# 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:** 820
**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:** [July 31, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16386 "2017-07-31T17:31:44Z")
\*Zero Hour! \* > **[Zero Hour!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_Hour!_(1957_film))** > > Zero Hour! is a 1957 drama film directed by Hall Bartlett from a screenplay by Bartlett, Arthur Hailey, and John Champion. It stars Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, and Sterling Hayden and features Peggy King, Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch, Geoffrey Toone, and Jerry Paris in supporting roles. It was released by Paramount Pictures. > Zero Hour! was a remake of the Canadian television play Flight into Danger, and was in turn used as the basis for the parody film Airplane! > During the closing days of the S... ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16387 "2017-07-31T19:36:48Z")
Zero Mostel ---
**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:** [August 1, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16388 "2017-08-01T00:24:59Z")
zero sum ---
**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:** [August 1, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16389 "2017-08-01T01:11:42Z")
math sum ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16390 "2017-08-01T03:23:28Z")
Sum total ---
**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:** [August 1, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16391 "2017-08-01T04:13:46Z")
dim sum ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16392 "2017-08-01T10:40:25Z")
dim wit ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16393 "2017-08-01T10:51:13Z")
Half wit ---
**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:** [August 1, 2017, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16394 "2017-08-01T11:21:14Z")
half baked ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16395 "2017-08-01T13:08:56Z")
Baked Alaska ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16396 "2017-08-01T13:11:35Z")
baked beans ---
**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:** [August 1, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16397 "2017-08-01T14:27:15Z")
Baked Alaska ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16398 "2017-08-01T14:38:43Z")
Nome, Alaska ---
**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:** [August 1, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16399 "2017-08-01T15:30:26Z")
gnome garden ---
**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:** [August 1, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16400 "2017-08-01T15:31:28Z")
> [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](#): > > gnome garden I mean: garden gnome ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16401 "2017-08-01T15:34:52Z")
rose garden ---
**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:** [August 1, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16402 "2017-08-01T17:40:36Z")
rose bush ---
**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:** [August 1, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16403 "2017-08-01T18:59:52Z")
George Bush ---
**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:** [August 1, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16404 "2017-08-01T20:20:19Z")
bush league ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keep-a-word-delete-a-word/719013/16405 "2017-08-01T23:23:16Z")
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