# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/121 "2009-11-12T19:45:42Z")
“Why is **Kaylasdad99** making a long distance caw?” **NFM deadpanned**. edit to tell Twicks that i’ve been waiting a couple of rounds to use “deadpanned”, and she snapped it out from under me. Dang it ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/122 "2009-11-12T20:42:32Z")
“I’m so very, very, terribly sorry!” twickster **emoted.** ---
**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:** [November 12, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/123 "2009-11-12T21:17:07Z")
“twickster forgot about [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11763912&postcount=44) post.” Nars Glinley **found.** ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/124 "2009-11-12T21:43:48Z")
“She isn’t perfect”, Sternvogel **granted**. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/125 "2009-11-12T21:52:54Z")
“We need to let loose the dogs on Twixts” **NFM hounded**. ---
**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 12, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/126 "2009-11-12T22:05:35Z")
“Let it go … she’s doing a great job,” **inferred** BobArrgh. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/127 "2009-11-12T22:07:24Z")
“Yo, homies! Give a sistah a break!” **jived** twickster. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/128 "2009-11-12T22:11:21Z")
“As you wish, m’lady.” **kowtowed** Nars Glinley. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/129 "2009-11-13T01:03:00Z")
“These threads haven’t been making me thing a Tom Swifty thread should be started,” l **ied** maserschmidt. ---
**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 13, 2009, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/130 "2009-11-13T06:39:15Z")
CrazyChop **moped** , “When is the regularly scheduled change of topic?” ---
**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:** [November 13, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/131 "2009-11-13T14:22:17Z")
“The negativism of the nabobs here is remarkable!” **nattered** 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:** [November 13, 2009, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/132 "2009-11-13T14:23:02Z")
I’m reading all these posts out loud" **oralized** Tom. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/133 "2009-11-13T14:27:24Z")
"The word ‘alphabet’ comes from the first two letters in the Greek alphabet, ‘alpha’ and ‘beta,’ " **pontificated** twickster. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/134 "2009-11-13T14:27:52Z")
“Let that be a lesson to you all,” **pontificated** the Pope. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/135 "2009-11-13T14:28:52Z")
Nice simulpost, Twickster! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/136 "2009-11-13T14:44:14Z")
“Yeah, yours had that nice Tom Swifty vibe to it, though,” **reviewed** twickster. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/137 "2009-11-13T15:29:22Z")
“It looks like we are doing the best we can to pad this thread with posts” **snitched 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:** [November 13, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/138 "2009-11-13T17:29:50Z")
“Post 138!” **trumpeted** maserschmidt. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/139 "2009-11-13T17:40:18Z")
“It’s 139 now.” **updated** Nars Glinley. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/140 "2009-11-13T17:59:03Z")
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