# No E **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 1, 2017, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709 "2017-10-01T08:22:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709/81 "2018-01-15T22:33:19Z")
No-L, No-L, Mr. Coward, or in my birthday situation no dining out. My birthday is on a giant romantic holiday, 2/14, and finding a spot for dining out on that day (barring fast food) is always an impossibility. Loving Companion and I will not try again, and now dining-out cowards for that occasion. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709/82 "2018-01-16T17:41:53Z")
Whoa- this is still going on? For how long? My first post was so long ago! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709/83 "2018-01-17T04:04:50Z")
Why shouldn’t it go on? It’s fun! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709/84 "2018-01-17T13:30:16Z")
I concur, but I still find it stunning. And a bit baffling. But carry on, folks. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709/85 "2018-01-17T19:55:57Z")
Many British films start with “Carry On”, including _Carry On Cruising_, _Carry On Cabby_, _Carry On Jack_, _Carry On Spying_, _Carry On Cowboy_, _Carry On Doctor_, _Carry On Camping_, _Carry On Again Doctor_, _Carry On Loving_, _Carry On Matron_, _Carry On Abroad_, _Carry On Girls_, _Carry On Dick_, and _Carry On Columbus_. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709/86 "2018-01-17T21:01:49Z")
But not “carrion”. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709/87 "2018-01-18T13:47:30Z")
Carrion? Gross! Disgusting! That sort of word is simply Unfit for posting. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709/88 "2018-01-19T07:46:56Z")
Warning, gross post follows!! Skip it, or shut your ocular orbs if you want to avoid a disgusting paragraph! “Old Adam . . . carrion crow . . . old crow of Cairo”, is a morbid Victorian lyric by author and physician Thomas L.B. In it, Adam and a lady crow sup on “king’s marrow” and sit in a skull, originally from a famous slain woman Pharaoh, consort of Romans Julius and of Marc Antony. (But would two adult crows possibly fit into a human skull? I think two big crows could not both go into it. On the opposing hand, I am not an anatomist or ornithologist) In contrast, author G.M. Hopkins’s work “Not, I’ll Not, Carrion Comfort” inspiringly informs us of his psychological trials and spiritual conflicts. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709/89 "2018-01-19T08:20:51Z")
“Carrion my wayward son,” I said; making a pun out of a Kansas lyric. My son did not find it funny. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709/90 "2018-02-01T22:17:06Z")
LOL- I got it right away. ROFLMAO! Ah, what do kids know about funny? Today’s brats don’t grasp or honor classic humor. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709/91 "2018-02-05T16:26:13Z")
Gags from Victoria’s many months of holding sway in such lands as Canada and India may still crack a kid up if said humor contains such words as “piss” and “fart”. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709/92 "2018-02-05T22:10:14Z")
Oh, obviously, piss and farts will always stay hilarious. That should go without saying. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709/93 "2018-02-06T21:28:25Z")
Isn’t it funny that, as adults, such things still crack us up? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709/94 "2018-03-23T14:28:04Z")
In fact, you can find many a fictional story and, surprisingly, long(ish) books with this half-ass trick. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709/95 "2018-03-23T16:45:59Z")
A full book without that foul symbol? A book with millions of words? Truly, that’s absurdly hard to do. I would not try for all of Fort Knox’s gold. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709/96 "2018-03-23T17:16:53Z")
It’s not all that hard to, as is plainly on display in this train of thought, assuming a crucial proviso: that occasionally klutzy diction is OK and possibly logical grammar is waylaid. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709/97 "2018-03-23T17:19:41Z")
Jeez–look at the clock! I _must_ go and walk my dog. Catch you guys soon. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709/98 "2018-03-23T20:12:48Z")
I’m back, and just now saw my fuck-up. I’m sorry, truly. Don’t punish your companion in this playful colloquy. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709/99 "2018-03-23T20:41:22Z")
To punish you and inflict a sanction, six blows with a damp strip of pasta for you, Mr. Bloom ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709/100 "2018-03-23T21:13:30Z")
Pasta. Yum. Clock says “go in for food.” I concur. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-e/797709.md?page=6)