# 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:** 353
**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:** [February 26, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7044 "2016-02-26T16:59:52Z")
_Rolling Stone_ ---
**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:** [February 26, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7045 "2016-02-26T19:48:28Z")
stone wall ---
**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:** [February 26, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7046 "2016-02-26T21:07:14Z")
Justice Stone > **[Harlan F. Stone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlan_F._Stone)** > > Harlan Fiske Stone (October 11, 1872 – April 22, 1946) was an American attorney and jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1925 to 1941 and then as the 12th chief justice of the United States from 1941 until his death in 1946. He also served as the U.S. Attorney General from 1924 to 1925 under President Calvin Coolidge, with whom he had attended Amherst College as a young man. His most famous dictum was: "Courts are not the only agency of government that must be ... ---
**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:** [February 26, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7047 "2016-02-26T22:05:57Z")
Justice League ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7048 "2016-02-26T22:15:41Z")
Criminal justice ---
**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:** [February 26, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7049 "2016-02-26T22:18:55Z")
criminal conspiracy ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7050 "2016-02-26T22:33:20Z")
Conspiracy theory ---
**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:** [February 26, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7051 "2016-02-26T22:57:40Z")
string theory ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7052 "2016-02-26T23:39:34Z")
Silly String ---
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7053 "2016-02-27T00:40:51Z")
knocked silly ---
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7054 "2016-02-27T02:40:24Z")
Silly Putty ---
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7055 "2016-02-27T03:03:02Z")
putty face ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7056 "2016-02-27T03:25:57Z")
face off ---
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7057 "2016-02-27T04:51:28Z")
Take off ---
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7058 "2016-02-27T04:52:32Z")
off switch ---
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7059 "2016-02-27T04:59:47Z")
off season ---
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7060 "2016-02-27T06:11:49Z")
deer season ---
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7061 "2016-02-27T13:09:56Z")
mule deer ---
**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:** [February 27, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7062 "2016-02-27T13:11:04Z")
deer antlers ---
**Author:** ![PoppaSan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/poppasan/32/189_2.png) [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/7063 "2016-02-27T14:46:01Z")
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