# 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:** 54
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1061 "2003-02-19T05:10:37Z")
**M** ay I wear Bermuda shorts in cold weather? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1062 "2003-02-19T05:31:07Z")
**N** o! **O** h, OK. ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1063 "2003-02-19T06:09:58Z")
**P** lease tell me this thread will die soon. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1064 "2003-02-19T06:26:10Z")
**Q** uite so. I’ve been saying that all along! ---
**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 19, 2003, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1065 "2003-02-19T06:40:44Z")
**R** ecusing myself due to conflict of interest. ---
**Author:** ![The\_MacDairmuid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_MacDairmuid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_MacDairmuid)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1066 "2003-02-19T07:29:26Z")
**S** ubmitting to the inevitable. **T** his thread, I think, is immortal. **U** nending. [A] **V** irtual moebus thread. (Thank goodness for preview! I almost left out the **V** entry.) **W** hat synonym for eternal begins with **W**? ---
**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 19, 2003, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1067 "2003-02-19T12:53:44Z")
**X** erxes! I get X again! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1068 "2003-02-19T12:55:21Z")
**X** anthippe was the wife of Socrates, a famous nag. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1069 "2003-02-19T12:56:45Z")
**Y** oicks! A professional editor did that – Xanthippe was the nag, not Socrates.:smack: ---
**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 19, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1070 "2003-02-19T13:21:07Z")
**Z** ooming in to keep this going. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1071 "2003-02-19T15:00:59Z")
**A** gain with the two-posting, eh **twickster**? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1072 "2003-02-19T15:20:34Z")
**B** ut it doesn’t count as post-padding if I’m correcting a moment of not-quite-awake-yetness, right? ---
**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 19, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1073 "2003-02-19T15:57:30Z")
**C** ould be that **Homebrew** is jealous ya beat him to it **twickster**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1074 "2003-02-19T16:00:40Z")
**C** lear-headed posting is best. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1075 "2003-02-19T16:02:04Z")
**D** rat, **swampbear** has ratted me out! (and beat me to “C”) ---
**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 19, 2003, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1076 "2003-02-19T16:02:17Z")
**D** oesn’t count **Homebrew** my “c” was first. ---
**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 19, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1077 "2003-02-19T16:03:23Z")
**E** verybody point at **Homebrew** and laugh. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1078 "2003-02-19T16:13:16Z")
**F** unny, funny **Homebrew**! It is to laugh! ---
**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 19, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1079 "2003-02-19T16:14:06Z")
**G** iggle! ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850/1080 "2003-02-19T16:47:47Z")
**H** a, ha, ha, hee, hee, hee! You so funny! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a/150850.md?page=55)