# Quote... ...unquote game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 7, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792 "2003-03-07T20:52:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Coilean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@Coilean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coilean)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/101 "2003-03-10T00:55:30Z")
“…were just on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.” “The buck stops…” ---
**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/102 "2003-03-10T01:02:24Z")
when you hit it with your Buick." "I crept down the hall, peeked around the corner of the door, and I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw… ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/103 "2003-03-10T02:24:48Z")
“…a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer. In July.” “It’s not the size of the boat…” ---
**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 10, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/104 "2003-03-10T02:29:56Z")
…Reginald Fessenden in a tutu!" “Fourteen percent of Canadians will, during their lifetimes, never…” ---
**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 10, 2003, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/105 "2003-03-10T02:33:31Z")
“…it’s the size of the guy at the back holding the electric fan up to the sail.” “…know the satisfaction of a good heaping plateful of scrambled amoeba.” “The bar on the fifty-seventh floor of the Manulife Centre in Toronto is _no_ place to…” ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/106 "2003-03-10T02:40:31Z")
…discuss last years sex change operation." "Wildebeest are most well known for their ability to… ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/107 "2003-03-10T03:15:58Z")
“cheat at poker.” " We named the baby after…" ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/108 "2003-03-10T03:23:37Z")
…Esprix." Keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the…" ---
**Author:** ![Black\_Train\_Song](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Black\_Train\_Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Black_Train_Song)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/109 "2003-03-10T03:27:07Z")
“…the blood test came back proving that it was indeed mine” “It’s not size that matters but…” ---
**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 10, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/110 "2003-03-10T03:29:24Z")
“…a reddish colour. This Albanian mountain goat is known as the Shqipuyo, because it can change channels without disturbing other wildlife in the vicinity.” “George Bernard Shaw was the instigator of the Shavian phonetic alphabet for English (it was created by Kingsley Read, who won a contest specified by a clause in Shaw’s will). But he also created the only punctuation mark to gain wide acceptance in the nineteenth century, which was the…” ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/111 "2003-03-10T03:43:49Z")
period It’s use was soon abandoned due to Victorian prudishness, and revived at the beginning of the 20th Century due to prevent confusion ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/112 "2003-03-10T03:46:14Z")
“What I meant to say was…” ---
**Author:** ![Roadwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@Roadwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roadwalker)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/113 "2003-03-10T03:46:52Z")
semi-question comma." “I like my coffee like I like my…” ---
**Author:** ![AnnieJamesWuvsYou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AnnieJamesWuvsYou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnnieJamesWuvsYou)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/114 "2003-03-10T03:52:55Z")
marjuana…don’t have good taste, but it is sure damn addicting!" "Two Irishman sitting in a ditch, one looked over at the other and called him a… ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/115 "2003-03-10T03:54:23Z")
“…glue – really, really strong.” “I don’t believe in love at first sight but…” ---
**Author:** ![Latch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@Latch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latch)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/116 "2003-03-10T13:54:22Z")
“… maybe I will once I open my eyes.” "The path less traveled… " ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/117 "2003-03-10T14:12:50Z")
“…generally has cleaner bathrooms at the rest areas.” “The walrus and the carpenter…” ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/118 "2003-03-10T14:48:38Z")
“…can only marry in 3 of the 50 states.” “How many roads must a man walk down…” ---
**Author:** ![it\_sjustme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/da6949/32.png) [@it\_sjustme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/it_sjustme)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/119 "2003-03-10T14:56:15Z")
“…before he finds his house after binge drinking all night?” “I thought that you were weird before I knew you…” ---
**Author:** ![Kn\_ckers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/96bed5/32.png) [@Kn\_ckers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kn_ckers)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792/120 "2003-03-10T15:33:52Z")
“…Liked to dress up in a sheep costume and sing show-tunes.” “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quote-unquote-game/159792.md?page=7)