# Band Name Synonym Game!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 26, 2001, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607 "2001-05-26T18:49:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/241 "2001-05-27T03:36:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*Ok, now back to the obscure: > > Emaciated young dogs > > neon pre-term fetus > > chucking Zeus’ daughters > > Ginger \*\* Skinny Puppy * * * Throwing Muses And the new one: Rear End Water Sportsmen ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/242 "2001-05-27T03:39:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DMC \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > And who says I’m pretty? > > Hey, that’s what we keep hearing from those who know, or at least those who have a “knead to know.” > 😃 \*\* [hijack] Well, he’s RIGHT. :o)[/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/243 "2001-05-27T03:40:25Z")
Rear End Water Sportsmen = Butthole Surfers …and: They extol. In fact they do it so well that you can hear them from 880,000 yards away. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/244 "2001-05-27T03:43:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DMC \* > \*\*Rear End Water Sportsmen = Butthole Surfers > …and: > > They extol. In fact they do it so well that you can hear them from 880,000 yards away. \*\* Metric girl. No understand. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/245 "2001-05-27T03:49:13Z")
They extol. In fact they do it so well that you can hear them from 804,500 meters/metres away. ---
**Author:** ![DynoSaur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DynoSaur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DynoSaur)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/246 "2001-05-27T03:50:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by DMC \* > > \*\* > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > And who says I’m pretty? > > > > Hey, that’s what we keep hearing from those who know, or at least those who have a “knead to know.” > > 😃 \*\* > > [hijack] Well, he’s RIGHT. :o)[/hijack] \*\* And I’ll take his word for it if I have to, but I’d rather have the evidence for myself 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/247 "2001-05-27T04:07:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DMC \* > \*\*They extol. In fact they do it so well that you can hear them from 880,000 yards away. \*\* The Proclaimers (880,000 yards = 500 miles) ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/248 "2001-05-27T04:11:18Z")
See? Now that just doesn’t work in Metric. 804,500 m = 804.5 KM. I would walk eight-hundred-and-four-point-five kilometres and I would walk eight-hundred-and-four-point-five more… ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/249 "2001-05-27T04:22:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\*See? Now that just doesn’t work in Metric. > > 804,500 m = 804.5 KM. > > I would walk eight-hundred-and-four-point-five kilometres and I would walk eight-hundred-and-four-point-five more… > > \*\* Now I didn’t tell them boys to use miles in their song. 🙂 880,000 yards = 1 mile = 804.5 kilometers = 804,500 meters ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/250 "2001-05-27T04:30:38Z")
**brewha** _Certain - Yes?_ Sorry, but no. So this one is still out there. A few more… Atmosphere Reserve Bliss Partition Forefront Cafeteria President Completely-well and Those Who Annihilate ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/251 "2001-05-27T04:33:25Z")
Atmosphere Reserve = Air Supply Bliss Partition = Joy Division President Completely-well and Those Who Annihilate - uhh, George Thoroughgood and the Destroyers? Ginger ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/252 "2001-05-27T04:44:08Z")
New page, so here’s the list of unsolved groups: Certain Divided by septum Cadillac Helper, just add ground beef The poisonous berries Friend of one of those poisonous berries That’s a goofy name for a penis, you vicious punk. A Quartet of Shaved Head punks River Bed In Egypt Very Wide Supersonic Stealthy Blackbird neon pre-term fetus Forefront Cafeteria ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/253 "2001-05-27T04:46:40Z")
Smacks head sharply: Certain = No Doubt ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/254 "2001-05-27T04:49:00Z")
That had to hurt. I can’t come up with any more. Who’s going to give them up? ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/255 "2001-05-27T04:49:29Z")
\<\\> Yep! One more… Hurry Last Poster ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/256 "2001-05-27T04:50:36Z")
\<\\> Damn, Ginger beat me, so that one doesn’t work now… ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/257 "2001-05-27T04:54:51Z")
Sorry. I wouldn’t have had it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/258 "2001-05-27T04:57:05Z")
Run DMC 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/259 "2001-05-27T04:57:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Monstre \* > \*\*Hurry Last Poster \*\* Run DMC Some more: Scooby’s buddy Mr. Fallon’s House of Poultry Inferior to Bob’s son McNabb, Autry, and Akers ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607/260 "2001-05-27T04:57:30Z")
**Ginger** :::whispering::: It was because you weren’t supposed to be the last poster. 🙂 \ We’ll change this to: Hurry Head Smacker. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/band-name-synonym-game/66607.md?page=14)