# The \_\_\_ You \_\_\_\_

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [May 20, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136 "2010-05-20T15:47:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136/1 "2010-05-20T15:47:16Z")

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Fill in the blanks with the first things that come to mind. Try to avoid looking at others before you reply.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136/2 "2010-05-20T15:49:14Z")

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**The** WTF are **You** talking about?

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**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136/3 "2010-05-20T15:57:00Z")

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“The things you do!”.

Hmm, dull but accurate, sounds like me!

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**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136/4 "2010-05-20T16:08:41Z")

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In the words of the Immortal, the Incredible, the Inestimable… Joe Tex

The **LOVE** You **SAVE**

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**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136/5 "2010-05-20T16:09:31Z")

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“The More You Know” was the first thing to pop into my mind.

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**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136/6 "2010-05-20T16:15:37Z")

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The People You Meet  
The Sheep You Greet

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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136/7 "2010-05-20T16:20:26Z")

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The way you wear . . .  
The way you sip . . .  
The way you sing . . .  
The way you haunt . . .  
The way you hold . . .  
The way you changed . . .

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**Author:** ![panman\_1960](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@panman\_1960](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panman_1960)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136/8 "2010-05-20T16:23:13Z")

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The Hell You Say!

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**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136/9 "2010-05-20T16:23:26Z")

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The More You Know

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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136/10 "2010-05-20T16:25:19Z")

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MPSIMS to Game Room

**Ellen Cherry**

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**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136/11 "2010-05-20T16:26:58Z")

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The Spud You Like

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**Author:** ![Rex\_Goliath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bcef8e/32.png) [@Rex\_Goliath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rex_Goliath)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136/12 "2010-05-20T16:27:44Z")

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The love you take is equal to the love you make

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136/13 "2010-05-20T16:29:04Z")

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The Girl You Want

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136/14 "2010-05-20T16:34:52Z")

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The devil you know…

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**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136/15 "2010-05-20T16:54:43Z")

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The streets you wear

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136/16 "2010-05-20T17:10:27Z")

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> [@panman\_1960](#):
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> The Hell You Say!

Okay! This is the spirit I wanted to invoke without saying so. The others are all wonderful and valid, but I was hoping to get variations on the theme of:

The Shit You Preach  
The Fuck You Say  
The Hell You Will  
ad infinitum

It seems we think more or less alike, **panman\_1960** , and there’s nothing automatically wrong with that.

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136/17 "2010-05-20T17:35:38Z")

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> [@panman\_1960](#):
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> The Hell You Say!

This was mine.

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136/18 "2010-05-20T17:41:43Z")

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The Hell you Say.

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**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136/19 "2010-05-20T18:10:45Z")

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The time you spend…online, you could be taking out the trash! And other assorted naggings.

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**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-___-you-____/540136/20 "2010-05-20T18:25:13Z")

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