# \[GAME\] a **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 23, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267 "2014-08-23T02:58:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/401 "2014-09-02T04:37:29Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Props to Cheshire. _Thanks! 🙂_ **R** ationality is the conscience of synergy. And ducks. Ducks should be reasonable. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/402 "2014-09-02T08:04:53Z")
**S** wans, too. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/403 "2014-09-02T13:36:11Z")
**T** urkeys… not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/404 "2014-09-02T13:57:53Z")
**U** rgency is the misbelief that time may be lassoed. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/405 "2014-09-02T14:06:20Z")
n/m ---
**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:** [September 2, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/406 "2014-09-02T14:16:50Z")
**V** erily, we must lasso time itself so that burpo can sleep in later. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/407 "2014-09-02T14:24:10Z")
**W** ell, yesterday was my 50th birthday! ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/408 "2014-09-02T14:24:21Z")
**X** erxes said that we create aphorisms so that our understanding of truth may sleep within identifiable fences. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/409 "2014-09-02T14:29:11Z")
**Y** esterday was EH’s 50th Birthday! This entire week will be devoted to cake, ice cream and balloons! And readings from Tolkein and American History. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/410 "2014-09-02T14:44:22Z")
**Z** igzagging won’t help, EH - you’re getting SPANKED. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/411 "2014-09-02T15:06:17Z")
**A** lso, this next **a** lphabet round is 100% devoted to Elendil’s Heir’\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*s 50th birthday milestone. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/412 "2014-09-02T15:18:06Z")
Big Happy Birthday to Elendil. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/413 "2014-09-02T15:45:37Z")
**C** andles are a bad idea, you’ll burn the house down. 🙂 [H/B!!!] ---
**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:** [September 2, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/414 "2014-09-02T16:22:11Z")
**D** enethor sends his regards. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/415 "2014-09-02T16:29:48Z")
**E** lendil’s Heir is fifty, which is certainly nifty, but he’s looking right shifty, and ginger-cookie thrifty… ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/416 "2014-09-02T16:44:24Z")
Fifty, one year for every state in the union. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/417 "2014-09-02T18:45:50Z")
Gadzooks! That’s a long time! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/418 "2014-09-02T18:47:09Z")
Half a century. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/419 "2014-09-02T19:12:09Z")
**I** t’s better than being the wrong half of a centaur. :eek:😃 ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/420 "2014-09-02T19:29:56Z")
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