# Keep a Word, Delete a Word **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 1, 2015, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013 "2015-05-01T15:39:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 211
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4204 "2015-10-25T03:16:59Z")
Gentle Ben ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4205 "2015-10-25T03:28:47Z")
Uncle Ben ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4206 "2015-10-25T04:53:44Z")
Uncle Buck ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4207 "2015-10-25T12:33:41Z")
Buck Dharma ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4208 "2015-10-25T12:56:12Z")
Dharma Bums ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4209 "2015-10-25T13:11:14Z")
Robert Burns ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4210 "2015-10-25T13:13:36Z")
[Uh, Rat? That was B u m s, not B u r n s. _Dharma Bums_ is a novel by Jack Kerouac.] ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4211 "2015-10-25T13:22:40Z")
Dem Bums (the old Brooklyn Dodgers) ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4212 "2015-10-25T13:31:52Z")
Dem state ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4213 "2015-10-25T14:12:23Z")
State Farm ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4214 "2015-10-25T14:34:41Z")
state fair ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4215 "2015-10-25T14:37:09Z")
state firmly ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4216 "2015-10-25T14:41:11Z")
Red state ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4217 "2015-10-25T15:23:06Z")
red wine ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4218 "2015-10-25T17:02:58Z")
dandelion wine ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4219 "2015-10-25T17:39:07Z")
wine country ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4220 "2015-10-25T18:36:19Z")
Country ham ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4221 "2015-10-25T18:49:58Z")
country road ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4222 "2015-10-25T20:32:03Z")
Road hog ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/4223 "2015-10-25T21:00:19Z")
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