# Exclamations only thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 24, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exclamations-only-thread/984528 "2023-05-24T17:15:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 64
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exclamations-only-thread/984528/1261 "2025-10-07T15:02:05Z")
Happy National Taco Day! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exclamations-only-thread/984528/1262 "2025-10-09T16:28:25Z")
I loves me some tacos, amigo! ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exclamations-only-thread/984528/1263 "2025-10-13T17:48:14Z")
Happy Thanksgiving to our Canadian Friends! Which is everyone in Canada! Especially Newfoundland! ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exclamations-only-thread/984528/1264 "2025-10-13T20:26:41Z")
We’re giving thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exclamations-only-thread/984528/1265 "2025-10-13T23:47:24Z")
I’m getting a new work computer! My old one won’t update to Win 11! I’ve had it eleven years! It was a good computer and I am sad it has to be put down! But: NEW COMPUTER!!! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exclamations-only-thread/984528/1266 "2025-10-14T17:45:19Z")
Woohoo! Hope the new one works _great!_ ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exclamations-only-thread/984528/1267 "2025-10-18T06:22:54Z")
Wow, a New York computer! Oh, never mind! ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exclamations-only-thread/984528/1268 "2025-10-18T17:13:07Z")
If a “New York” computer has to be back-ordered and won’t be available until January, then you are correct, sir! (I was just reading the Irish thread!) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2025, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exclamations-only-thread/984528/1269 "2025-10-19T03:54:01Z")
I’ve never had an Irish computer! ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exclamations-only-thread/984528/1270 "2025-10-27T22:39:31Z")
Happy Labour Day, New Zealand! Happy October Bank Holiday, Ireland! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exclamations-only-thread/984528/1271 "2025-10-29T03:22:04Z")
Hey, two naval dates of significance - it’s both Capt. James Cook’s birthday (1728) and the date on which the Confederate ironclad CSS _Albemarle_ was sunk by Lt. William Cushing (1864)! ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exclamations-only-thread/984528/1272 "2025-10-29T03:46:06Z")
Go Navy! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exclamations-only-thread/984528/1273 "2025-10-29T03:54:04Z")
Damn straight! ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exclamations-only-thread/984528/1274 "2025-10-29T16:13:48Z")
Happy “Don’t forgot to purchase your 2026 Wall Calendar” day! This calendar has some _really_ esoteric holidays on it! ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exclamations-only-thread/984528/1275 "2025-10-29T16:19:08Z")
Not today! I always wait until January to get my wall calendar, when they’re discounted! ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exclamations-only-thread/984528/1276 "2025-10-29T16:23:34Z")
Smart idea! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exclamations-only-thread/984528/1277 "2025-10-29T16:23:38Z")
Make sure you don’t order a colander by mistake ! ---
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exclamations-only-thread/984528/1278 "2025-10-29T17:49:48Z")
Remember: the calendar has squares and the colander has holes! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exclamations-only-thread/984528/1279 "2025-10-29T18:04:34Z")
Happy Halloween! 🎃 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2025, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exclamations-only-thread/984528/1280 "2025-10-30T03:54:55Z")
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