# The Atoz Game (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097 "2022-08-04T15:42:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 221
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4402 "2024-02-29T13:53:13Z")
**Objects to which mystical, magical, esoteric or occult properties are attributed** Amulet Birthstone Coral Dead bodies Eagle feathers Frankincense Gemstones Horcrux Incantation bowl Jellyfish Keys Ladybugs Mummies Nazca lines Ouija board Pendant Queen of Hearts card Rabbit’s foot Silver shoes Tarot cards Underwear Violets Wolfsbane Xantham gum infused with garlic ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4403 "2024-02-29T15:21:30Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > Xantham gum infused with garlic Can you explain this? Googling only turned up recipes. I ask because I regularly use xantha_ **n** _(nitpick: note spelling) gum as a low-carb thickener for gravies, which frequently contain garlic. I don’t want to inadvertently summon Demons From Hell into my kitchen. 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 29, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4404 "2024-02-29T20:39:50Z")
**Objects to which mystical, magical, esoteric or occult properties are attributed** Amulet Birthstone Coral Dead bodies Eagle feathers Frankincense Gemstones Horcrux Incantation bowl Jellyfish Keys Ladybugs Mummies Nazca lines Ouija board Pendant Queen of Hearts card Rabbit’s foot Silver shoes Tarot cards Underwear Violets Wolfsbane Xantham gum infused with garlic Yarrow ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4405 "2024-02-29T20:49:24Z")
**Objects to which mystical, magical, esoteric or occult properties are attributed** Amulet Birthstone Coral Dead bodies Eagle feathers Frankincense Gemstones Horcrux Incantation bowl Jellyfish Keys Ladybugs Mummies Nazca lines Ouija board Pendant Queen of Hearts card Rabbit’s foot Silver shoes Tarot cards Underwear Violets Wolfsbane Xantham gum infused with garlic Yarrow Zuni fetishes **Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional** Arsène Lupin Gentleman thief created by French novelist Maurice Leblanc ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4406 "2024-02-29T20:51:55Z")
**Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional** Arsène Lupin Bernie Madoff ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4407 "2024-02-29T20:55:48Z")
**Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional** Arsène Lupin Bernie Madoff Clyde Barrow Bonnie’s boyfriend ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4408 "2024-02-29T21:21:40Z")
**Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional** Arsène Lupin Bernie Madoff Clyde Barrow Donald Trump ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4409 "2024-03-01T14:20:13Z")
**Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional** Arsène Lupin Bernie Madoff Clyde Barrow Donald Trump Ernst Blofeld ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4410 "2024-03-01T14:56:40Z")
**Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional** Arsène Lupin Bernie Madoff Clyde Barrow Donald Trump Ernst Blofeld Frank Nitti ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4411 "2024-03-01T15:02:22Z")
**Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional** Arsène Lupin Bernie Madoff Clyde Barrow Donald Trump Ernst Blofeld Frank Nitti George “Machine Gun” Kelly ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4412 "2024-03-01T15:28:12Z")
**Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional** Arsène Lupin Bernie Madoff Clyde Barrow Donald Trump Ernst Blofeld Frank Nitti George “Machine Gun” Kelly Huey P Long ---
**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:** [March 1, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4413 "2024-03-01T15:55:56Z")
**Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional** Arsène Lupin Bernie Madoff Clyde Barrow Donald Trump Ernst Blofeld Frank Nitti George “Machine Gun” Kelly Huey P. Long Ignatius J. Reilly My favorite story about Huey Long is that FDR once invited him to Hyde Park for lunch to take his measure. The President’s mother, seated just down the table a bit, asked another guest in a loud stage whisper, “Who is that _awful_ man?” ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4414 "2024-03-01T18:07:52Z")
**Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional** Arsène Lupin Bernie Madoff Clyde Barrow Donald Trump Ernst Blofeld Frank Nitti George “Machine Gun” Kelly Huey P. Long Ignatius J. Reilly John Dillinger ---
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4415 "2024-03-02T22:18:00Z")
**Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional** Arsène Lupin Bernie Madoff Clyde Barrow Donald Trump Ernst Blofeld Frank Nitti George “Machine Gun” Kelly Huey P. Long Ignatius J. Reilly John Dillinger Karl Rove Politically, anyway…. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4416 "2024-03-02T22:28:06Z")
**Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional** Arsène Lupin Bernie Madoff Clyde Barrow Donald Trump Ernst Blofeld Frank Nitti George “Machine Gun” Kelly Huey P. Long Ignatius J. Reilly John Dillinger Karl Rove Luca Brasi ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4417 "2024-03-02T22:33:21Z")
**Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional** Arsène Lupin Bernie Madoff Clyde Barrow Donald Trump Ernst Blofeld Frank Nitti George “Machine Gun” Kelly Huey P. Long Ignatius J. Reilly John Dillinger Karl Rove Luca Brasi Mack the Knife ---
**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:** [March 2, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4418 "2024-03-02T22:33:55Z")
**Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional** Arsène Lupin Bernie Madoff Clyde Barrow Donald Trump Ernst Blofeld Frank Nitti George “Machine Gun” Kelly Huey P. Long Ignatius J. Reilly John Dillinger Karl Rove Luca Brasi Mack the Knife Nathan Detroit ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4419 "2024-03-03T01:52:25Z")
**Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional** Arsène Lupin Bernie Madoff Clyde Barrow Donald Trump Ernst Blofeld Frank Nitti George “Machine Gun” Kelly Huey P. Long Ignatius J. Reilly John Dillinger Karl Rove Luca Brasi Mack the Knife Nathan Detroit Omarosa Manigault ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4420 "2024-03-03T15:09:12Z")
**Thieves, con-men, thugs, and scalawags, real and fictional** Arsène Lupin Bernie Madoff Clyde Barrow Donald Trump Ernst Blofeld Frank Nitti George “Machine Gun” Kelly Huey P. Long Ignatius J. Reilly John Dillinger Karl Rove Luca Brasi Mack the Knife Nathan Detroit Pretty Boy Floyd ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/4421 "2024-03-04T20:46:17Z")
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