# Sandman duel **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184 "2007-05-15T15:05:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Puzzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@Puzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puzzler)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/101 "2007-05-18T18:14:10Z")
For reference, here’s what we had so far: The Ocean, The Sun, time, a queue, a youngster, a Mother, an Infant, a loved pacifier, a plastic bag, the same plastic bag, a puppy, crate, a bladder, a wee-wee pad, the same wee-wee pad six hours later, a bottle of Odor-B-Gon!, a weirdo, saltwater, pollution, a distillation plant, a power outage, a flashlight, a leaky battery, a base, CATS. Catnip, an Herbalist, a cheap-ass cauldron, June Carter Cash risen from the dead and picking up the herbs, a Rasta, Haile Selassie, The Hulk, Bruce Banner’s pants, the Marvel Ultimates Universe \, a rivet, Bender, a virus, an anti-retroviral medication, allergy, a steroid, an itch in the middle of your back, a long fingernail, a fungus critter, an insect, a boot, Homer Simpson, the childproof medicine cap, the determined toddler in the Terrible Twos, The Nap, Sugar, Death, Memory, Alzheimer’s, Love, Hate, Laughter, a corporate training seminar, casual Fridays, the office fat chick in Daisy Dukes and a halter top, fashion sense, nerd, a bully, Marty McFlyMarty’s mom, midlife, children, Children, education, Daydreams, ADD; a Mack truck, the spirit of poor driving, a truck stop whore, Love \, hate \, Indifference, mild interest, a punch to the face, an ice pack, condensation, drought, a hurricane, a hurricane lamp, a surge flood, a raft, a hidden underwater hazard, the Coast Guard, Bollinger Shipyards, Anti-Pork legislation, the legislature, the people, Televisiona Blackout, vivid imagination, boredom, Excitement, religous extremism; Tolerance, Racism, Justice Please try to avoid repeats! ---
**Author:** ![Puzzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@Puzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puzzler)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/102 "2007-05-18T18:17:14Z")
[QUOTE=Scribble] I am Justice, impartial and fair to all. [/QUOTE] I am corruption, unseen, hard to stop. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/103 "2007-05-18T18:48:38Z")
I am investigation, exposing and correcting. ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/104 "2007-05-18T19:40:42Z")
I am a Dickhead. Loud and irritating. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/105 "2007-05-18T19:42:28Z")
[QUOTE=Omegaman] I am a Dickhead. Loud and irritating. [/QUOTE] I am a condom, lubricating and contraceptive. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/106 "2007-05-18T19:44:00Z")
I am drunkenness, intoxicating and memory-reducing. ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/107 "2007-05-18T19:59:04Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] I am drunkenness, intoxicating and memory-reducing. [/QUOTE] I am AA, coffee drinking and comradery building ---
**Author:** ![Puzzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@Puzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puzzler)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/108 "2007-05-19T05:35:37Z")
[QUOTE=Reepicheep] I am AA, coffee drinking and comradery building [/QUOTE] I am temptation, subtle, ever-present. ---
**Author:** ![Schuyler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@Schuyler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schuyler)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/109 "2007-05-19T06:54:05Z")
[QUOTE=Puzzler] I am temptation, subtle, ever-present. [/QUOTE] I am an oath, solemn and irrevocable. [By the way, this sequence had wonderful poetry - thanks to **WhyNot** : I am Death, peaceful and final. I am Memory, eternal and forever. I am Alzheimer’s, insidious and degenerative. I am Love, accepting and gentle. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/110 "2007-05-19T15:39:35Z")
[QUOTE=Schuyler] I am an oath, solemn and irrevocable. [/QUOTE] I am natural order, amoral and unjudging. ---
**Author:** ![Puzzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@Puzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puzzler)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/111 "2007-05-19T18:53:15Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] I am natural order, amoral and unjudging. [/QUOTE] I am a miracle, unnatural, out of the ordinary. ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/112 "2007-05-19T21:34:04Z")
I am disbelief, belittling and cynical ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/113 "2007-05-19T22:02:53Z")
[QUOTE=Reepicheep] I am disbelief, belittling and cynical [/QUOTE] I am LDS, experience-triggering, vision-engendering, and cynicism-shattering. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/114 "2007-05-19T22:13:08Z")
[QUOTE=AHunter3] I am LDS, experience-triggering, vision-engendering, and cynicism-shattering. [/QUOTE] _I’ve known some Mormons who were pretty cool people, but I wouldn’t go that far…_ I am utter relaxation. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/115 "2007-05-20T00:32:33Z")
… and dyslexia-inducing! ---
**Author:** ![Puzzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@Puzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puzzler)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/116 "2007-05-20T06:20:54Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] I am utter relaxation. [/QUOTE] I am a fire alarm, loud, tensing. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/117 "2007-05-20T07:32:23Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] I am a power outtage. [/QUOTE] heh. gay man said “outtage” – I’m seeing a particularly hypocritical closted senator getting his comeuppance… ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/118 "2007-05-21T10:08:46Z")
[QUOTE=Puzzler] I am a fire alarm, loud, tensing. [/QUOTE] I am a fire drill; orderly and calm-inducing. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/119 "2007-05-21T11:16:34Z")
[QUOTE=GrizzRich] I am a fire drill; orderly and calm-inducing. [/QUOTE] I am blind panic, order shattering, crowd confusing and chaotic. ---
**Author:** ![Reepicheep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@Reepicheep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reepicheep)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2007, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/120 "2007-05-21T16:49:11Z")
[QUOTE=Zabali\_Clawbane] I am blind panic, order shattering, crowd confusing and chaotic. [/QUOTE] I am safe refuge, peaceful and serene. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184.md?page=7)