# \[GAME\] 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:** 24
**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 3, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/461 "2014-09-03T17:18:02Z")
**ZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz** … ---
**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 3, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/462 "2014-09-03T17:22:08Z")
**A** s a bender of the rules, I declare etv78’s e **X** actly to be an allowable post. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/463 "2014-09-03T17:22:20Z")
After skipping a letter altogether, I think getting creative with a letter is OK. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/464 "2014-09-03T17:23:21Z")
Boy, my phone sucks! ---
**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 3, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/465 "2014-09-03T17:26:45Z")
**C** razy world we live in, innit? ---
**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 3, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/466 "2014-09-03T17:33:17Z")
**D** ouble letters aren’t helping my problem, people. 😃 ---
**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 3, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/467 "2014-09-03T17:34:00Z")
**E** h? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/468 "2014-09-03T17:40:51Z")
Forget it burpo, it’s the Dope. ---
**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 3, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/469 "2014-09-03T18:04:35Z")
**G** adzooks, the last round missed an “N” and an “R” … those **g** reat cookies must have really **g** rabbed our attention. ---
**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 3, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/470 "2014-09-03T18:12:46Z")
**I** wonder if any more letters will be skipped. ---
**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 3, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/471 "2014-09-03T18:14:58Z")
**H** ell no, we won’t go…by the rules. ---
**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 3, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/472 "2014-09-03T18:37:39Z")
**J** umping letters could lead to anarchy. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/473 "2014-09-03T18:39:55Z")
Keeping with alphabetical order will keep us on the straight and narrow. ---
**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 3, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/474 "2014-09-03T18:41:36Z")
**L** emmings. ---
**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 3, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/475 "2014-09-03T20:59:09Z")
**M** elvil Dewey would be proud. ---
**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 3, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/476 "2014-09-03T21:53:43Z")
**N** o bar, **n** o cigar stand, **n** o gambling and **n** o late hours. These were the complaints heaped upon “that darned literary fellow” (Dr. Melvil Dewey) who thought he could run a Summer resort at Lake Placid FL. Instead of going broke, he built up an institution with 1,500 guests in Summer and 1,200 in Winter, 390 buildings and forty-three farms, a general store, a library of 10,000 volumes, sport facilities for all and a reputation as the centre of Winter sports in America. When he first provided rooms for guests for Winter sports, he was thought crazy. (source: NY Times 12/27/1931) ---
**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 3, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/477 "2014-09-03T22:05:14Z")
**N** ot FL, but rather, Lake Placid **N** Y! ---
**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 3, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/478 "2014-09-03T22:11:04Z")
Oy Vey! Two Ns in a row! ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/479 "2014-09-03T22:15:27Z")
Peter Piper picked a bunch of pickled peppers. ---
**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 3, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/480 "2014-09-03T22:40:30Z")
**Q** uestion: how were the peppers pickled before they were picked? 😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267.md?page=25)