# Invisible Idiots **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 21, 2003, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968 "2003-03-21T02:14:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/181 "2003-03-23T05:49:06Z")
Bingo. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/182 "2003-03-23T05:51:56Z")
I don’t know what to do with this one; _- Bernhart (short form), pre-vowel article; talk_ I’m thinking talk must be gas, but I don’t know WHAT to do with “Bernhart (short form)”. Burning gas, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/183 "2003-03-23T05:58:49Z")
Think actress. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/184 "2003-03-23T06:15:08Z")
Sandra? Short form = Sandy? I’m not getting it. Brain’s on empty. Was there a Cookie Bernhart? Dunno. I think it’s bedtime. Call me a cab, Mike. It’s time to go. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/185 "2003-03-23T14:00:44Z")
Or maybe it’s Bernhardt. Long before Sandra, at any rate. ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/186 "2003-03-23T14:16:06Z")
Saran wrap - Bernhart (short form), pre-vowel article; talk ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/187 "2003-03-23T14:19:24Z")
Wow, **peri**! You’re scaring me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/188 "2003-03-23T14:36:58Z")
That was the easy one in the series. I wish I had the same talent for designing clues. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/189 "2003-03-23T14:37:51Z")
Hey, give it a shot, you never knw. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/190 "2003-03-23T14:41:39Z")
D’oh! :smack: If I’d thought of rap… An easy one, for ya; scary puzzle solver, close one eye, commuter train on stilts ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/191 "2003-03-23T14:43:35Z")
Periwinkle. Heh. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/192 "2003-03-23T14:46:13Z")
Here’s a tougher one; guide, part of eek, exclamation; chaufered car for hire, me, fishing tool ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/193 "2003-03-23T14:47:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > \*\*Periwinkle. Heh. 😃 \*\* I _knew_ that one was too easy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/194 "2003-03-23T14:50:40Z")
I think it’s time for another toast at Callahan’s? Who’s gonna stand at the line? If it’s a good enough stinker, the next round’s on me. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/195 "2003-03-23T15:07:04Z")
Fill your glasses, gentleman! _toes the line_ To **Q.E.D.** , who demonstrated that idiots _can_ be amusing, if they’re invisible! _smashes glass in the fireplace_ I guess it’s my turn to buy the next round. Barely a whiff of stench in that one. ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/196 "2003-03-23T15:11:10Z")
_groan!_ Not bad…not bad at all. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/197 "2003-03-23T15:30:35Z")
**Stereo cabinet** - guide, part of eek, exclamation; chaufered car for hire, me, fishing tool ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/198 "2003-03-23T15:43:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by peri \* > \*\ ***Stereo cabinet** - guide, part of eek, exclamation; chaufered car for hire, me, fishing tool \*\* Scary, dude. (Dudette?) I thought that one was vague enough to take a while. ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/199 "2003-03-23T15:45:38Z")
How about this one; type of sock, verbal shrug, play for time; cube accessory ---
**Author:** ![Davebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Davebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Davebear)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/200 "2003-03-23T15:53:03Z")
Looking back, I see it _did_ take Peri a while to figure that one out. I feel better, now. (I know, I know. (S)He may not have seen it, until recently. Leave me _some_ illusions, would ya’?) > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > \*\*_groan!_ > > Not bad…not bad at all. 😃 \*\* Thanks! 🙂 It’s not too bad for off the cuff and out of practice. I used to be a punslinger of some repute, although not in Doc’s class. But, it’s been a while since I was in a real punfight. And, I was always more of a sniper than a fast draw artist. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968.md?page=11)