# Beat this... Every other letter is an "A"! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2001, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903 "2001-11-23T16:33:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lectricity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9d8465/32.png) [@Lectricity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lectricity)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903/1 "2001-11-23T16:33:37Z")
Sara saw an Alabama Banana man at a bar. ---
**Author:** ![Monkeypants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Monkeypants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkeypants)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903/2 "2001-11-23T16:34:35Z")
Can we beat you instead? šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903/3 "2001-11-23T16:42:54Z")
Okay, for my reply Iā€™ll offer up something in which _every_ letter is an ā€œAā€: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! ---
**Author:** ![Arwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Arwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arwen)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903/4 "2001-11-23T16:44:19Z")
Can anyone say ā€œboredomā€? Thatā€™s rightā€¦letā€™s all say it together nowā€¦ ā€œboredomā€! ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903/5 "2001-11-23T16:45:19Z")
There is a point hereā€¦ isnā€™t there? ---
**Author:** ![Lectricity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9d8465/32.png) [@Lectricity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lectricity)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903/6 "2001-11-23T16:49:59Z")
If there was a point, Iā€™m in the wrong Forum. You could beat me, Monkeypaints, but whats the point in that? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903/7 "2001-11-23T16:55:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lectricity \* > \*\*Sara saw an Alabama Banana man at a bar. \*\* Oh my GOD! This is ART! PURE ART! This needs to be moved to Cafe Society right away so they may admire the pure, white hot light of itā€™s genius! Would an attending moderator please bring a forklift to move this immortal work to a safer forum chop chop! ---
**Author:** ![Lectricity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9d8465/32.png) [@Lectricity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lectricity)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903/8 "2001-11-23T17:00:15Z")
Thanks Astro. I thunk it all by myself! Now I get a pat on the back too! ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903/9 "2001-11-23T17:08:29Z")
Is there _quite_ so much need for the hostility? **Lectricity** is simply trying some wordplay here. Youā€™d think he was trying to insult you or something. I thought it was a noble effort. Why donā€™t some of you pooh-poohers try to do better, hmmm? pan ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903/10 "2001-11-23T17:30:00Z")
Wouldst that I had such a vowel movementā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903/11 "2001-11-23T18:08:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Purd Werfect \* > \*\*Wouldst that I had such a vowel movementā€¦ \*\* Yes, I envy the regularity. ---
**Author:** ![Forbin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5e9695/32.png) [@Forbin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forbin)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903/12 "2001-11-23T18:16:14Z")
Welcome to the boards **Lec**! I liked it. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903/13 "2001-11-23T18:23:21Z")
Congrats, 'Lec, you have amused me. And Iā€™m easily amused. šŸ˜ƒ (And I second that welcome, wholeheartedly.) ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903/14 "2001-11-23T18:26:18Z")
Yeah but _backwards_ it says: Raba tan amanana bamabala na wasaras! ---
**Author:** ![Lectricity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9d8465/32.png) [@Lectricity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lectricity)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903/15 "2001-11-23T18:31:34Z")
RATS! I had no idea someone would catch on to the secret backward message so fast! Top notch work Uncle! Back to the drawing board for meā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903/16 "2001-11-23T18:43:48Z")
Yeah, but if you take all the Aā€™s and assume that they all equal ā€˜1ā€™, youā€™d get 14. Multiply _that_ by any number, letā€™s use 47.5715, we get ā€” 666!!! A backwards message _and_ the Number of the Beast! Magnificent! Now I must kill you as a child of good. ---
**Author:** ![Nukeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Nukeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nukeman)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2001, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903/17 "2001-11-23T20:00:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\*Yeah but _backwards_ it says: > > Raba tan amanana bamabala na wasaras! \*\* Yes, and wouldnā€™t you like to know what that means in Tongan! ---
**Author:** ![Lectricity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9d8465/32.png) [@Lectricity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lectricity)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903/18 "2001-11-24T01:16:41Z")
BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD BAD!!! Every third letter is a B!!! ---
**Author:** ![DMAAN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/278dde/32.png) [@DMAAN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMAAN)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903/19 "2001-11-24T01:58:06Z")
No, every third leter is a D d ---
**Author:** ![Lectricity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9d8465/32.png) [@Lectricity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lectricity)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2001, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903/20 "2001-11-24T02:41:42Z")
Thems fightin words. However, I canā€™t express in words the shame I feel in having to be corrected on such an obvious mistake. Time now for me to rock back and forth in a corner for a whileā€¦ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beat-this-every-other-letter-is-an-a/94903.md?page=2)