# Make up a rumour about the above user
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [July 22, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615 "2016-07-22T18:50:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 45
### Author:  [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615/882 "2018-05-14T03:39:28Z")
Annie X-mas once used a ballpoint pen to connect the dots on her arm because she thought God sent her a message. The dots spelled out CELERY.
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### Author:  [@Mr\_Zox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Zox)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2018, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615/883 "2018-05-14T06:30:16Z")
**boson** thinks he’ll go real fast if he eats ac-celery.
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615/884 "2018-05-14T14:44:05Z")
When **Mr Zox** says “X is very useful if your name is Nixie Knox”, I don’t think he means it the same way the rest of us do.
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### Author:  [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615/885 "2018-05-14T16:57:19Z")
Blue Blistering Barnacle tried to light his farts once. Red Adair was called in to put out the fire. John Wayne starred in the move.
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### Author:  [@Mr\_Zox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Zox)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615/886 "2018-05-14T19:51:21Z")
**cornflakes** hates milk. And sugar.
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### Author:  [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2018, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615/887 "2018-05-15T04:17:58Z")
The Scrabble rule change to allow names and other proper nouns specifically don’t allow “ZOX.” I don’t know the details. I asked my friend at Mattel about it, but he said that it’s “something personal” and “the big, big dogs really wanted it.”
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2018, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615/888 "2018-05-15T11:13:41Z")
**cornflakes** don’t know much about history, don’t know much biology…
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### Author:  [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615/889 "2018-05-15T19:28:45Z")
**Blue Blistering Barnacle** is neither blue nor a barnacle. However, he can cause blisters if you get too close.
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### Author:  [@Mr\_Zox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Zox)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615/890 "2018-05-16T00:05:05Z")
\*\*davidm \*\*peddles lutefisk on downtown streetcorners; he sells it in brown paper bags, and only accepts cash.
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### Author:  [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615/891 "2018-05-16T00:32:49Z")
Mr Zox knows perfectly well that it wasn’t lutefisk he bought from davidm, and he’s been back several times for more.
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### Author:  [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615/892 "2018-05-16T00:42:00Z")
TruCelt pronounces it SELT on some days, KELT on others…
> [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](#):
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> **cornflakes** don’t know much about history, don’t know much biology…
Been reading my GQ posts, haven’t ya? 🙂
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### Author:  [@Mr\_Zox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Zox)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615/893 "2018-05-16T01:11:58Z")
\*\*cornflakes \*\*has never eaten crook-neck squash.
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615/894 "2018-05-16T01:32:45Z")
**Zox** wasn’t a **Mr** until late in life; no one was sure which of the three genders he was 'til puberty hit.
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### Author:  [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615/895 "2018-05-16T16:54:40Z")
burpo wanted a lowrider until he found out that he couldn’t just order one from the factory.
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### Author:  [@Mr\_Zox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Zox)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615/896 "2018-05-16T18:45:22Z")
**cornflakes** likes to knaw on spruce trees.
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### Author:  [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615/897 "2018-05-16T22:27:17Z")
**Mr Zox** , evil genius that he is, has somehow caused all of **cornflakes** ’ mail to be sent to Battle Creek, Michigan.
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### Author:  [@Mr\_Zox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Zox)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2018, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615/898 "2018-05-17T01:59:47Z")
**burpo the wonder mutt** used to live in Cattle Breeks, WY.
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### Author:  [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2018, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615/899 "2018-05-17T07:07:46Z")
Mr Zox ain’t got no snap, ain’t got no crackle and ain’t got no pop.
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2018, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615/900 "2018-05-17T13:22:32Z")
**cornflakes** follows the Atkins low-carb diet.
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### Author:  [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-up-a-rumour-about-the-above-user/760615/901 "2018-05-17T14:13:23Z")
**Annie-Xmas** popularized the Santa Sugar-Cookie Diet.
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