# \[GAME\] 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:** 55
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1083 "2014-10-07T01:47:44Z")
**W** ell, Enola Straight finds the [niftiest](http://img0.joyreactor.com/pics/comment/comics-seat-bus-guy-364661.jpeg) [pictures](http://i42.servimg.com/u/f42/17/32/66/32/12717110.jpg) for the [Random Silliness Thread](http://i.imgur.com/Fd9oJLd.jpg), and I didn’t get stuck with “X.” 😛 ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1084 "2014-10-07T02:20:52Z")
\*\*X \*\*is the Roman numeral for 10, which include Tuba Diva, Marley, Czarcasm, etv78, Eutychus, Shodan, St. Pauler, RTFirefly, Exapno Mapcase and Cecil Adams himself. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1085 "2014-10-07T15:14:11Z")
**Y** ou guys need to do Y. I’m too new here. 😃 Or you can accept this and move on to Z. I KNOW a Z poster! ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1086 "2014-10-07T15:52:44Z")
**Z** eldar wraps up this version of the alphabet! ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1087 "2014-10-07T15:54:40Z")
… **a** nd now, as our story opens, we find Ma Gretcham crying in the kitchen, as her son Omar has just lost his job when the icicle factory shut down. She raises her head to speak, and we hear: ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1088 "2014-10-07T16:03:19Z")
“ **B** oy, you better beef up your résumé and hit the pavement because I’m not eating beans for the rest of my life”. This caused Omar to… ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1089 "2014-10-07T16:06:48Z")
**c** ry like a baby, which was really mean on Ma Gretcham’s part because Omar only had an I.Q. of 62. Not only that, ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1090 "2014-10-07T16:07:57Z")
**d** ementia was gripping Ma in its icy fist. She didn’t remember that Omar was… ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1091 "2014-10-07T20:06:19Z")
**E** ngaged to the heiress of the Bush’s Beans fortune, and therefore likely to… ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1092 "2014-10-07T20:13:19Z")
**f** inally be able to daily count beans to his heart’s delight. It was while counting beans that Omar was happiest and, as many referred to as being, “in the zone”. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1093 "2014-10-07T20:15:49Z")
**G** ayly Omar tripped through life, embarking on a mission to plant beans from New Jersey to California. Oh, the wonders he would see. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1094 "2014-10-07T21:31:52Z")
**I** n Desmond, New Hampshire, however, things took a drastic turn for young Omar, though, as it was then he was… ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1095 "2014-10-07T23:19:20Z")
**H** eld without bond for skipping over the letter “H”. He called Ma Gretcham to explain … ---
**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:** [October 7, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1096 "2014-10-07T23:20:48Z")
**J** ust when I thought I had gotten away with, THOSE MEDDLING KIDS!!! ---
**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:** [October 8, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1097 "2014-10-08T02:42:14Z")
“ **K** indly don’t call me any more, young man,” Ma said to Omar, the memory loss taking over her mind. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1098 "2014-10-08T02:47:30Z")
**L** amenting his prison time, Omar decided to entertain himself by sculpting soap animals. This endeavor went very wrong when… ---
**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:** [October 8, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1099 "2014-10-08T03:02:56Z")
**M** iller, the guard, discovered the knife Omar carved with. In the ensuing **m** elee, three guards were injured (they tripped over each other trying to apprehend Omar) and Omar spent the next 35 years in solitary confinement. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1100 "2014-10-08T03:04:54Z")
**N** ow a word from our sponsor… ---
**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:** [October 8, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1101 "2014-10-08T03:07:30Z")
**O** h, intermission! Let’s all go to the lobby, let’s all go to the lobby… ---
**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:** [October 8, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-a/696267/1102 "2014-10-08T03:13:39Z")
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