# Match Game anyone? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 24, 2011, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949 "2011-08-24T21:01:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/181 "2011-09-16T03:06:56Z")
Great! I didn’t write B yet…and I really do have an A and B! Panelists… Ever since the government bought GM, the quality of their new cars has been really slipping! It’s true. The tailpipes on a new chevy are made out of cardboard, and the brakes are made out of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/182 "2011-09-16T15:12:04Z")
Subscribed 🙂 And **antonio** , if you re-read my answer I said he had a gold plated _girl_ robot. Cuz you know, being a nerd and all… how else will he get a girl? (no offense to any actual nerds reading this thread) 😃 Ah well, pocket protector was a better answer anyways… ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/183 "2011-09-16T21:28:08Z")
Hot diggity dog! That was a LOT faster. 🙂 MadTheSwine, your answer to this, please: Ever since the government bought GM, the quality of their new cars has been really slipping! It’s true. The tailpipes on a new chevy are made out of cardboard, and the brakes are made out of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/184 "2011-09-17T01:16:41Z")
I mean Yeticus. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/185 "2011-09-17T01:24:13Z")
Ugh…this is a toughie…probably gonna see 4 different answers here and each one isn’t gonna be obvious…but when I think of the word “slipping” and “brakes”…I think of Mario Cart…so I’m gonna say: **Banana Peels** ---
**Author:** ![HardlySanguine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HardlySanguine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HardlySanguine)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/186 "2011-09-17T03:04:03Z")
Oh, that’s a good answer. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/187 "2011-09-17T15:23:31Z")
Indeed it was! I was out last night, and didn’t want to update the game from my phone, but here it is! **janis\_and\_c0** - Rubber bands. No match there! **HardlySanguine** - Gobs of pre-dried Elmer’s Glue. Sounds delicious, but no match! **KneadtoKnow** says BANANA PEELS, so that’s a match! **Dr. Girlfriend** Votes for your feet! Flinstone’s style! Good answer **Skammer** did not play this round, but he said government surplus cheese, which I’m rather fond of. **cmkellar** also did not play this round (I should have reminded someone), but voted for Old Army Boots. Good answers all around! **MadTheSwine** , it’s all on you. Last chance to take the game with B… Panelists (everyone but ETV78/KneadToKnow’s panelist plays): Patrick Stewart, after all these years, broke down and bought himself a toupee! Have you seen this, have you heard about this? He was tired of being mistaken for \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/188 "2011-09-17T18:56:33Z")
Oh, and in case anyone was wondering how “PENIS” would have fared back in the 70s, I think I have [some idea](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kRs7F2bJgo). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/189 "2011-09-17T19:43:44Z")
Purely as a FWIW: “Boobs” on _Match Game_ was a classic and defining moment for the show, and (as was suggested back on page 1) became the standard answer for certain types of questions. However, and despite Brett’s claiming in at least one documentary that “there were no rules,” it is clear from extended viewing of the show that mentioning genitalia was absolutely forbidden when it came to answers. One panelist (I think it was Jack Carter, but I could very well be misremembering) once responded to a question with “beaver” and, IIRC, was never brought back. Aside from _very_ abstract references (Richard commented once, “I’ve got an answer here that’ll close this place” and occasionally Gene would suggest to panelists that they write down their second answer), that’s as close as I think anyone ever came. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/190 "2011-09-18T00:12:54Z")
Well, I just saw an episode of “Lingo” on GSN where one pair was given the letter ‘D’, and the clue “It always comes in the end,” to which the two ladies guessed “Dicks” followed by “Dumps.” And the next clue started with an ‘S’ and they guessed “Semen.” How far we’ve come. :rolleyes: Waiting on three panelists! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/191 "2011-09-18T00:51:08Z")
> [@antonio107](#): > > How far we’ve come. :rolleyes: Yep. I :rolleyes:ed at that episode of Lingo, too. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/192 "2011-09-18T15:13:57Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Purely as a FWIW: > > “Boobs” on _Match Game_ was a classic and defining moment for the show, and (as was suggested back on page 1) became the standard answer for certain types of questions. > > However, and despite Brett’s claiming in at least one documentary that “there were no rules,” it is clear from extended viewing of the show that mentioning genitalia was absolutely forbidden when it came to answers. Yup. I remember ‘‘boobs’’ being the raunchiest answer given on the show, even though the questions frequently lent themselves to far raunchier. When they brought back a 1990s version, without all of that pesky 70s censorship, the panelists’ responses lost all subtlety, and hence 85% of the humor of the sow. Glad to see it go. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2011, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/193 "2011-09-18T16:45:04Z")
OK, just waiting on one more panelist…_cricket chirps_ ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/194 "2011-09-20T20:58:08Z")
Still waiting on **Skammer**! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/195 "2011-09-20T21:47:43Z")
I’m sorry guys! I’m just having a really hard time coming up with a good answer. Anyone not playing care to PM me a suggestion? ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/196 "2011-09-21T08:23:59Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I’m sorry guys! I’m just having a really hard time coming up with a good answer. Anyone not playing care to PM me a suggestion? I would send you mine but it sucks…plus I’m the contestant. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/197 "2011-09-21T13:37:08Z")
I took “not playing” to mean not actively participating in this question, so I went ahead and PMed. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/198 "2011-09-21T17:58:47Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > I took “not playing” to mean not actively participating in this question, so I went ahead and PMed. 🙂 I also helped out, and **Skammer** has given us an answer. It is now time to give us your response! ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2011, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/199 "2011-09-21T20:50:24Z")
I was thinking Captain Xavier or Professor Picard…but i will go with my answer from round 1… A penis ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/200 "2011-09-22T03:39:25Z")
janis\_and\_c0: Mr. Clean. (Good Answer!) HardlySanguine: a magic 8-ball! (Good Answer!) Dr. Girlfriend: a Spaceball (I like the cross-pollination between sci-fi series!) cmkeller: Mr. Clean! Skammer: Mr. Clean!! So as you can see, no matches for ‘Penis,’ and Yeticus Rex wins! And with that, I bid adieu to the match game for the time being, in the hopes that the original MC will come back and cover for me! 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949.md?page=11)