# Glad, Mad, Sad, Moss-clad

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glad-mad-sad-moss-clad/1212>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [April 9, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glad-mad-sad-moss-clad/1212 "2000-04-09T16:00:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Dystopos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@Dystopos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dystopos)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2000, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glad-mad-sad-moss-clad/1212/1 "2000-04-09T16:00:00Z")

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[http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3\_259b.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_259b.html)

Re: Rhyming words representing the character of the 4 bodily humors:

Sanguine = glad  
Melancholy = sad  
Bilious = mad  
Phlegmatic = staid

I know it’s not a perfect rhyme (like moss-clad) but a lot of poetry readers will let you get away with a near-rhyme once in a while. So, for those of you working out your own humorous sonnets, I offer this alternative.

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**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2000, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glad-mad-sad-moss-clad/1212/2 "2000-04-12T04:33:00Z")

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Check out:  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000239.html](http://boards.straightdope.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000239.html)

for other possibilities.

Peace.

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**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2001, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glad-mad-sad-moss-clad/1212/3 "2001-05-05T06:56:53Z")

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OK, I’m interested in checking out moriah’s link. Is there a conversion from old style?

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2001, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glad-mad-sad-moss-clad/1212/4 "2001-05-05T14:11:07Z")

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Moriah, your link just goes to the main forums page.

Is the thread in question [The Four Humors ?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=196)

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**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2001, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glad-mad-sad-moss-clad/1212/5 "2001-05-05T14:47:28Z")

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Yeah, that’s gotta be it. She posted her link last year, before the great conversion, probably. Thanks!

I guess I’ll bop over to About This Place or whatever it’s called, and ask my question about converting old thread IDs.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glad-mad-sad-moss-clad/1212/6 "2001-05-07T02:23:47Z")

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RM Mentock, there is no conversion for uBB links. To find a thread, you would have to use the vBulletin Search feature.

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**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glad-mad-sad-moss-clad/1212/7 "2001-05-07T06:13:18Z")

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Thanks Arnold. If I’d had a search feature on my own dim memory banks, I probably would have found that there, too.