# 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:** 21
**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:** [December 1, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/401 "2009-12-01T23:59:45Z")
“Oh, I’m sure this thread will keep going,” **anticipated** maserschmidt. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/402 "2009-12-02T01:11:08Z")
NFM \*\*busted Maserschmidt’s Chops \*\*“Why are revivving this obviously dead thread!!” ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/403 "2009-12-02T01:35:35Z")
“Yeah, why can’t you just let it die in peace,” **complained** 42fish. ---
**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:** [December 3, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/404 "2009-12-03T01:05:59Z")
“Oh, fine,” maserschmidt **decided**. “I’m done if you are.” ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2009, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/405 "2009-12-03T03:00:54Z")
“We can’t be out ‘e’–verbs yet, can we” **ejaculated** Jack Mehauf. ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/406 "2009-12-04T09:34:09Z")
“You let it die” \*\*fumed \*\*Blake. ---
**Author:** ![Zenja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/47e85d/32.png) [@Zenja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenja)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/407 "2009-12-04T10:44:31Z")
“Like that will ever happen,” Zenja **giggled** while hoping that the word hasn’t been used already. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2009, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/408 "2009-12-04T11:47:45Z")
CrazyChop **hogged** the conservation. “Is the thread alive or dead!? Anyone wants to take a peek in the box!?” ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/409 "2009-12-04T15:34:14Z")
“But if you look in the box, it will definitely become one or the other,” **iterated** 42fish. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/410 "2009-12-04T15:37:31Z")
“But if you look in the box, it will definitely become one or the other,” **jinxed** NG. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/411 "2009-12-04T16:09:30Z")
“Are there any strings attached?” **knotted** NFM. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/412 "2009-12-04T17:54:56Z")
“i’ll huff, and i’ll puff. i _will_ blow the thread down!” **lashed** Jinn “the Pigbane” Threadkiller. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/413 "2009-12-04T18:11:11Z")
“not by the hair of my chinny chin chin” **moaned** 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:** [December 4, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/414 "2009-12-04T20:58:29Z")
“Why did Blinkie leave the thread?” \*\*nictated \*\*maserschmidt. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/415 "2009-12-05T03:22:46Z")
“I have a confession to make – I missed this thread so much, I had to return. Indeed, I love this thread,” Sternvogel **opened up**. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/416 "2009-12-05T14:28:18Z")
“I must post in this thread before I do anything else,” Annie **prioritized** ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/417 "2009-12-05T14:54:47Z")
“Its a good thing that I have a keyboard to type this statement” **qwertied** NFM. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/418 "2009-12-05T15:14:34Z")
“I have a secret closet in my house”, Sternvogel **revealed**. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/419 "2009-12-05T16:10:20Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > “I have a secret closet in my house”, Sternvogel **revealed**. “If it’s secret you shouldn’t talk about it!” **shushed** maserschmidt. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/420 "2009-12-05T16:48:35Z")
“Vee have vays to make you talk, vee will tighten the screws” **torqued** NFM. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104.md?page=22)