# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/141 "2009-11-13T21:48:37Z")
“Who will be the next poster?”, Sternvogel **wondered**. ---
**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, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/142 "2009-11-13T22:24:11Z")
“Don’t blame me if I post next” **NFM yipped**. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/143 "2009-11-13T22:28:09Z")
“To hell with the rules! And to hell with spelling conventions (not to mention alphabetical order)!” **xclaimed** fachverwirrt (xcitedly). ---
**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, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/144 "2009-11-13T22:31:31Z")
“Surelythisistheendofthegame.” **zipped** Nars Glinley. ---
**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, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/145 "2009-11-13T22:31:49Z")
“You can’t just throw convention out the window – it’s a slippery slope,” **argued** 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, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/146 "2009-11-13T23:08:22Z")
“Its hard to graze on slippery slopes” **baaaaaed NFM**. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/147 "2009-11-13T23:34:52Z")
“Excuse me while I dance noisily through this thread in my wooden shoes” **clogged** fachverwirrt. ---
**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, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/148 "2009-11-13T23:38:56Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > “Its hard to graze on slippery slopes” **baaaaaed NFM**. “That made me laugh out loud!” **declaimed** maserschmidt. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/149 "2009-11-13T23:52:44Z")
“This thread would be better with more sheep jokes,” **envisioned** fachverwirrt. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/150 "2009-11-13T23:59:07Z")
“… as long as they made fun of the Scots,” finished RickJay. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/151 "2009-11-14T00:01:39Z")
“Stupid thread” **groused** Malacandra. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/152 "2009-11-14T00:18:40Z")
> [@](#): > > “… as long as they made fun of the Scots,” finished RickJay. “10 sheep might be a herd, but two sheep, now thats a party” **harumphed Mac\_NFM** ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/153 "2009-11-14T00:28:59Z")
The end is nigh, **intoned** Hello Again ---
**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/154 "2009-11-14T01:23:21Z")
“You don’t know what you’re talking about!” **jabbered** cucuy. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/155 "2009-11-14T02:19:56Z")
“Just so,” **kiplinged** fachverwirrt. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/156 "2009-11-14T03:40:27Z")
“I think this game has run its course,” twickster **lied.** ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/157 "2009-11-14T03:41:53Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > “That made me laugh out loud!” **declaimed** maserschmidt. “I am glad I was able to make someone LOL” **NFM LOLed**. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/158 "2009-11-14T03:46:22Z")
“I is Lolcat,” fluffy **mewed** ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/159 "2009-11-14T03:46:45Z")
“You two simulposted your Ls” fachverwirrt **mentioned**. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/instead-of-said/517104/160 "2009-11-14T03:54:47Z")
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