that. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/517 "2003-02-06T22:58:43Z")
**V** erily, I say, this thread must never die. ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/518 "2003-02-06T23:13:05Z")
**W** hat wonderfully wonders we will wish while wasting words with SDMB ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/519 "2003-02-06T23:40:10Z")
**Z** eugma is a type of rhetorical figure in which a word is incorrectly used to modify two other words. The example in the American Heritage Dictionary is “She left in high spirits and a Cadillac.” I wish I could come up with a better example. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/520 "2003-02-06T23:41:49Z")
**X** marks to spot of one missed letter – **Y** ou’ve all noticed I got a wee bit ahead of myself – [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=27)