# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/61 "2008-04-01T18:19:24Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] I beg to differ. The twister you refer to is actually just the common polite address to a male in refined conversation. It’s also the horse Ed’s first name. [/QUOTE] A common mishearing. Use this simple mnemonic. Ed was a talking horse, and when he wanted quiet, he would whisper ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/62 "2008-04-01T18:56:57Z")
Nope, that’s not right – you’re thinking of a hair on one’s chinny-chin-chin. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/63 "2008-04-01T19:03:10Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Nope, that’s not right – you’re thinking of a hair on one’s chinny-chin-chin. [/QUOTE] Are you sure? I thought that was the liquor made from corn. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/64 "2008-04-01T19:04:17Z")
(Have any of you made a list of the words so far? Quite impressive, I’d say.) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/65 "2008-04-01T19:37:48Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Are you sure? I thought that was the liquor made from corn. [/QUOTE] No, not the liquor made from corn, but the feeling you sometimes get after you’ve had a few shots of it. Dogs frequently get feeling this way, too, and without benefit of liquor. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/66 "2008-04-01T19:44:35Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] No, not the liquor made from corn, but the feeling you sometimes get after you’ve had a few shots of it. Dogs frequently get feeling this way, too, and without benefit of liquor. [/QUOTE] I think you said frisky instead of the cut of beef that’s often cooked in a Crockpot. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/67 "2008-04-01T19:49:43Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] I think you said frisky instead of the cut of beef that’s often cooked in a Crockpot. [/QUOTE] No, no. That’s a kind of quick bread usually made with baking powder in the South, yeast in the North. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/68 "2008-04-01T19:53:16Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] No, no. That’s a kind of quick bread usually made with baking powder in the South, yeast in the North. [/QUOTE] By any chance do you mean biscuit? If so, you might be interested to know that that’s actually a soup commonly made with lobster. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/69 "2008-04-01T20:04:15Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] If so, you might be interested to know that that’s actually a soup commonly made with lobster. [/QUOTE] Soup? Hardly. That’s those guys in the north of Spain who keep blowing things up and want their own country. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/70 "2008-04-01T20:08:09Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] Soup? Hardly. That’s those guys in the north of Spain who keep blowing things up and want their own country. [/QUOTE] Nah, you’re thinking of that crip course they have in college for football players where you weave the things. You put eggs in them, but not all of them. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/71 "2008-04-01T20:20:55Z")
No, that’s a basketThe thing you are looking for is a box to hold a corpse. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/72 "2008-04-01T20:23:46Z")
[QUOTE=UncleRojelio] No, that’s a basketThe thing you are looking for is a box to hold a corpse. [/QUOTE] A box??? What, those little things that flamenco dancers click between their fingers? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/73 "2008-04-01T20:27:03Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] A box??? What, those little things that flamenco dancers click between their fingers? [/QUOTE] Surely you must mean those things they put babies in… ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/74 "2008-04-01T20:32:08Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Surely you must mean those things they put babies in… [/QUOTE] Huh? I’m guessing you mean a bassinet, but that’s actually the goat-headed demon of Knights Templar lore. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/75 "2008-04-01T21:05:44Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] but that’s actually the goat-headed demon of Knights Templar lore. [/QUOTE] What a horrible thing for you to say about that lovely blond-headed actress from _Annie_! You know, Ms. Peters? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/76 "2008-04-01T21:13:54Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] What a horrible thing for you to say about that lovely blond-headed actress from _Annie_! You know, Ms. Peters? [/QUOTE] Surely you don’t mean that gal that Pat Boone sang about? Name was something like Gabardine and was like a line of cosmetics. (Glad you could spin away from Baphomet!) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/77 "2008-04-01T21:22:28Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Surely you don’t mean that gal that Pat Boone sang about? [/QUOTE] That gal? You mean the one named after the red syrup they use to make mimosas? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/78 "2008-04-01T21:25:58Z")
Isn’t that the island Reagan invaded? ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/79 "2008-04-01T21:32:05Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Isn’t that the island Reagan invaded? [/QUOTE] No, that’s the Italian dessert made from shaved, frozen espresso. Yum. I’d invade a bowl of that stuff any damn day of the week. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404/80 "2008-04-01T22:37:13Z")
[QUOTE=OneCentStamp] No, that’s the Italian dessert made from shaved, frozen espresso. Yum. I’d invade a bowl of that stuff any damn day of the week. [/QUOTE] Could granita not be that trail mix of oats and nuts and raisins and M&M’s that hippies are prone to eat? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-thought-that-was-a-_________/443404.md?page=5)