# 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:** 22
**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:** [December 12, 2011, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/421 "2011-12-12T03:06:17Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > “Recently” > > “any large bills” > > Johnnie Cochran would have a field day with those ambiguous words and phrases.😃 You really slay me. For serious. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/422 "2011-12-12T15:18:57Z")
Such a violent answer, from such a genteel personage! Let’s see what our genteel panelists had to say: **HardlySanguine** : candles **Hoopy Frood** : A flamethrower **Dr. Girlfriend** : A blowtorch… well it probably only works once!, for a match! **antonio107** : Gasoline **Dolores Reborn** : Candles **notfrommensa** : Fireflies Well, played, everyone! This game ends with the score of 2-1 in favor of **cmkeller**! Congratulations to our latest champion! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/423 "2011-12-12T15:21:22Z")
Way to go, **cmkeller**! ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/424 "2011-12-12T15:33:23Z")
You, know. For some reason, I had it in my head that a blowtorch and a flame thrower were the same thing, when they are quite different. I actually own a blowtorch; I just wish I owned a flamethrower. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/425 "2011-12-12T15:45:32Z")
pffffffffffffffffffffffffft the person that wanted to light the xmas tree wanted to save money. Don’t candles, flamethrowers, blowtorches, gasoline all cost something, either in the capital cost or supplies? Obviously, **Fireflies** is the definitive answer!!! Now if it was **Dumb Donald** or his wife **Dora** , or **Weird Willie** , candles and blowtorches would be good answers. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/426 "2011-12-12T15:47:11Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > pffffffffffffffffffffffffft > > the person that wanted to light the xmas tree wanted to save money. > > Don’t candles, flamethrowers, blowtorches, gasoline all cost something, either in the capital cost or supplies? > > Obviously, **Fireflies** is the definitive answer!!! > > Now if it was **Dumb Donald** or his wife **Dora** , or **Weird Willie** , candles and blowtorches would be good answers. Hey man, my family is from Eastern North Carolina. There’s big savings in arson. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/427 "2011-12-12T16:29:48Z")
Around here there’s no fireflies (lightning bugs!) to be found at Christmas time. ☹ So you’d have to pay to have them flown in, and the poor critters probably wouldn’t survive the cold. That is a good answer, though! ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/428 "2011-12-12T19:02:06Z")
Maybe he insured it? Granted, he’d probably only be able to pull this off once assuming that the investigators couldn’t prove arson. Which makes me wonder if you can actually take out an insurance policy against XMas tree damage. I mean, it’s a rather inconsequential piece of property. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/429 "2011-12-12T19:06:05Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > Around here there’s no fireflies (lightning bugs!) to be found at Christmas time. ☹ So you’d have to pay to have them flown in, and the poor critters probably wouldn’t survive the cold. That is a good answer, though! Ditto. I thought of fireflies, but here in Chicago, all the adults are dead this time of year. And if you actually managed to capture and have some live long enough to be alive at Christmas, they’re cold-blooded like all insects, which means they’re going to die as soon as you put them in cold temperatures anyway. I mean I guess if you have a bunch of really long-lived fireflies in climate-controlled enclosures (and I thought we were supposed to save money) and started piping pheremones into those enclosures so they had the desire to mate (since that’s what the whole flashing lights thing is about anyway), you might be able to light your outdoor XMas tree with them, assuming you’re not violating some weird zoning ordinance. Personally, I’ll just use a flamethrower. It’ll be cheaper and much easier. Less time I need to commit to the process as well. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/430 "2011-12-29T05:48:08Z")
One last extravaganza for 2011? 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 29, 2011, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/431 "2011-12-29T06:41:58Z")
Sure, we can try to squeeze one more in. 🙂 Look for a new game to start Thursday around 3 pm. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/432 "2011-12-29T11:34:21Z")
Yay! ---
**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:** [December 29, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/433 "2011-12-29T23:07:07Z")
Sorry for the delay, everyone. Today wound up being busier than expected for a day off. Expect the new game to be up around 8 pm ET. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/434 "2011-12-29T23:58:12Z")
Looking forward to the final game of the year, but sadly will not be able to participate. I’ll read the re-runs after the original has aired though! ---
**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:** [December 30, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/435 "2011-12-30T01:56:10Z")
New game begins now! The first two responses I receive will be the contestants, the next six will be the panelists. 🙂 Please PM me now with your response to this: > [@](#): > > Dumb Dora is so dumb! She was invited to a New Year’s Eve party but RSVPed that she can’t come because she doesn’t know \_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/436 "2011-12-30T04:12:51Z")
Yay! New game! 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 30, 2011, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/437 "2011-12-30T13:33:09Z")
Room for two more! ---
**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:** [December 30, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/438 "2011-12-30T23:35:39Z")
Alrighty, then! We’ve got all our panelists in, so it’s time for contestant #1, **antonio107** , to share with us his answer to this: > [@](#): > > Dumb Dora is so dumb! She was invited to a New Year’s Eve party but RSVPed that she can’t come because she doesn’t know \_\_\_\_\_\_\_. ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/439 "2011-12-30T23:42:09Z")
What date it’s on! ---
**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:** [December 31, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949/440 "2011-12-31T14:58:12Z")
That Dora’s pretty dumb, isn’t she? Let’s see what our panelists had to say: **notfrommensa** : What day it is, a match! **HardlySanguine** : how to play a kazoo! \*\*Maus Magill \*\*: The Old Year **cmkeller** : what year it is, which the judge, citing the holiday season, is going to ding for a match! **Dolores Reborn** : What date the party is on!, another match! **Hoopy Frood** : anyone named Eve So that’s 3 matches for **antonio107** in round 1. Now let’s see what contestant #2 can accomplish. **Dr. Girlfriend** , please cast your thoughts over your question, as I ask our panelists now to PM me with their best response to this: > [@](#): > > Dr. Frankenstein said, “I’m very proud of my latest creation. At last I have successfully transplanted a fully functional brain into \_\_\_\_\_\_\_.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/match-game-anyone/593949.md?page=23)