# 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:** 25
**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, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/481 "2009-12-22T14:11:26Z")
“I’ve decked the halls with boughs of holly,” \*\*fa-la-la-la’ed \*\*42fish. ---
**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 22, 2009, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/482 "2009-12-22T14:15:28Z")
“That quack of a dentist pulled all my teeth,” **gummed** Annie ---
**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 22, 2009, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/483 "2009-12-22T14:19:43Z")
“You sure got a purdy mouth **Annie** ” **heckled** 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:** [December 22, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/484 "2009-12-22T14:42:23Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > "You sure got a purdy “Enough with the Deliverance references!”\*\* interrupted\*\* maserschmidt. ---
**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 22, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/485 "2009-12-22T19:09:51Z")
“My most famous poem has been translated into over 25 languages” Charles Lutwidge Dodgson **jabberwockied** ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/486 "2009-12-22T19:27:20Z")
“That Jennings dude has the most wins of any _Jeopardy!_ champion,” Sternvogel [kenned](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/kenned). ---
**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 22, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/487 "2009-12-22T20:10:09Z")
“Hey guys, I’ve found the most awesome [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=539453)ever” **linked** NG. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/488 "2009-12-22T20:42:45Z")
“I don’t have time to look over that thread, but I will look at it later” NFM \*\*mulled over \*\*NG’s last post. ---
**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 23, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/489 "2009-12-23T01:50:48Z")
“I predict that you’ll like it” NG **Nostradamussed**. ---
**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/490 "2009-12-23T05:01:59Z")
“Meh, it’s neither good nor bad” cucuy **oscillated**. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/491 "2009-12-23T06:12:16Z")
“I used to work at the juice factory, but I couldn’t concentrate, so I got canned” **punned** 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 23, 2009, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/492 "2009-12-23T13:31:39Z")
“OK, maybe it’s not the most awesome thread ever” **retracted** NG. ---
**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 23, 2009, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/493 "2009-12-23T14:14:30Z")
“I’m gonna put him in prison even though I know he is innocent” Stephen King **shawshanked** ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/494 "2009-12-23T15:28:20Z")
“Maybe we should try some different technology here,” twickster **tweeted**. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/495 "2009-12-23T16:11:30Z")
“Posters are hereby forbidden to let this thread die before the New Year,” Sternvogel **[ukased](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ukase)**. ---
**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 23, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/496 "2009-12-23T16:13:20Z")
“I’ll second that” **voted** NG. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/497 "2009-12-23T16:20:43Z")
“Did you hear about the guy, who overdosed on Viagra and Flomax? He didn’t know whether he was coming or going” **whizzed** 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 28, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/498 "2009-12-28T03:40:58Z")
“Christmas is over. It’s time to restart this thread” **yuled** NG. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/499 "2009-12-28T03:50:03Z")
Re: Idle Thread “As long as everyone is repentant for their egregious sin, all is forgiven” **absolved** NFM. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/500 "2009-12-28T16:12:32Z")
“If you post to this thread, you’ll get more hot babes than you can handle,” **bullshitted** 42fish. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104.md?page=26)