# Instead of ''Said'' **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 10, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104 "2009-11-10T22:09:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/181 "2009-11-16T05:42:58Z")
“Yeah, an Office reference” **kvelled** 42fish ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/182 "2009-11-16T05:51:10Z")
“I _ **’Thing’** _ we need an Addams Family reference” **NFM Lurched**. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/183 "2009-11-16T07:15:03Z")
I’ll be pissed if this thread dies," **micturated** fachverwirrt. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/184 "2009-11-16T07:53:25Z")
“Aye I agree,” **nodded** CrazyChop. ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/185 "2009-11-16T11:16:52Z")
“I see little chance of that.” **opined** Blake ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/186 "2009-11-16T11:20:55Z")
“I swear I didn’t know ‘opined’ had already been used.” **oathed** Blake. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/187 "2009-11-16T13:59:01Z")
“I just had my 10,000th post!” **posted** Rebo. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/188 "2009-11-16T15:34:01Z")
“Nevermore!” **quoth** fish42 (and the Raven) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/189 "2009-11-16T16:12:28Z")
“No, I say, More!” **roared** Larry Borgia. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/190 "2009-11-16T16:28:31Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > “I just had my 10,000th post!” **posted** Rebo. “10,000? Big deal,” **sneered** twickster. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/191 "2009-11-16T17:37:23Z")
“It appears that we are re-using words like **opine** luckily the poster had already corrected himself” **teased NFM**. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/192 "2009-11-16T20:31:11Z")
“Frickandfrackin moderators,” **upbraided** Rebo, under her breath. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/193 "2009-11-16T20:42:00Z")
“Give them a break. They work for free.” **volunteered** Nars Glinley. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/194 "2009-11-16T20:42:19Z")
“Nars beat me to the V. The deals off!” **welched** fachverwirrt. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/195 "2009-11-16T20:56:12Z")
“What’s gnu?” **yakked** twicks. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/196 "2009-11-16T22:34:06Z")
“Gnu is a cruciverbalist’s synonym for wildebeest”, Sternvogel **averred**. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/197 "2009-11-16T23:28:30Z")
“These pretzels are making me thirsty” **blurted Cosmo Kramer**. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/198 "2009-11-17T14:11:03Z")
“Me too!” twicks **chimed in**. ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/199 "2009-11-17T14:12:18Z")
“Me, want, donuts, too!” **drummed** CrazyChop. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/200 "2009-11-17T14:22:23Z")
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