# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/421 "2009-12-05T20:36:22Z")
“I’d have thought this thread would last two pages, three tops,” **underestimated** 42fish. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/422 "2009-12-06T04:00:30Z")
NFM **versed** > [@](#): > > There once was an interesting thread > Where verbs couldn’t be “said” > I fear it may last for years > I better go get some more beers > Be Happy, this is far from dead. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/423 "2009-12-06T14:13:03Z")
“I love Fozzie Bear,” twickster **wacka-wackaed**. Damn you people. _Damn_ you! ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/424 "2009-12-06T16:26:46Z")
Temporarily forgetting her screen name, Sternvogel [**yclept**](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/yclept) the moderator who loves Fozzie Bear “Crossword Gardener”. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2009, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/425 "2009-12-06T16:33:34Z")
NFM **admired** _Sternvogel_ for his creative y-word. ---
**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 7, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/426 "2009-12-07T14:18:05Z")
I’m so glad this thread is still going; I’ve got a good idea for C" Annie **beamed**. ---
**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 7, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/427 "2009-12-07T14:20:07Z")
“I’ll head the committee if only you people hear me” Neil Diamond **chaired** ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/428 "2009-12-07T15:36:09Z")
“We need to see where the plot is going” **developed** NFM the author. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2009, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/429 "2009-12-08T22:01:18Z")
“Shut up,” Sternvogel [explained.](http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/21226.html) No attack intended on **noffrommensa** or anybody else, just an excuse to use one of my favorite quotes. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/430 "2009-12-09T05:05:25Z")
“This thread does not appear to be losing any momentum” NFM **fabricating** an obvious lie. ---
**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 9, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/431 "2009-12-09T13:08:37Z")
“Using pig latin is probably cheating” NG **essguayed.** ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/432 "2009-12-09T14:42:46Z")
“Do you want to see my Ed McMahon impression?” twickster **hi-yoed**. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2009, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/433 "2009-12-09T21:51:51Z")
“Let’s keep this thread going until Christmas,” Sternvogel **issued** a challenge to the board. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/434 "2009-12-10T01:43:15Z")
“We can keep it going if we keep the posts together and side-by-side” **juxtapositioned** NFM. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/435 "2009-12-10T23:32:14Z")
“We need more players so this game doesn’t die out. Come on, slackers, step up! Think of some clever combinations of statements and verbs. It’s not like I’m asking for money or your first-born child. Just some contributions to a thread,” Sternvogel **kept at** the other participants. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/436 "2009-12-11T00:18:39Z")
“I am freeing everyone from their responsibilities so they can keep this thread alive” **liberated** NFM. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/437 "2009-12-11T00:54:42Z")
“Let’s see if we can keep going,” twickster **modulated**. ---
**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 11, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/438 "2009-12-11T02:22:31Z")
“This thread can’t go on any longer” **negated** NG. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/439 "2009-12-11T02:37:49Z")
“This thread is the best thing that has ever happened to the SDMB” **overstated** NFM ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/440 "2009-12-11T21:42:38Z")
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