# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/261 "2009-11-20T04:15:26Z")
“If I don’t know, who would?” twickster **maintained**. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/262 "2009-11-20T04:45:05Z")
“I want everyone to know that NFM is no ‘Yes Man’” **nayed NFM** , ignoring rules of double negatives ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/263 "2009-11-20T15:26:12Z")
“You can’t use no double negatives,” **objected** 42fish ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/264 "2009-11-20T16:09:43Z")
“Okay, who’s going to do Q?” twickster **prompted**. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/265 "2009-11-20T16:18:21Z")
"Ok, Class, who wants an test on verbs that start with ‘Q’ ? " **quizzed NFM**. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/266 "2009-11-20T16:32:05Z")
“Like I said, I really like cheese,” **reiterated** fachverwirrt. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/267 "2009-11-20T18:31:36Z")
“z z z z z z z z z z z z” **snoozed NFM**. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/268 "2009-11-20T19:53:30Z")
“No sleeping in the thread,” **tutted** 42fish. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/269 "2009-11-20T20:07:44Z")
“Good grammar and spelling are essential in this thread”, Sternvogel **underscored** the importance of attention to detail. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/270 "2009-11-20T20:10:59Z")
“Now I’m just making shit up,” **velociraptored** fachverwirrt. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/271 "2009-11-20T20:32:37Z")
“That was funny!” **yee-ha-ed** twicks. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/272 "2009-11-20T21:35:34Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > “That was funny!” **yee-ha-ed** twicks. “What happened to W” **admonished NFM**. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/273 "2009-11-20T21:45:50Z")
“That was funny” **wooooo-hoooooed NFM**. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2009, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/274 "2009-11-20T22:52:48Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > “What happened to W” **admonished NFM**. “It’s a horse apiece,” **whickered** maserschmidt. ---
**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 21, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/275 "2009-11-21T01:55:03Z")
“We can’t let b wait!” **balked** Crazychop ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/276 "2009-11-21T02:52:33Z")
“This [link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet) might help for those that are alphabetically challenged” **cited NFM**. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/277 "2009-11-21T03:29:31Z")
“Should we keep going? Maybe it’s time to stop. I’m enjoying it, though. Are you enjoying it? Are we going to run out of words? There’s lots of words. Thousands. Millions? Are there millions of words? There can’t be millions,” **dithered** twicks. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/278 "2009-11-21T04:13:59Z")
“I got all this excess saliva in my mouth, so everytime I say something, I ‘spray’ something” **NFM expectorated**. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/279 "2009-11-21T04:47:11Z")
“Let’s keep this thread moving people!” \*\*furthered \*\*maserschmidt. ---
**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 21, 2009, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/280 "2009-11-21T11:31:57Z")
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