# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/61 "2009-11-11T11:25:42Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > “Yooooooouuuuuuuuuu” forgot the K," ululated Diogenes. “That is correct,” BigT **verified**. ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/62 "2009-11-11T11:59:21Z")
“Missing that K has ruined the whole thread”, \*\*whined \*\*Blake. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/63 "2009-11-11T13:15:42Z")
“Yeah ! What he said !” \*\*yelped \*\*Kobal2 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/64 "2009-11-11T13:24:12Z")
“What a maroon! No ‘z’?” **zinged** twickster. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/65 "2009-11-11T14:11:37Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > “What a maroon! No ‘z’?” **zinged** twickster. “‘Z’ could probably make it through a round or two,” \*\*allowed \*\*Shibb. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/66 "2009-11-11T14:13:05Z")
“But that was the same z-word as last time!” **bellowed** Biffy. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/67 "2009-11-11T14:21:36Z")
“Caw!” **cried** Crow ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/68 "2009-11-11T14:30:52Z")
“I just woke up,” Sigmagirl **divulged**. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/69 "2009-11-11T14:36:16Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > “But that was the same z-word as last time!” **bellowed** Biffy. “Someone must have snuck that in when I wasn’t looking,” \*\*excused \*\*twickster. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/70 "2009-11-11T15:13:30Z")
“Looks like the mods over in The Game Room are slacking on the job,” **fumed** Uncle Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/71 "2009-11-11T16:21:04Z")
“This thread is still going?”, **gasped** kenobi 65. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/72 "2009-11-11T16:35:47Z")
“The world is full of surprises!” CrazyChop jeered at kenobi 65 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/73 "2009-11-11T16:44:42Z")
"What happened to ‘H’ and ‘I’ " NFM heckled at CrazyChop ---
**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:** [November 11, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/74 "2009-11-11T17:06:47Z")
Crazychop hailed NFM and inferred, “I need to reload my alphabet subroutines! After I comes K!” ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/75 "2009-11-11T17:06:58Z")
“They’re out behind the stadium,” insinuated Van Morrison. “I posted too late,” keened Sigmagirl. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/76 "2009-11-11T17:55:23Z")
NFM lorded over Crazychop: "No No No, After ‘I’ you should say ‘M’ as in ‘I am insane’ " ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/77 "2009-11-11T20:46:00Z")
“Back away from the crazy person,” **murmured** Biffy. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/78 "2009-11-11T20:58:01Z")
“Don’t refer to people as crazy unless they’re certifiably insane”, Sternvogel **nagged**. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/79 "2009-11-11T21:05:05Z")
“Make sure nobody insults anyone else,” **ordered** Uncle Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![BobArrgh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobarrgh/32/2881_2.png) [@BobArrgh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobArrgh)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/80 "2009-11-11T21:08:56Z")
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