# I thought that was a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 31, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404 "2008-03-31T17:01:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/21 "2008-03-31T19:00:56Z")
Wasn’t that in the title of the Alanis Morisette hit about a little pill? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/22 "2008-03-31T19:05:54Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Wasn’t that in the title of the Alanis Morisette hit about a little pill? [/QUOTE] If you meant jagged then I think you mean the lead singer for the Rolling Stones, eh? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/23 "2008-03-31T19:14:29Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] I think you mean the lead singer for the Rolling Stones, eh? [/QUOTE] No, aJagger…is like a big, shrp knife or something. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/24 "2008-03-31T19:20:25Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] No, aJagger…is like a big, shrp knife or something. [/QUOTE] I believe you meant that Dagger was the character in the golf movie with Matt Damon and Will Smith named Vance ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/25 "2008-03-31T19:29:09Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] I believe you meant that Dagger was the character in the golf movie with Matt Damon and Will Smith named Vance [/QUOTE] No, Bagger is a British curse word. **angelic smiley** ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/26 "2008-03-31T19:35:34Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] No, Bagger is a British curse word. **angelic smiley** [/QUOTE] How quaint. But I believe you mean to say that Bugger was the actor that played the Tin Man ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/27 "2008-03-31T19:36:56Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] No, Bagger is a British curse word. **angelic smiley** [/QUOTE] The word you’re looking for is Bugger. Except it’s actually a form of horse drawn transportation. ETA - Damn! Beaten out by one minute. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/28 "2008-03-31T19:41:23Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] The word you’re looking for is Bugger. Except it’s actually a form of horse drawn transportation. ETA - Damn! Beaten out by one minute. [/QUOTE] Congratulations on being able to get your 5,000th post next time. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/29 "2008-03-31T19:44:19Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Congratulations on being able to get your 5,000th post next time. [/QUOTE] I hadn’t even realized. Good grief I talk a lot. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/30 "2008-03-31T19:46:51Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] How quaint. But I believe you mean to say that Bugger was the actor that played the Tin Man [/QUOTE] Nope, sorry, Bolger is a kind of wheat. (and, **Antinor** , you don’t _begin_ to talk too much.) ---
**Author:** ![silly\_ringtones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@silly\_ringtones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silly_ringtones)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/31 "2008-03-31T19:48:48Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] 4) I thought that was an area projecting out of a marsh. [/QUOTE] I thought projecting was spitting in church ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/32 "2008-03-31T19:56:55Z")
Wrong, Bulgur is a large scavenger bird. ---
**Author:** ![Omi\_no\_Kami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Omi\_no\_Kami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omi_no_Kami)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/33 "2008-03-31T20:03:10Z")
No, Vulture is one of those guys that breaks into your house and takes your stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/34 "2008-03-31T20:11:26Z")
[QUOTE=Omi no Kami] No, Vulture is one of those guys that breaks into your house and takes your stuff. [/QUOTE] Au contraire, mon ami. Surely you meant to say that a burglar is somebody who just can’t seem to hold on to things and is forever dropping or spilling them. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/35 "2008-03-31T20:21:38Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Au contraire, mon ami. Surely you meant to say that a burglar is somebody who just can’t seem to hold on to things and is forever dropping or spilling them. [/QUOTE] Try again, that would be a bumbler that you’re thinking of. However that term refers to someone who doesn’t speak clearly. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/36 "2008-03-31T20:25:49Z")
No no no, you are thinking of a mumbler. The word you are thinking of refers to someone that plays the slots. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/37 "2008-03-31T20:29:51Z")
[QUOTE=UncleRojelio] The word you are thinking of refers to someone that plays the slots. [/QUOTE] What, agambler?No, that’s a kind of big one-story house. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/38 "2008-03-31T20:34:47Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] Try again, that would be a bumbler that you’re thinking of. However that term refers to someone who doesn’t speak clearly. [/QUOTE] Not meaning to wreck the train, since it’s doing well enough, but the word I had in mind was bungler but that’s in the same ballpark, so let it ride. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/39 "2008-03-31T20:38:07Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Not meaning to wreck the train, since it’s doing well enough, but the word I had in mind was bungler but that’s in the same ballpark, so let it ride. [/QUOTE] Heh, and I was thinking “fumbler.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/40 "2008-03-31T20:55:17Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] What, agambler?No, that’s a kind of big one-story house. [/QUOTE] I’m just guessing here but I think you must have meant rambler? but, if so, isn’t that the person that tends to critters on a movie set or on a ranch? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404.md?page=3)