# Telegram...a game. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2000, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegram-a-game/19948 "2000-05-19T04:31:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegram-a-game/19948/41 "2000-05-19T21:14:00Z")
Quite wearisome! Every reply twice! Yet useless information only propagates! ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegram-a-game/19948/42 "2000-05-19T21:16:23Z")
> [@](#): > > ZUENTIDFTH Zeus unscrupulously edited nice things into “Die, Fucker!” thread. Hacker! C E C I L R U L E S ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegram-a-game/19948/43 "2000-05-19T21:17:10Z")
Z U E N T I D F T H Zookeeper Uncovers Evidence! New Testimony Indicates Democritus’ Filthy Tongue Habitual (Rosethorn’s letters are up.) ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegram-a-game/19948/44 "2000-05-19T21:29:27Z")
POPLUMONE Plenty Of People Live Unscroupulously, Make One Nervous Everyday. (Milo’s next) ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegram-a-game/19948/45 "2000-05-19T21:39:15Z")
**C E C I L R U L E S** Cite evidence, crush ignorance! Lest rowdy, uneducated, lackwits eviscerate Science! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegram-a-game/19948/46 "2000-05-19T21:39:24Z")
Cecil Engages Cretins In Logic. Reason Undermines Low-Ebb Stupidity. C A S A B L A N C A ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegram-a-game/19948/47 "2000-05-19T21:44:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > C E C I L R U L E S > \*\* Cecil? Every comment is likely relayed unto little Ed!? Suspicious! ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegram-a-game/19948/48 "2000-05-19T21:45:56Z")
Oops! Almost forgot… B B C D P O T L A ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegram-a-game/19948/49 "2000-05-19T21:47:28Z")
_wait for it_ **C A S A B L A N C A** Casting All Sense Aside, Bogey Leads Another Nazi Criminal Astray ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegram-a-game/19948/50 "2000-05-19T21:49:51Z")
One more letter, inky! ---
**Author:** ![tradesilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tradesilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tradesilicon)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegram-a-game/19948/51 "2000-05-19T21:57:19Z")
C E C I L R U L E S Come, Enter Cecil’s Incredibly Luring Ring. Unless Lacking Etiquette, Sili. (sounds like silly). Sili ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegram-a-game/19948/52 "2000-05-19T22:03:23Z")
Okay, I’ll add my own 10th letter. **B B C D P O T L A L** Burned bridges can destroy people’s opportunities to learn another lesson. **M S T U B A D I V A** _(Who’s sucking up?)_ ---
**Author:** ![tradesilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tradesilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tradesilicon)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegram-a-game/19948/53 "2000-05-19T22:03:30Z")
Doh! the new letters: C A L I F O R N I A ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegram-a-game/19948/54 "2000-05-19T22:34:15Z")
**MSTUBADIVA** Master sweetly telling underlings board advice. Don’t incorprate video attachments! (Came up with this one just now walking my dog) **PRINCESS DI** Pursued Royalty; Inebriated Navigator Careens, Excessively Speeding; Swerves; Death Inevitable. ---
**Author:** ![Kvallulf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Kvallulf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kvallulf)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegram-a-game/19948/55 "2000-05-19T22:41:10Z")
CALIFORNIA Crazy Ass Liberals In Front Of Road Need Immediate Assistance. S R T Y J K L C D P ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegram-a-game/19948/56 "2000-05-19T22:42:29Z")
\*\* C A L I F O R N I A \*\* Can’t Afford Living in Footlocker; Oppressive Rent Nixes Interest Altogether. **LYNN BODONI** ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegram-a-game/19948/57 "2000-05-19T22:48:01Z")
LYNN BODONI Laugh, you nine nincompoops! Big old dogs often nip ignoramuses. STRAIGHTDO ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegram-a-game/19948/58 "2000-05-19T23:08:48Z")
_STRAIGHTDO_ stop tom’s rat and i’ll give harry the damn ostrich. H O L Y S H I T ---
**Author:** ![Kvallulf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/898d66/32.png) [@Kvallulf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kvallulf)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegram-a-game/19948/59 "2000-05-19T23:09:03Z")
RANDOM LETTERS, ist that to hard to do? Boy some people. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2000, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/telegram-a-game/19948/60 "2000-05-19T23:24:22Z")
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