# 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:** 24
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/461 "2009-12-16T23:16:41Z")
“Let’s go Carrolling,” **jabberwocked** twickster in an effort to restore order. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/462 "2009-12-17T00:42:52Z")
“If we kissed and made up, would it be a picture perfect moment?” **Kodaked** NFM who is not a paid endorser of any photographic company. ---
**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 17, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/463 "2009-12-17T01:19:35Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > “Ha ha **maserschmidt** , you’re not part of the in crowd” **egged** NG. “Oh, don’t be so abrasive,” **loufa’ed** maserschmidt with bathos. ---
**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 17, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/464 "2009-12-17T14:32:35Z")
“How did they ever get Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty to star in that piece of shit” Annie **ishtarred** ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/465 "2009-12-17T14:53:25Z")
“I am making a mental note of everyone that cannot follow the alphabet and report them to the moderators” **memorized** 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:** [December 17, 2009, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/466 "2009-12-17T15:00:32Z")
“If you leave me off your list, I’ll be your BFF” **negotiated** NG. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/467 "2009-12-17T15:10:22Z")
“No way, I am working stealthfully with the mods in order to banish the non-conformists from the boards” **ostracized** NFM ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/468 "2009-12-18T13:35:00Z")
“Wanna see my Eartha Kitt imitation?” **purred** twicks. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/469 "2009-12-18T19:02:45Z")
“People who won’t declaw their outdoor cats should make sure they tip well in restaurants and never wear shoes in anybody else’s house,” Sternvogel **ranted**. “And I’m skipping _q_ because you can’t spell _al-Qaida_ without it.” ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/470 "2009-12-18T20:52:49Z")
“Will we be skipping a, d, i and l as well?” **speculated** 42fish. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/471 "2009-12-18T22:19:10Z")
“Does anyone else like to go out in farm country and knock cows over in the dead of night?” \*\*tipped \*\*NFM. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/472 "2009-12-20T03:47:37Z")
[Quote=notfrommensa] “This thread does not appear to be losing any momentum” NFM fabricating an obvious lie. [/quote] “On the contrary: it’s taking longer to play each succeeding round,” Sternvogel **undercut** nfm’s argument. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/473 "2009-12-20T03:55:44Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > “On the contrary: it’s taking longer to play each succeeding round,” Sternvogel **undercut** nfm’s argument. “Ah but you missed my subliminal use of a double negative” **voiced-over** NFM while taking advantage of the hyphen loop-hole. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/474 "2009-12-21T18:27:59Z")
“If nobody adds to this thread in the next two days, a moderator may declare it dead and close the game,” Sternvogel **warned**. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/475 "2009-12-21T19:34:32Z")
“They wouldn’t do that, would they ? WOULD THEY ? What are we gonna do if they do ? We’re all doomed !”, \*\*yawled \*\*Kobal2 ---
**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 21, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/476 "2009-12-21T19:39:21Z")
“It would be like this thread never happened” **annulled** NG. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/477 "2009-12-21T20:28:49Z")
“Why do y’all always make the mods the heavies?” **bitched** twicks. ---
**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 21, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/478 "2009-12-21T20:30:48Z")
“Because all mods are merely thinly disguised jack-booted thugs intent on world domination” **concocted** NG. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/479 "2009-12-21T20:49:54Z")
“Yawl ought to come South and sit down for a spell and have some grits, fried chick’n, greens, and cornbread” **drawled** NFM. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/480 "2009-12-22T14:09:40Z")
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