# Resolutely Striding into the New Year **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824 "2005-01-03T14:03:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/161 "2005-01-06T18:47:22Z")
**R** if for **Rue DeDay** who couldn’t find someone to play until he came across this board now he’s found himself a horde. **B** is for **Bumbazine** He tried to keep his engine clean Took it to a powerwash Ended up spending lots of dosh. **S** is for **Swampybear** He ended up in aftercare After his friend ACBG Mispoke at the apothecary. **S** is for **Scout1222** She didn’t have a thing to do She went down to her Trader Joes Now what she’s up to no one knows. **L** is for **Lissla Lissar** She couldn’t even drive a car So she found husband number 2 And gave hims something nice to do. **T** is for **Tupug Anachi** Which, to me, sounds quite flashy But I’m not sure if this is right So I asked her dogs the other night. **F** is for **TheFaerie** , see? Or could it be that it is **T**? Start with either letter, though What you come up with let me know. **T** is for **Tanookie** -belle She hit some ice and down she fell Broke her arm but did she bitch? Only when it starts to itch! **K** is for **Kytheria** I say with some hysteria If that rhymes I am not sure But then my poet skills are poor. **K** is for **Kallessa** From what I hear she’s quite the dressuh No one else around is fine as she, Who lives in that state beside the sea. **M** is for **Merrily** Thus quoth I, quite warily How oft a name is aptly descriptive And nary is he (or she?) dismissive. **Ex** is for **Exgineer** Whose purpose here is seldom clear To **Welby** cruel or kind should be Is often a question we ask of he. **F** is for our **FairyChatMom** Whose left us now, but won’t be long Till she is back in town again (She visits the **PerfectChild** [sup]TM\*\* now and then) **H** is for **Homebrew** , beer drinker’s delight He slakes my thirst most every night I only wish he lived nearby So that my throat weren’t always dry. **W** is for **Wintermute** Who came town without a suit For bathing in (it’s sad to say) I popped my eyes out thrice that day Her riding crop and leather chaps Had me swimming extra laps. **S** is for **Susan\_Foster** Next to last upon my roster But it’s not where the name come in As long as you can spare a grin. **W** is for **Welby** Um, er, what the f&ck rhymes with “Welby” Not a word, that I know Stop it now, it’s time to go. See, I’m done now; that was fun… have I left out anyone? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/162 "2005-01-06T18:58:05Z")
A is for **Ashes[sup]2[/sup]** who died skipping classes. K is for **Kytheria** who died of diptheria. W is for **welby** the undertoad took him to sea. Anybody else? ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/163 "2005-01-06T19:17:20Z")
W is for **Welby** - What could that smell be? E is for **Exgineer** - he should have waited for the “all clear!” H is for **Homebrew** - apparently he forgot to chew. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/164 "2005-01-06T19:17:54Z")
> [@Tupug Anachi](#): > > I don’t like **K is for Kate done in by an axe** … The axe is bad, but me drowning in poo is A-OK? Yeah, _that’s_ fair. ---
**Author:** ![merrily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@merrily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merrily)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/165 "2005-01-06T19:18:18Z")
**Swampy,** rhyming Rue deDay with crudite was brilliant. Me, rarely dismissive? Perish the thought. These are great, folks, except I have to keep explaining why the prop I am writing is so funny. I tell them it is a ghosting technique. prop humor–ghosting means saying things you think will counter something a competitor will say. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/166 "2005-01-06T20:08:35Z")
> [@TheFaerie](#): > > Did it make it to St. Louis yet, **Homebrew**? It rained all day yesterday, then started snowing this morning. The snow has stopped and the skys are starting to clear. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/167 "2005-01-06T20:38:11Z")
> [@merrily](#): > > **Swampy,** rhyming Rue deDay with crudite was brilliant. Also rhymes with: Creme brulee Doris Day Cheese Souffle Macrame Go Away! No, please stay Anyway Right of way Vandalay Enchanté S’il vous plait ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/168 "2005-01-06T21:59:50Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Also rhymes with: > > Creme brulee > Doris Day > Cheese Souffle > Macrame > Go Away! > No, please stay > Anyway > Right of way > Vandalay > Enchanté > S’il vous plait Hey, if you give me the rhyming words, I can do this! **Rue DeDay** , SWF’d by Doris Day. …entangled by Macrame. …vicious about Right of Way. And I am amazed by the mad skillz of those who came before me - especially **Shibb**. Almost makes up for him causing the tsunami - (and I didn’t even know he was gay!). Just goes to show that all the cool kids hang in MMP. Susan ---
**Author:** ![Wintermute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wintermute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wintermute)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/169 "2005-01-06T22:11:43Z")
Hi, all, Sorry it took me so long to get back here, but _some_one froze me in a block of ice. Brr!! > [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Why not choose both? I, for one, think we need more nuns with leather chaps and a riding crops. This cracked me up, but my sister says you’re going to the bad place for thinking of it. I defended you, though. > [@ShibbOleth](#): > > …I’m having a spot of trouble placing it. The penis, that is. Don’t worry, honey; it happens to a lot of guys. 😉 > [@Kallessa](#): > > W is for Wintermute who was just much too cute. This is true. (Some days more than others) > [@ShibbOleth](#): > > W is for Wintermute > Who came town without a suit > For bathing in (it’s sad to say) > I popped my eyes out thrice that day > Her riding crop and leather chaps > Had me swimming extra laps. Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha!!! ::Wipes tears of laughter out of her eyes:: You’re so sweet! Mrs. Shibb is a lucky woman. And, while this rhyming game looks like fun, you guys are just too good for me. Did you all swallow rhyming dictionaries or what? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/170 "2005-01-06T22:26:35Z")
> [@Wintermute](#): > > And, while this rhyming game looks like fun, you guys are just too good for me. Did you all swallow rhyming dictionaries or what? I’ve never done any kind of poetry or rhyming at all before this. Ever. Save some haikus in a haiku-sort-of-thread once. Which doesn’t really rhyme, of course. I blame parenthood, Dr. Seuss, and a large vocabulary. Oh, and I want to thank your sister for inviting me to her “bad place”, but for now I’m going to stick to flirting with the MMPers. Although I’m sure her naughtiness is _fine_. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2005, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/171 "2005-01-06T22:28:24Z")
I am very impressed with all the poeticalness in this thread. I’d love to join in - I used to be quite the poet in my younger days - but I forsook rhyme and rhythm for free verse. And I’m not very good at that. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/172 "2005-01-07T03:43:21Z")
What in hell are you people trying to do to me? That’s it, I’m bugging out for **SkipMagic** ’s board. They don’t do silly over there. They tolerate stupid, so I’m welcome. I think. On preview: they don’t do stupid, either. Would somebody please check to see if [toostupidtolive.com](http://toostupidtolive.com) is available, because I’m going to need it. I’ll fill it up with posts of me arguing with myself. I’ll make millions. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/173 "2005-01-07T04:42:02Z")
Aw, **Ex** , don’t skeedaddle. That will make me pout. And if you’ve been reading the thread, then you know that will be my downfall. You don’t want to have my death on your conscience…_DO YOU?_ ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/174 "2005-01-07T04:57:04Z")
No, **Ex** , no leaving! _grabs legs and prepares to cry_ I can’t write poetry either, and they’re letting _me_ stay. Here’s a short poem, not by me. The Grizzly bear is huge and wild: It has devoured the infant child. The infant child is not aware It has been eaten by the bear. ---
**Author:** ![Rue\_DeDay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/41988e/32.png) [@Rue\_DeDay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rue_DeDay)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/175 "2005-01-07T12:39:41Z")
OK all you clever rhyming people! The king wants a rhyme for his name. The king’s name is “Morty Moot Mope”. There’s no _way_ to rhyme _that_ name, it’s _impossible_! (Except if you’re an especially clever felt puppet.) That’s a very nice poem **Lissla**. You’re cute when you’re plagarizing. Did you know just last night, me and the boys (my children- that’s not a strange euphemism for naughty bits) were talking about “Stinky McStinkerton and his All Bear Band”. We were. how weird is that, talking about “Stinky McStinkerton and his All Bear Band” and I see a bear poem this morning. It’s crazy weird, that’s what it is. ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/176 "2005-01-07T13:47:58Z")
> [@Rue DeDay](#): > > OK all you clever rhyming people! The king wants a rhyme for his name. The king’s name is “Morty Moot Mope”. There’s no _way_ to rhyme _that_ name, it’s _impossible_! Ahem… M is for **Morty Moot Mope**. He fell down a **forty foot slope**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/177 "2005-01-07T13:53:58Z")
Just had to post first to **rue’s** challenge. I need some help. All week I’ve been suffering from an eye tik. Is everybody following along? Eye tiks don’t hurt and they are not remotely related to the eight-legged blood suckers but they are infinitely more bothersome. I’ll be staring at my computer and all of a sudden like it’ll go all jittery because of the tik. And you can see it, too! People have been looking at me funny. Like they think I’m gonna go postal or somethin’. Anybody got any surefire remedies for eye tiks? I’ll be waiting here most patiently. Tupug (She takes a likkin’ and keeps on tikkin’) ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/178 "2005-01-07T14:03:06Z")
> [@Tupug Anachi](#): > > Just had to post first to **rue’s** challenge. > > I need some help. All week I’ve been suffering from an eye tik. Is everybody following along? Eye tiks don’t hurt and they are not remotely related to the eight-legged blood suckers but they are infinitely more bothersome. I’ll be staring at my computer and all of a sudden like it’ll go all jittery because of the tik. And you can see it, too! People have been looking at me funny. Like they think I’m gonna go postal or somethin’. Anybody got any surefire remedies for eye tiks? I’ll be waiting here most patiently. > > Tupug (She takes a likkin’ and keeps on tikkin’) When I get them, they’re usually related to an elevated stress level. I suggest you drink heavily. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/179 "2005-01-07T14:03:54Z")
Excellent **Tuppy**! Tonight I am going to **yet another** 50th bday celebration. I swear it’s like everybody I know (including me) has turned or is turning 50, sometime between last year and this year. Tonight we are going to the real real good local Italian joint for dinner. Then it’s on to what is supposed to be a “surprise” celebration for the celebrant though I think he knows. His partner ain’t known for keeping secrets real well. Matter of fact partner’s nickname is turbo tongue cause he constantly runs his mouth. Y’all think I’m TMIy? I ain’t got nuttin’ on this one let me tell ya! He tells it all. In detail. Repeatedly. Anyways, after they leave to go to the restaurant, I’m supposed to go over and hang up all these signs turbo tongue has amassed about being 50 and such. I even know where the hidden key is so’s I can get in. ACBG is gonna help me, because I decided he would. Then we’ll hightail it over to the restaurant. Fortunately they live only bout a haf mile from there. Then, tomorrow, I gotta go do another 50th bday celebration. This one is much more normal. Just a nice dinner and the celebrant knows it’s happening cause this is what he wanted. Makes much more sense. There are three more of these things coming up next month. It’s been a bumper crop year for AARP so far! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2005, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824/180 "2005-01-07T14:06:35Z")
> [@Tupug Anachi](#): > > People have been looking at me funny. Like they think I’m gonna go postal or somethin’. Anybody got any surefire remedies for eye tiks? I’ll be waiting here most patiently. > > Tupug (She takes a likkin’ and keeps on tikkin’) I’m pretty sure there’s some killin’ needs done. Sounds like the only thing that’s gonna help. Listen to your inner voices, **Tupug**. **M** is for **Morty Moot Mope** Found himself a short length of rope Strung it up when he’d lost all hope But the tree limb busted and saved the Dope. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolutely-striding-into-the-new-year/282824.md?page=10)