# Before and After II
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 3, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538 "2007-06-03T01:24:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2007, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/1 "2007-06-03T01:24:00Z")
**Dolores** ’s [“Before and After”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=423354) thread made me think she wanted to play “before and after.” Whether she does or not, I do.
The idea is to make as long as a chain of phrases and compound words as possible, by taking the second half of the previous poster’s and using that as the start of a new word. For instance:
Baby rattle: rattlesnake: snake oil: oil well: well- … um …
\*… okay, try this: \* … Oil slick: Slick Willie: Willie Nelson: Nelson Buntz … uh … Buntz cake? 😃
Anyway, the idea is to make as long a chain as possible, so try to come up with something that won’t dead-end like that. (Oh, and quote who you’re responding to, in case we get such an incredible flurry of participation that it gets confusing.)
To start:
**Message Board**
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### Author:  [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/2 "2007-06-03T01:33:01Z")
[QUOTE=twickster]
To start:
**Message Board**
[/QUOTE]
Boarding House.
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### Author:  [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2007, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/3 "2007-06-03T01:37:41Z")
[QUOTE=SnakesCatLady]
Boarding House.
[/QUOTE]
House fly
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### Author:  [@GawnFishin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GawnFishin)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/4 "2007-06-03T01:49:03Z")
[QUOTE=brownie55]
House fly
[/QUOTE]
Fly wheel
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/5 "2007-06-03T02:05:48Z")
Wheel barrow
(cool game!)
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### Author:  [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2007, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/6 "2007-06-03T02:09:41Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn]
Wheel barrow
(cool game!)
[/QUOTE]
Barrow mound
(I almost picked barrow-wight but decided not to kill the thread!)
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2007, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/7 "2007-06-03T02:42:48Z")
Mound builder ( north american Indian)
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### Author:  [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/8 "2007-06-03T03:22:14Z")
Builder pattern
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### Author:  [@Scruloose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scruloose)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2007, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/9 "2007-06-03T03:27:28Z")
Pattern poetry
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### Author:  [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2007, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/10 "2007-06-03T03:31:04Z")
poetry month
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### Author:  [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2007, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/11 "2007-06-03T03:33:30Z")
monthly wages
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### Author:  [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2007, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/12 "2007-06-03T03:46:15Z")
wages of sin
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### Author:  [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/13 "2007-06-03T04:04:58Z")
Sin City
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### Author:  [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/14 "2007-06-03T04:06:08Z")
City Year
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### Author:  [@Full\_Metal\_Lotus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Full_Metal_Lotus)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/15 "2007-06-03T04:09:58Z")
Year of the Cat
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### Author:  [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/16 "2007-06-03T04:26:04Z")
cat house
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### Author:  [@pprgrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pprgrl)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2007, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/17 "2007-06-03T04:38:56Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam]
cat house
[/QUOTE]
House wine.
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### Author:  [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2007, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/18 "2007-06-03T04:56:31Z")
Wine tasting.
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### Author:  [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/19 "2007-06-03T05:07:38Z")
Tasting menu
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### Author:  [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/20 "2007-06-03T05:32:57Z")
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