# \[GAME\] 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:** 49
**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 26, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/961 "2014-09-26T01:54:18Z")
[del] **M** aybe some people **m** iss **M** ervyns, but I don’t.[/del] **N** inja’d! Well, Meryvns still sucked. ---
**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, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/962 "2014-09-26T02:17:42Z")
**O** h, yeah! **O** h, yeah! **O** h, yeah! **Henry’s Hamburgers** were the best! ---
**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 26, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/963 "2014-09-26T02:44:48Z")
**P** aperbacks and hardbacks from Waldenbooks I will buy no more forever. ---
**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, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/964 "2014-09-26T04:08:13Z")
**Q** uisp and **Q** uake and other breakfast cereals were bought at Penn Fruit (a grocery store). ---
**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 26, 2014, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/965 "2014-09-26T13:14:35Z")
**R** equiem: Quake (it was basically Cap’n Crunch anyway). Quisp has been revived several times and was on the shelves last time I shopped. ---
**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, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/966 "2014-09-26T13:25:28Z")
**S** hoot, I missed G for Gilley’s Bar! Famous for the scenes from Urban Cowboy. ---
**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 26, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/967 "2014-09-26T14:54:16Z")
**T** ower Records, **T** he Wherehouse, Sam Goody, Bleecker Bob’s, Moby Disc, Licorice Pizza, Music Plus – all the small record store chains are long gone. ☹ ---
**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 26, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/968 "2014-09-26T19:14:35Z")
**U** nto Burger Chef no more will I wend my way. ---
**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 27, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/969 "2014-09-27T04:07:19Z")
**V** ery good friends, tonight is kind of special…but tonight, well it won’t be Lowenbrau. ---
**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 27, 2014, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/970 "2014-09-27T04:36:45Z")
**W** ards, Monkey. Great store. ---
**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 28, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/971 "2014-09-28T13:39:57Z")
**X** cuse me? We just bought a vacuum cleaner from Monkey Wards. ---
**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 28, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/972 "2014-09-28T13:56:46Z")
**Y** ou know, I just woke up and haven’t had my coffee yet, but something is different around here this morning… ---
**Author:** ![Kimble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimble/32/19185_2.png) [@Kimble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimble)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/973 "2014-09-28T14:50:50Z")
**Z** ayre was a pretty big discount retailer and on the way into town, but we never went there because my stepfather had family in K-Mart management; by the time my mom ditched him, Zayre had closed. ---
**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 28, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/974 "2014-09-28T14:54:27Z")
> [@CheshireKat](#): > > **Y** ou know, I just woke up and haven’t had my coffee yet, but something is different around here this morning… **A** h yes, now I see what’s different. Very nice, very nice. How should we thank the mods today? ---
**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 28, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/975 "2014-09-28T14:59:00Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > **A** h yes, now I see what’s different. Very nice, very nice. How should we thank the mods today? **B** Y LABELLING: Describe your post with a helpful label. ---
**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 28, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/976 "2014-09-28T15:04:32Z")
**C** hocolate chip cookies. Everyone loves cookies. Thank you, mods. ---
**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 28, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/977 "2014-09-28T15:44:28Z")
**D** irect that thanks at the sports guys, who have made it easier for us to find our games. **D** anke. ---
**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 28, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/978 "2014-09-28T16:21:31Z")
**E** NCORE: Describe your post with a helpful label. ---
**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 28, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/979 "2014-09-28T16:31:00Z")
**F** or some, GAME: is not enough. They would like it to be **F** RIVOLOUS GAME I WISH WOULD GO AWAY SO IT DIDN’T TAKE ME A DAMN 6 SECONDS TO FIND MY \ THREAD: 😛 ---
**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 28, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/980 "2014-09-28T17:07:19Z")
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