# Declarations **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 13, 2004, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719 "2004-04-13T03:06:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719/161 "2004-04-19T14:24:07Z")
To me, the weather has seemed better recently. Anyone else enjoying a beautiful Spring? ---
**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:** [April 19, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719/162 "2004-04-19T15:15:29Z")
Abolish the oak and pecan pollen then I’ll be happy with Spring **TellMeI’mNotCrazy**. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719/163 "2004-04-19T15:23:11Z")
It is certainly the best day I’ve seen yet this year. Sure wish I wasn’t stuck behind a desk. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719/164 "2004-04-19T16:55:42Z")
And even though the pollen gets to me, it’s warm and sunny and wonderful today! ---
**Author:** ![Aragowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@Aragowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aragowyn)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719/165 "2004-04-19T21:30:40Z")
To think I just found this thread! Wish I joined in on the fun earlier. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719/166 "2004-04-19T21:42:13Z")
Institute a personal policy to check out seemingly odd threads more often, **stevenalice**! ---
**Author:** ![Peregrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Peregrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peregrine)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719/167 "2004-04-19T22:05:53Z")
New players are still welcome, I hope? ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719/168 "2004-04-19T23:55:13Z")
Government of this thread does not preclude new posters, **peregrine**. Welcome to you and **stevenalice** ( God, I spent several minutes considering why you were advertising lice before realizing that you’re two people - Steven and Alice! I R Idiot! ). btw, here in Trenton the weather has been magnificent today too! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SpectBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@SpectBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpectBrain)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719/169 "2004-04-20T00:01:31Z")
I don’t care if she’s seventeen or if she’s never been to Vermont, I’m still going to use a monkey wrench! ---
**Author:** ![ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ZombiesAteMyBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZombiesAteMyBrain)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719/170 "2004-04-20T00:19:44Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > It is certainly the best day I’ve seen yet this year. Sure wish I wasn’t stuck behind a desk. You should have been in Belfast today, Hal, and you’d have been grateful to be behind that desk. We had rain, hailstones, thunder, lightning and strong winds today. Spring … what Spring? ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719/171 "2004-04-20T00:56:06Z")
Laying out the ground rules of this game was never stated directly. **Spect and Zombie** You will have to learn as you post what is or is not an incorrect post. And welcome to the game !!! ---
**Author:** ![Aragowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@Aragowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aragowyn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719/172 "2004-04-20T01:04:58Z")
Its nice to feel welcomed; I hope grammar rules are loosely enforced. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719/173 "2004-04-20T01:59:49Z")
Foundation of the rules can be inferred from the first four posts, with the major clues in post #4. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719/174 "2004-04-20T02:17:33Z")
On a normal night, I’d be all over \*\*stevenalice \*\* for such a flagrant disregard for the most basic of grammar rules - and knowingly so to boot! But the weather is too nice, and well, at least he gets the rules! 😉 It’s encouraging - more and more people are catching on! ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719/175 "2004-04-20T02:42:52Z")
Such a fun game !!! I hope the moderators don’t shut it down anytime soon. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719/176 "2004-04-20T03:09:56Z")
Principles of the game dictate that this gets seen through to the end. Which, if we keep it at one key term per post, leaves us with only 1,166 posts to go. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719/177 "2004-04-20T04:32:30Z")
And, I thought I would jump in here, adding just a quick post about how I love this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719/178 "2004-04-20T10:34:21Z")
Organizing my books: that’s what I ought to be doing. But instead I’m doing something stupid, like going to work! ---
**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:** [April 20, 2004, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719/179 "2004-04-20T11:52:36Z")
Its American roots make this thread fun for me. ---
**Author:** ![Peregrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a6a055/32.png) [@Peregrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peregrine)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719/180 "2004-04-20T15:13:06Z")
Powers in charge of board moderation may frown on the projected length of this thread. Perhaps a multi-paragraph format should be encouraged. In this way, we can reduce our overall impact on bandwidth, while still achieving our aim. Besides, it allows us to speed through some of the less challenging entries. One would, of course, refrain from hogging too many of the best opportunities. Such a proposal would require approval by a two-thirds majority, though, wouldn’t it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/declarations/239719.md?page=10)