# 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:** 17
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/321 "2009-11-25T22:59:09Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > “I swear, it just came to me” **testified** NG. “In my opinion, this is about the 46th-best game we’ve ever played”, Sternvogel **underrated** the thread. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/322 "2009-11-25T23:05:06Z")
“I won’t let this thread die!” twickster **vowed**. (thanks for the list!) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2009, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/323 "2009-11-25T23:41:36Z")
“I just don’t understand what happened” \*\*whooshed \*\*NFM ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/324 "2009-11-26T00:26:17Z")
“Bing bong bing bing BONG,” **xylophoned** 42fish. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/325 "2009-11-26T04:11:17Z")
“I’m worried that this game will soon be coming to an end and that nothing like it will ever come along again”, Sternvogel **yowled**. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/326 "2009-11-26T04:18:46Z")
“This thing has gotten out of control!” **zapped** Shibb. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/327 "2009-11-26T05:36:59Z")
“If it comes down to a vote, I’m neutral” \*\*abstained \*\*NFM. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/328 "2009-11-26T14:34:25Z")
“It won’t die if I’m around, 'cause I’m the wordplay goddess,” twicks **boasted**. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/329 "2009-11-26T14:43:02Z")
“i can kill all manner of threads, goddess or no,” **claimed** Jinn the Threadkiller. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/330 "2009-11-26T15:50:13Z")
“ **Jinn the threadkiller** should be banned from this thread” **decided** NFM, who is having second thoughts on his neutrality. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/331 "2009-11-26T22:45:08Z")
“This is the best thread in the history of the SDMB,” twickster **exaggerated.** ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/332 "2009-11-27T00:19:27Z")
“I roundly denounce any and all attempts to kill this thread”, Sternvogel **fulminated**. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/333 "2009-11-27T00:39:18Z")
“Where’s the listerine, I got turkey breath” NFM **gargled**. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/334 "2009-11-27T01:58:16Z")
“You all are pretty good with coming up with ‘said’ equivalents, but a few of you really need to brush up on your [dialogue punctuation](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=458585),” hinted Ponder. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/335 "2009-11-27T02:16:32Z")
“aha! a Grammar Nazi! and thus with Godwin’s Law this thread is done,” invoked Jinn the almighty Threadkiller. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/336 "2009-11-27T02:38:21Z")
“This thread is fun, who cares about grammar, punctuation, and spelling?” **justified** NFM. ---
**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 27, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/337 "2009-11-27T03:26:44Z")
“I think it’s time to bump this thread” **kickstarted** NG. ---
**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 27, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/338 "2009-11-27T03:36:28Z")
“You guys have been posting without me!” maserschmidt **lashed out**. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/339 "2009-11-27T03:40:47Z")
“This thread will survive with just a little bit of tender loving care.” nurtured NFM. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/340 "2009-11-27T04:44:49Z")
“NFM is so good at this game, yet somehow skipped from _l_ to _n_,” Sternvogel **marveled**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104.md?page=18)