# \[GAME\] 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:** 48
**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 23, 2014, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/941 "2014-09-23T23:31:21Z")
**T** hat’s _Mister_ Sparrow to you. ---
**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, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/942 "2014-09-23T23:34:08Z")
**U** h, it’s actually P-H-L-E-G-M. So long, now! ---
**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, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/943 "2014-09-23T23:47:18Z")
_ **V** enerable Bede_ sounds like it could be another name for phlegm. ---
**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, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/944 "2014-09-23T23:57:47Z")
**W** inurds–do not put them in the same sentence as a smim, or there **W** ILL be trouble! Especially if there’s a fnord nearby. YOU HAVE BEEN **W** ARNED! ---
**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 24, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/945 "2014-09-24T00:10:06Z")
**X** box or Playstation? ---
**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 24, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/946 "2014-09-24T01:04:38Z")
**Y** wis, thysse alpha-bette hap cometh to its closen. ---
**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 24, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/947 "2014-09-24T01:17:11Z")
**Z** arilee, I think not as in thysse alpha-bette there are fourteen more midler’n characters. ---
**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 24, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/948 "2014-09-24T01:37:09Z")
**A** lpha Beta was a regional chain of grocery stores while I was growing up. What companies from your childhood do _you_ remember? ---
**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 24, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/949 "2014-09-24T02:24:54Z")
**B** arenburg Optical made eyeglasses for 50 year old men. I was 10. ---
**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 24, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/950 "2014-09-24T03:01:25Z")
**C** ones at Star Drugstore in Galveston, the oldest drugstore in Texas. Best hand-packed ice cream, too (you ate your cone, then took home a quart for later). ---
**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 24, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/951 "2014-09-24T03:01:33Z")
**D** ime Stores: there were candies at G. C. Murphy’s or Woolworth’s that I will never taste again. ---
**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 25, 2014, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/952 "2014-09-25T05:31:40Z")
**E** veryone **e** ventually goes out of business, alas. ---
**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 25, 2014, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/953 "2014-09-25T12:25:45Z")
**F** arrell’s Ice Cream Parlor in the Galleria, in Houston. I always ordered a big juicy hamburger on an onion roll, followed by a Banana Fudge Royal. They brought you a little metal cup of the hot fudge to pour on yourself. MMMMMM… ---
**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 25, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/954 "2014-09-25T14:15:52Z")
**G** emco, where we’d go shopping every month. (It’s a Target now.) ---
**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 25, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/955 "2014-09-25T14:41:41Z")
**H** ooks Drugs, which was the rival of Haags Drugs, both of which were purchased by Osco Drugs, which has since been purchased by WalGreens. ---
**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 25, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/956 "2014-09-25T17:09:03Z")
**I** used to go to Sav-on, which I guess is CVS…whcih I guess is Osco… ---
**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 25, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/957 "2014-09-25T19:40:36Z")
**J** ustaBurger is gone forever, I guess. ---
**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 26, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/958 "2014-09-26T01:29:39Z")
**K** resge’s was a great store. It became\*\* K\*\* Mart. ---
**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 26, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/959 "2014-09-26T01:47:35Z")
**L** ong list of small **l** ocal businesses **l** ost when the megastores arrived, including a bookstore, bakery, furniture and hardware stores. It was especially sad when the little bookstore closed. ☹ ---
**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 26, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/960 "2014-09-26T01:54:05Z")
**M** urphy’s was already mentioned, but when the Smurfs started getting popular, the store near me changed their name (briefly) to Smurphy’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267.md?page=49)