# the ACROname game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2003, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173 "2003-08-10T07:15:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173/121 "2003-09-08T02:00:44Z")
or since there is a topic which i didnt know about…cause i am a silly fool… Alack! My Blue Estonian Ridgeback Licks Electric Icicles. ---
**Author:** ![Ferris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ferris/32/11573_2.png) [@Ferris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferris)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173/122 "2003-09-08T03:32:50Z")
Isn’t it still just five letters? If the page’s theme can be extended to fictional ‘countries’, then: **I** n **T** he **R** ealm **O** f **M** ordor ( **b** attling **n** asty **N** azguls, **b** lazing **b** alrogs **a** nd **G** ollum). ---
**Author:** ![biqu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@biqu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biqu)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173/123 "2003-09-08T04:04:18Z")
FERRIS French Expatriots Recently Relocated In Switzerland. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173/124 "2003-09-09T06:59:14Z")
clearly embossed on a death ray - made in the united states of america **Ferris** , five it is, though everyone is welcome to up the difficulty by eg. using every letter in order. i’m not very creative, but i like to read contributions like yours for example. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173/125 "2003-09-09T07:13:27Z")
Sudan has instead jumped inside Namibia, naturally. ---
**Author:** ![Zenham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a5b964/32.png) [@Zenham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenham)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173/126 "2003-09-09T12:15:47Z")
MBBIA My brain broke, inventing acronymns. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173/127 "2003-09-09T12:35:52Z")
ZENHAM Zaire eggs never hatch a monkey ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173/128 "2003-09-14T07:25:01Z")
EBLAD england, britain, london… any difference? ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173/129 "2003-09-14T13:45:11Z")
SHIJINN Saying Hi! in Japan I never natter. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173/130 "2003-09-17T17:16:24Z")
the 154th Ugandan guerillias is lost ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173/131 "2003-09-18T10:20:35Z")
now I need it, seriously ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173/132 "2003-09-18T19:51:45Z")
…The prize to me for screwing up, and delaying this thread because I didn’t follow procedure. Herewith, the correction: Switzerland has never invalidated neutrality ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173/133 "2003-09-18T20:52:44Z")
Quit yelling! I’ll go to Uganda undercover instead. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173/134 "2003-09-18T22:16:53Z")
Rosemary vanished after arriving in Egypt. ---
**Author:** ![buzzie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@buzzie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buzzie)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173/135 "2003-09-18T22:40:06Z")
you’ve got to love quakers! ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173/136 "2003-09-19T00:32:31Z")
BUZIE Butter up zwieback, it’s elegant! ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173/137 "2003-09-19T00:35:34Z")
Durn it, I didn’t follow procedure. BUZIE Blow up Zaire, it’s elegant! ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173/138 "2003-09-19T01:54:27Z")
LISAGOBLIND Leave it so Austrians give orangutans buttered leaves. I’m not dumb. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173/139 "2003-09-19T19:35:19Z")
Near Bali, dangerous eels gather. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2003, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173/140 "2003-09-26T09:36:45Z")
yup, (the) ugly lithuanian gorilla is unusually quiet today. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-acroname-game/194173.md?page=8)