# Five-Strike Hangman **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [July 28, 2020, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633 "2020-07-28T19:55:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 30
**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:** [August 10, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/581 "2020-08-10T15:36:01Z")
An “F”, if you would. ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/582 "2020-08-10T15:41:45Z")
And if you would ‘B’ so kind… ---
**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:** [August 10, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/583 "2020-08-10T16:31:59Z")
_F_ ‘n’ _B_… / **I** / **HAD** / **THIS** / **STORY** / **FROM** / **ONE** / **WHO** / **HAD** / **NO** / **B** \_ **S** **I** **N** **E** **S** **S** / **TO** / **TELL** / **IT** / **TO** / **ME** / , / **OR** / **TO** / **ANY** / **OTHER** / . / So – whose turn in the barrel is it? ---
**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:** [August 10, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/584 "2020-08-10T16:55:34Z")
I’ll try a “U”, Edgar. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/585 "2020-08-10T17:00:43Z")
**I had this story from one who had no business to tell it to me, or to any other.** First sentence of ERB’s _Tarzan of the Apes_, the first book in the series. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/586 "2020-08-10T17:07:18Z")
and now for something a little different… \_ \_ . / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ , / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ /\_ \_ \_ . / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ ’ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ . ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/587 "2020-08-10T17:19:17Z")
R we ready? ---
**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:** [August 10, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/588 "2020-08-10T17:24:57Z")
\_R. / \_ \_ R \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ / R \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ , / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ R \_ . / \_ R \_ \_ \_ ’ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ . Here you R. ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/589 "2020-08-10T17:32:14Z")
Quit 'T’s-ing me. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/590 "2020-08-10T17:34:39Z")
T for you. \_ R. / \_ \_ R \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ / R \_ \_ T \_ \_ \_ , / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ R \_ ./ \_ R \_ \_ \_ ’ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ . ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/591 "2020-08-10T17:39:28Z")
I guess the board software ate my post, so I’ll try again. S, please. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/592 "2020-08-10T17:41:36Z")
'S indeed. \_ R. / \_ \_ R \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ S / \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ S \_ / R \_ \_ T \_ \_ S , / \_ \_ \_ \_ S / \_ R S . / \_ R \_ \_ \_ ’ S / \_ \_ S \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ . ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/593 "2020-08-10T17:42:31Z")
D, please. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/594 "2020-08-10T17:43:18Z")
There is one D. \_ R. / \_ \_ R \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ S / \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ S \_ / R \_ \_ T \_ \_ S , / \_ \_ \_ \_ S / \_ R S . / \_ R \_ \_ \_ ’ S / D \_ S \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ \_ . ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/595 "2020-08-10T17:44:23Z")
Mmmm, good. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/596 "2020-08-10T17:45:50Z")
I knew you would MR. / M \_ R \_ \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ M \_ S / \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ S \_ / R \_ \_ T \_ MS , / \_ \_ M \_ S / M R S . / \_ R \_ M \_ ’ S / D \_ S \_ \_ / M \_ \_ \_ M \_ \_ . ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/597 "2020-08-10T17:50:57Z")
We need some vowels. How about E? ---
**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:** [August 10, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/598 "2020-08-10T17:51:13Z")
Strike one. No “E”. ---
**Author:** ![FastDan1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fastdan1/32/427_2.png) [@FastDan1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FastDan1)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/599 "2020-08-10T17:51:41Z")
H - got a guess on one word anyway… ---
**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:** [August 10, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633/600 "2020-08-10T17:53:59Z")
H it is. MR. / M \_ R \_ H \_ / \_ \_ M \_ S / \_ \_ / \_ \_ \_ S \_ / R H \_ T H M S , / \_ \_ M \_ S / M R S. / \_ R \_ M \_ ’ S / D \_ S \_ \_ / M \_ \_ M \_ \_ . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633.md?page=29) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-strike-hangman/916633.md?page=31)