# \[GAME\] 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:** 46
**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 22, 2014, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/901 "2014-09-22T12:24:45Z")
**Gravitas** was one of the Roman virtues, along with pietas, dignitas and virtus. It may be translated variously as weight, seriousness and dignity, also importance, and connotes a certain substance or depth of personality. ---
**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 22, 2014, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/902 "2014-09-22T12:27:08Z")
**G** rasping his throat, he choked on his words. ---
**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 22, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/903 "2014-09-22T13:06:19Z")
**H** ey, C.K. got ninja’d again! (What a surprise!) ---
**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 22, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/904 "2014-09-22T13:08:34Z")
**I** t’s the story of my life… ---
**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, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/905 "2014-09-22T15:21:47Z")
“ **J** ustice is the story of the life of truth as it should be.” — Fay Kawther ---
**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, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/906 "2014-09-22T17:04:46Z")
**K** enneth’s Frequency is 92.5 FM. ---
**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 22, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/907 "2014-09-22T18:24:11Z")
**L** ay me down in sheets of linen. You had a busy day today. ---
**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, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/908 "2014-09-22T18:27:12Z")
**M** iss Otis regrets she’s unable to lunch today, madam. ---
**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 22, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/909 "2014-09-22T18:27:19Z")
**N** aggie, I couldn’t have taken anymore. ---
**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 22, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/910 "2014-09-22T18:42:13Z")
**O** h, lay me down in Forest Lawn in a silver casket, put golden flowers o’er my head in a silver basket. ---
**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 22, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/911 "2014-09-22T20:05:26Z")
**P** uttin’ on the Ritz Different types who wear a day coat, **P** ants with stripes and cutaway coat, **p** erfect fits. **P** uttin’ on the Ritz ---
**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, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/912 "2014-09-22T20:37:10Z")
**Q** uelle suprise! ---
**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 22, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/913 "2014-09-22T20:41:31Z")
**R** eally, you didn’t have to be so nice. I would have liked you anyway. ---
**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 22, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/914 "2014-09-22T22:22:03Z")
**S** ome are born to move the world, to live their fantasies / But most of us just dream about the things we’d like to be. ---
**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 23, 2014, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/915 "2014-09-23T05:34:27Z")
**T** each you how to swim, **t** each me how to drown. ---
**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 23, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/916 "2014-09-23T14:21:26Z")
**U** nder the spreading chestnut tree, the village idjit sat. He rolled his eyes and flapped his lips and %#@%^& in his hat. ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/917 "2014-09-23T15:49:48Z")
**V** iolins played, wild dogs brayed, husbands strayed, and another day was coldly made. --Mae Dupplyne ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/918 "2014-09-23T15:56:38Z")
**W** hat you cannot avoid, **w** elcome. ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/919 "2014-09-23T15:58:30Z")
**X** marks the spot (for X number of spots). ---
**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 23, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/920 "2014-09-23T16:30:07Z")
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