# \[GAME\] a

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267>\
**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\
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**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 19, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/881 "2014-09-19T23:10:07Z")

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**M** erry meet and merry part, and merry meet again.

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**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 19, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/882 "2014-09-19T23:29:12Z")

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**N** o, I still don’t know my ABC’s, why do you ask?

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**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 20, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/883 "2014-09-20T01:56:40Z")

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**O** nly those who ask receive an answer.

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**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 20, 2014, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/884 "2014-09-20T04:13:08Z")

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**P** lease reply promptly.

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**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 20, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/885 "2014-09-20T04:15:11Z")

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**Q** uick enough for ya?

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**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 20, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/886 "2014-09-20T12:14:07Z")

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**R** elax…no rushing…

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**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 21, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/887 "2014-09-21T00:51:06Z")

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**S** peed kills, but slowness also dies a quiet death.

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**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 21, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/888 "2014-09-21T02:00:50Z")

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**T** ime flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.

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**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 21, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/889 "2014-09-21T02:30:11Z")

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**U** nicorns fly like a pegasus without wings.

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**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 21, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/890 "2014-09-21T13:45:51Z")

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**V** ampires fly like the creatures of the night they are.

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**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 21, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/891 "2014-09-21T13:49:16Z")

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**W** izz Air would be the wrong choice to fly if you are Hungary. They don’t serve any complimentary food or beverages.

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**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 21, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/892 "2014-09-21T14:06:04Z")

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**X** -raying your luggage at Wizz Air takes longer, 'cause they don’t have an x-ray machine.

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**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 21, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/893 "2014-09-21T16:27:01Z")

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**Y** ou cannot fly unless you have wings…and you cannot have wings unless you dream to fly.

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**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 21, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/894 "2014-09-21T17:08:22Z")

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**Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz** …I’m dreaming of flying. Down to the DQ.

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**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 21, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/895 "2014-09-21T18:58:32Z")

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**A** nd now for something completely different…

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**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 21, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/896 "2014-09-21T19:09:29Z")

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**B** reathes there a man with soul so dead, who never to himself hath said: “This is my own, my native land, This is my native land.”?

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**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 21, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/897 "2014-09-21T19:11:45Z")

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**C** iting Mitch Hedberg: “I had a parrot. The parrot talked, but it did not say “I’m hungry,” so it died”.

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**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 21, 2014, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/898 "2014-09-21T19:29:10Z")

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**D** oes your bubblegum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight?

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**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 22, 2014, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/899 "2014-09-22T03:47:12Z")

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**E** very gravestone is but a spoiler to a story abbreviated such that it is essentially untold, according to a quote from author Derek G. Wylie.

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**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 22, 2014, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/900 "2014-09-22T12:12:50Z")

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**F** ol-de-rol and Fiddle-de-dee.

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