# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![3\_14159265358979323846](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/eada6e/32.png) [@3\_14159265358979323846](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_14159265358979323846)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/161 "2003-03-23T04:09:21Z")
Well, that was quick. ---
**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, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/162 "2003-03-23T04:14:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > **Well, maybe if you hadn’t stopped doing puzzles, you’d remember why you stopped doing puzzles. I need to sit down.** LOL! 😃 > [@](#): > > **To all the gulls I’ve lugged before!** GROAN! _smashes glass in the fireplace_ 🙂 ---
**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, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/163 "2003-03-23T04:18:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Davebear \* > \*\*GROAN! > > _smashes glass in the fireplace_ > > 🙂 \*\* Well, shoot! Nobody held their nose and ran screaming from the bar. Guess the pun wasn’t worthy. 😉 ---
**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, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/164 "2003-03-23T04:19:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 3\_14159265358979323846 \* > \*\*Well, that was quick. \*\* Hi, **Pi**! Welcome to the SDMB/Callahan’s CrossTime Saloon. 🙂 Hey, it took him 10 minutes to figure out yours. It only took him 4 to figure out mine. He’s fast! ---
**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, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/165 "2003-03-23T04:28:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Davebear \* > \*\*Hi, **Pi**! Welcome to the SDMB/Callahan’s CrossTime Saloon. 🙂 > > Hey, it took him 10 minutes to figure out yours. It only took him 4 to figure out mine. He’s fast! \*\* Yeah, but I’m no Doc. 😃 ---
**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, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/166 "2003-03-23T04:28:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > \*\*Well, shoot! Nobody held their nose and ran screaming from the bar. Guess the pun wasn’t worthy. 😉 \*\* Damn! I wish I’d remembered that tradition! 😃 It’s been a while since I last reread any of the books. On the other hand, no one reacted to my toast (or the pun, therein), at all, so don’t take it too hard. 🙂 BTW, weren’t you about to post some more puzzles, just before that toast? _covers his eyes and runs screaming into the night_ ---
**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, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/167 "2003-03-23T04:33:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > \*\*Yeah, but I’m no Doc. 😃 \*\* You’ll do. 🙂 If there’s a real Doc, I’m not sure I’d want to meet him. I don’t think my ego could stand the pummeling. ---
**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, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/168 "2003-03-23T04:44:04Z")
Well, since you ask, **Davebear** : - Bernhart (short form), pre-vowel article, hem-and-haw sound - baby fish, writer’s necessity; musical god - soldier’s pack, common Chinese surname - screen, possesive pronoun, phone someone; athletic must - chicken product; whip, doer suffix - possesive pronoun, blackbird, seashore sight; originates from, math diagram. All with a theme, of course. ---
**Author:** ![3\_14159265358979323846](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/eada6e/32.png) [@3\_14159265358979323846](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_14159265358979323846)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/169 "2003-03-23T04:50:08Z")
The last one is: my crow wave; of Venn --\> Microwave Oven ---
**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, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/170 "2003-03-23T04:54:33Z")
There you go, pi person. Have at the rest of them now. 😃 ---
**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, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/171 "2003-03-23T05:12:35Z")
_- chicken product; whip, doer suffix_ Egg Beater ---
**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, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/172 "2003-03-23T05:14:13Z")
_- baby fish, writer’s necessity; musical god_ Frying pan ---
**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, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/173 "2003-03-23T05:18:06Z")
Go, **Davebear**! Now get the rest of them (you must see the theme now). ---
**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, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/174 "2003-03-23T05:21:16Z")
_- Bernhart (short form), pre-vowel article, hem-and-haw sound_ Colander? ---
**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, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/175 "2003-03-23T05:31:34Z")
\*- screen, possesive pronoun, phone someone; athletic must \* Measuring cup! LOL! It was only the athletic must, combined with the phone someone that gave me 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, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/176 "2003-03-23T05:32:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Davebear \* > \*\*_- Bernhart (short form), pre-vowel article, hem-and-haw sound_ Colander? \*\* Close. Very close. Actually, I goofed up there. I was thinnking of two differen things there. It should read: - Bernhart (short form), pre-vowel article; talk Another reason why puzzles and alcohol don’t mix. 😉 ---
**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, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/177 "2003-03-23T05:36:24Z")
I think this one has me stumped, even with knowing the theme. _- soldier’s pack, common Chinese surname_ (kit, duffle)?, (Hon(g), Wong, Li)? Could be kit+Li = kettle, but I think that’s reaching. I’m not very confident about the colander one, either. ---
**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, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/178 "2003-03-23T05:40:21Z")
Well, I see colander _was_ wrong. But, the new clue is even harder. Hmmm… ---
**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, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/179 "2003-03-23T05:41:15Z")
Go with your first instinct on “soldier’s pack”. ---
**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, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968/180 "2003-03-23T05:46:33Z")
OH my god! :smack: Kitchen! :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/invisible-idiots/162968.md?page=10)