# Invisible Idiots

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968>\
**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:** 9\
**Page:** 19

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**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 25, 2003, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/361 "2003-03-25T14:18:49Z")

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_yawn_

Mornin’ all. Just let me sweep out the fireplace, and I’ll be back with some new puzzles…

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**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/362 "2003-03-25T16:51:25Z")

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what Opie might say (with “Pa”), either, first letter of a Mexican bean; gully, gerund end, load one not sixteen

one, successor to the corset, amateur radioman; type of log

he had more iron than Lou, pectoral (for one); groovy, brink

plus, regret; ball game, one of the three in Centauri

metro car, longing; speak over, invoice, sheep; one of them burned  
Julie

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**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 25, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/363 "2003-03-25T19:55:11Z")

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George Washington  
Abraham Lincoln  
Calvin Coolidge  
Andrew Jackson  
George W. Bush

😃

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**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 26, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/364 "2003-03-26T02:37:00Z")

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Step right up, folks! Here’s the lastest batch:

- come out ahead, nap; an iron, golf accessory, satiated oneself
- drain cleaner, cease; rouge; tam
- startled sound, toy truck maker, much modifier; bend
- stranger nickname, get \_\_\_ there, bum; pee follower, sybilant sound; foil metal

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**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/365 "2003-03-26T03:38:09Z")

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Windows 98 - come out ahead, nap; an iron, golf accessory, satiated oneself  
Linux Red Hat - drain cleaner, cease; rouge; tam  
OS/2 Warp- startled sound, toy truck maker, much modifier; bend  
Macintosh OS X - stranger nickname, get \_\_\_ there, bum; pee follower, sybilant sound; foil metal

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**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 26, 2003, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/366 "2003-03-26T03:51:23Z")

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What? Over an hour? You’re slowing down, there **peri**. 😉

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**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/367 "2003-03-26T04:13:51Z")

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I got hung up on the third one. I couldn’t think of anything but SPIN.

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**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 26, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/368 "2003-03-26T04:32:51Z")

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SPIN? Is that an OS I’ve not heard of?

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**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/369 "2003-03-26T04:50:23Z")

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Yes, out of the University of Washington I believe.

Far too many useless facts floating in my head.

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