# Phrases you don't really want associated with your name... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 28, 2014, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509 "2014-02-28T11:31:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/101 "2014-03-17T14:20:19Z")
“…parachute failed to open…” “…flesh-eating bacteria…” “…over a million dollars in back taxes…” “…in his 17th year on Death Row…” “…tumor the size of a grapefruit…” ---
**Author:** ![Melchior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Melchior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melchior)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/102 "2014-03-17T14:26:19Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > “…parachute failed to open…” > > “…flesh-eating bacteria…” > > “…over a million dollars in back taxes…” > > “…in his 17th year on Death Row…” > > “…tumor the size of a grapefruit…” I already said ‘parachute failed to open’ in post 91. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/103 "2014-03-17T16:27:01Z")
“…inexplicable radiation leak…” “…was unable to stop eating…” “…skin was commingled with the material of the couch…” “…was found dead, burned as he tried to escape the clutter-filled house…” (This actually happened to a friend of a friend) “…cardboard shelter was kicked apart by the gang…” “…winning lottery ticket was a cruel hoax…” “…was detained at the border over a week ago…” “…oleaginous…” ---
**Author:** ![Melchior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Melchior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melchior)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/104 "2014-03-17T17:45:25Z")
‘remained trapped inside’ ‘suffering from violent diarrhœa in consequence of the food’ ‘pierced several vital organs’ ‘left the highway at high speed’ ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/105 "2014-03-17T20:11:04Z")
> [@Melchior](#): > > I already said ‘parachute failed to open’ in post 91. > > LOL Well, I looked over the thread twice, but apparently my eyes failed to open. Substitute: “…barricaded in his apartment…” ---
**Author:** ![Melchior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Melchior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melchior)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/106 "2014-03-17T20:35:51Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Well, I looked over the thread twice, but apparently my eyes failed to open. > > Substitute: “…barricaded in his apartment…” ‘authorities were shocked to find’ ‘neighbors had complained of the foul odors’ ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/107 "2014-03-17T20:38:56Z")
[132-Pound Scrotum Guy Dead at 49](http://www.tmz.com/2014/03/14/130-pound-scrotum-wesley-warren-dead/#ixzz2wFqBoMhB) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/108 "2014-03-19T04:12:48Z")
…growths resembling trees… …anti-psychotic medications proved ineffective… …meteor collision… …series of bad business decisions… …enraged former associate… …had not been seen for some time… ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/109 "2014-03-19T05:14:10Z")
… resembled a chunky soup … ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/110 "2014-03-19T05:40:07Z")
… mistaken for the new 58th flavor of Heinz Ketchup … ---
**Author:** ![oz0ne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc348/32.png) [@oz0ne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oz0ne)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/111 "2014-03-19T08:27:36Z")
…found at the bottom of the Indian Ocean… ---
**Author:** ![coffeecat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coffeecat/32/3405_2.png) [@coffeecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffeecat)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/112 "2014-03-19T11:04:03Z")
“…the poor dear…” ---
**Author:** ![SmokeTwibz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@SmokeTwibz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmokeTwibz)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/113 "2014-03-19T18:10:37Z")
Wrongfully convicted. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/114 "2014-03-19T22:49:16Z")
“Bless her heart.” ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/115 "2014-03-20T13:51:50Z")
appearing this week on Amazing Race (or any other reality show) with co-host Rush Limbaugh. with co-host Bill Maher with fiance Sarah Palin ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/116 "2014-03-20T13:53:40Z")
… mistaken for a moose by Sarah Palin, shot, and gutted … ---
**Author:** ![oz0ne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc348/32.png) [@oz0ne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oz0ne)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/117 "2014-03-20T15:52:28Z")
…mistook Sarah Palin for a moose, then shot and gutted her… ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/118 "2014-03-20T17:08:20Z")
> [@SmokeTwibz](#): > > Wrongfully convicted. “involuntarily committed” ---
**Author:** ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/119 "2014-03-20T17:33:36Z")
“Last seen in a video released by the kidnappers” “Identified by DNA analysis of the severed ear sent to his family” ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-you-dont-really-want-associated-with-your-name/682509/120 "2014-03-20T17:34:02Z")
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