# Before and After II **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 22
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/421 "2007-06-14T12:08:23Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] employment history [/QUOTE] History of the World (part II) ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/422 "2007-06-14T13:41:16Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] History of the World (part II) [/QUOTE] World tour ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/423 "2007-06-14T13:55:05Z")
[QUOTE=Eleanor of Aquitaine] World tour [/QUOTE] Tour de France ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2007, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/424 "2007-06-14T21:02:20Z")
[QUOTE=ShibbOleth] Tour de France [/QUOTE] France fries ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/425 "2007-06-15T01:43:32Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] France fries [/QUOTE] Fried green tomatoes ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/426 "2007-06-15T01:51:00Z")
tomato sauce ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/427 "2007-06-15T01:52:56Z")
[QUOTE=fetus] tomato sauce [/QUOTE] Sauce for the goose ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/428 "2007-06-15T03:56:08Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] Sauce for the goose [/QUOTE] Gooseberries. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/429 "2007-06-15T05:02:19Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > Gooseberries. Berry my heart at Wounded Knee Come on, how many phrases start with ‘berry’? ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/430 "2007-06-15T05:50:01Z")
That seems like a stretch of what the OP intended (granted, I apparently ran afoul of her intentions just a few posts ago, myself, but allow me to throw stones): > [@twickster](#): > > 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 … If nobody can figure out something short that starts with “berries”, go back to “goose”. Right? ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/431 "2007-06-15T09:44:01Z")
berry picking ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/432 "2007-06-15T10:01:52Z")
[QUOTE=Surly Chick] berry picking [/QUOTE] picking and choosing ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/433 "2007-06-15T10:08:15Z")
Choose me! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/434 "2007-06-15T10:53:41Z")
Me and My Shadow ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/435 "2007-06-15T12:32:38Z")
shadow boxing ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/436 "2007-06-15T12:37:02Z")
Boxing Day ---
**Author:** ![hocow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hocow/32/4112_2.png) [@hocow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hocow)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/437 "2007-06-15T12:59:21Z")
Day pass ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/438 "2007-06-15T13:01:02Z")
pass or play ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/439 "2007-06-15T13:56:05Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] pass or play [/QUOTE] Play nice ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538/440 "2007-06-15T13:57:33Z")
[QUOTE=Eleanor of Aquitaine] Play nice [/QUOTE] Nice ass! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/before-and-after-ii/406538.md?page=23)