# Lets play connections!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections/565342>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 25, 2010, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections/565342 "2010-12-25T05:58:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 12\
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**Author:** ![luvtinayothers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@luvtinayothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvtinayothers)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections/565342/1 "2010-12-25T05:58:38Z")

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Virgil Starkwell  
Henry Bemis  
Ralphie Parker

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections/565342/2 "2010-12-25T06:32:11Z")

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> [@luvtinayothers](#):
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> Virgil Starkwell  
> Henry Bemis  
> Ralphie Parker

They all wear thick eyeglasses?

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**Author:** ![luvtinayothers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@luvtinayothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvtinayothers)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections/565342/3 "2010-12-25T07:31:09Z")

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There’s a better connection…

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**Author:** ![Mince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mince)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections/565342/4 "2010-12-25T07:46:18Z")

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They’ve never been in my kitchen. Oh wait, Henry Bemis _was_ in my kitchen just last year. Carry on.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections/565342/5 "2010-12-25T07:50:21Z")

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I’ve not seen “Take the Money and Run”, and can’t find a good online synopsis, but I’ll guess anyway.

Do they all get what they wish for, but it turns out to be a bad thing?

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**Author:** ![luvtinayothers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@luvtinayothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvtinayothers)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections/565342/6 "2010-12-25T07:53:24Z")

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Yes to Mince, I mean no to Mince, and no to BigT.

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**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections/565342/7 "2010-12-25T08:22:27Z")

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They all were characters on “Twilight Zone” episodes?

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**Author:** ![luvtinayothers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@luvtinayothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvtinayothers)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections/565342/8 "2010-12-25T08:30:17Z")

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Nope. Only Henry Bemis was.

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections/565342/9 "2010-12-25T08:34:09Z")

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They all had a gub, I mean gun.

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections/565342/10 "2010-12-25T08:43:37Z")

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Or, they all had broken eyeglasses and a gub, I mean gun.

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**Author:** ![luvtinayothers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@luvtinayothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvtinayothers)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections/565342/11 "2010-12-25T08:43:54Z")

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“What does apt natural mean?”  
Hmmm…that’s a good answer but not the one I was looking for.  
They did all have a gun. But there’s something else they have  
In common.

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**Author:** ![luvtinayothers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@luvtinayothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvtinayothers)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2010, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections/565342/12 "2010-12-25T08:45:19Z")

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Yes! We have a winner. They all broke their own glasses.  
I posted my last response before I saw your second guess