# \[GAME\] 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:** 25
**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, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/481 "2014-09-03T22:50:07Z")
**R** iddle me this: why are pickled peppers like British consumption tax? ---
**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, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/482 "2014-09-03T23:58:41Z")
**S** o what is the answer to the riddle? ---
**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 4, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/483 "2014-09-04T00:01:56Z")
**T** hat would be: they are both found with vats. (Value-Added Tax in the second case.) ---
**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 4, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/484 "2014-09-04T00:05:20Z")
**U** so kwa-Z! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/485 "2014-09-04T00:31:46Z")
Vinegar the obvious medium to pickle a peck of 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 4, 2014, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/486 "2014-09-04T00:33:15Z")
**W** hat about the metric system? ---
**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 4, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/487 "2014-09-04T00:35:29Z")
**X’ed out** what I’d like to say, because my internet’s been down all day. \ ---
**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 4, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/488 "2014-09-04T00:42:25Z")
**Y** ou’re using Time Warner, aren’t you? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/489 "2014-09-04T00:44:23Z")
Zoinks, I hear a lot of complaints about TWC. ---
**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 4, 2014, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/490 "2014-09-04T00:45:43Z")
**A** ctually I’m using Wave Broadband, and by the way I hate starting a sentence with “actually” but I’M FOLLOWING THE RULES and not skipping to I. ---
**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 4, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/491 "2014-09-04T00:55:47Z")
Beleaguered at all hands, the feisty Kat nonetheless clings to her abecedarian integrity! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/492 "2014-09-04T00:55:47Z")
Because you followed the rules, I was able to post this sentence. ---
**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 4, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/493 "2014-09-04T01:15:10Z")
**C** RACKS ME UP how we can’t play a simple alphabet game. Yeah, you followed the rules but forgot the dreaded N. ---
**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 4, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/494 "2014-09-04T01:19:37Z")
**D** oesn’t it seem right not to use the second letter of the alpha\_et for a while as it was dou\_led up? Everything should then eventually \_alance out. ---
**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 4, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/495 "2014-09-04T01:20:01Z")
n/m (There’s your “n”) ---
**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 4, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/496 "2014-09-04T01:21:20Z")
**E** r… never mind ditto. ---
**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 4, 2014, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/497 "2014-09-04T01:26:02Z")
**F** or the record, me and Biotop and buddha are gonna start our OWN game; with black jack. And hookers. On second thought, forget the game! ---
**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 4, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/498 "2014-09-04T01:29:40Z")
Gee, make a girl feel left out. ☹ ---
**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 4, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/499 "2014-09-04T01:29:54Z")
[del] **G** et the hookers!! Yeah!!![/del] 🆒 **I** was _real_ slow on that one…we still get hookers though, right? ---
**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 4, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/500 "2014-09-04T01:30:16Z")
**H** a! Leaves me alone with the women! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267.md?page=26)