# The Atoz Game (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097>\
**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:** 359

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7162 "2024-12-30T16:40:24Z")

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**Celebrating New Year’s**

Alcohol  
Best clothes  
Cheese and crackers  
Dropping ball  
Exuberance  
Fireworks  
Gumbo  
Happy 2025!!!  
Imbibing champagne  
Jumping off chair (Denmark)  
Kissing (at midnight)  
Letting the old year out by opening the back door (Ireland)

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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7163 "2024-12-30T18:45:40Z")

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**Celebrating New Year’s**

Alcohol  
Best clothes  
Cheese and crackers  
Dropping ball  
Exuberance  
Fireworks  
Gumbo  
Happy 2025!!!  
Imbibing champagne  
Jumping off chair (Denmark)  
Kissing (at midnight)  
Letting the old year out by opening the back door (Ireland)  
Midnight

Yeah, I took the easy one

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**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:** [December 31, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7164 "2024-12-31T13:00:57Z")

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**Celebrating New Year’s**

Alcohol  
Best clothes  
Cheese and crackers  
Dropping ball  
Exuberance  
Fireworks  
Gumbo  
Happy 2025!!!  
Imbibing champagne  
Jumping off chair (Denmark)  
Kissing (at midnight)  
Letting the old year out by opening the back door (Ireland)  
Midnight  
Noisemakers

---

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7165 "2024-12-31T13:56:13Z")

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**Celebrating New Year’s**

Alcohol  
Best clothes  
Cheese and crackers  
Dropping ball  
Exuberance  
Fireworks  
Gumbo  
Happy 2025!!!  
Imbibing champagne  
Jumping off chair (Denmark)  
Kissing (at midnight)  
Letting the old year out by opening the back door (Ireland)  
Midnight  
Noisemakers  
Old (Auld) Lang Syne

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7166 "2024-12-31T15:43:33Z")

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**Celebrating New Year’s**

Alcohol  
Best clothes  
Cheese and crackers  
Dropping ball  
Exuberance  
Fireworks  
Gumbo  
Happy 2025!!!  
Imbibing champagne  
Jumping off chair (Denmark)  
Kissing (at midnight)  
Letting the old year out by opening the back door (Ireland)  
Midnight  
Noisemakers  
Old (Auld) Lang Syne  
Passing year

---

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7167 "2024-12-31T18:21:16Z")

</div>

**Celebrating New Year’s**

Alcohol  
Best clothes  
Cheese and crackers  
Dropping ball  
Exuberance  
Fireworks  
Gumbo  
Happy 2025!!!  
Imbibing champagne  
Jumping off chair (Denmark)  
Kissing (at midnight)  
Letting the old year out by opening the back door (Ireland)  
Midnight  
Noisemakers  
Old (Auld) Lang Syne  
Passing year  
Quiche (Brazil)

A simple quiche prepared with pears and almonds in a customary meal on New Year’s Day.

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7168 "2024-12-31T18:35:00Z")

</div>

**Celebrating New Year’s**

Alcohol  
Best clothes  
Cheese and crackers  
Dropping ball  
Exuberance  
Fireworks  
Gumbo  
Happy 2025!!!  
Imbibing champagne  
Jumping off chair (Denmark)  
Kissing (at midnight)  
Letting the old year out by opening the back door (Ireland)  
Midnight  
Noisemakers  
Old (Auld) Lang Syne  
Passing year  
Quiche (Brazil)  
Resolutions

---

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**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:** [December 31, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7169 "2024-12-31T18:56:16Z")

</div>

**Celebrating New Year’s**

Alcohol  
Best clothes  
Cheese and crackers  
Dropping ball  
Exuberance  
Fireworks  
Gumbo  
Happy 2025!!!  
Imbibing champagne  
Jumping off chair (Denmark)  
Kissing (at midnight)  
Letting the old year out by opening the back door (Ireland)  
Midnight  
Noisemakers  
Old (Auld) Lang Syne  
Passing year  
Quiche (Brazil)  
Resolutions  
Singing

---

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**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:** [December 31, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7170 "2024-12-31T18:57:45Z")

</div>

**Celebrating New Year’s**

Alcohol  
Best clothes  
Cheese and crackers  
Dropping ball  
Exuberance  
Fireworks  
Gumbo  
Happy 2025!!!  
Imbibing champagne  
Jumping off chair (Denmark)  
Kissing (at midnight)  
Letting the old year out by opening the back door (Ireland)  
Midnight  
Noisemakers  
Old (Auld) Lang Syne  
Passing year  
Quiche (Brazil)  
Resolutions  
Singing  
Time watching

---

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**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7171 "2025-01-01T18:12:13Z")

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**Celebrating New Year’s**

Alcohol  
Best clothes  
Cheese and crackers  
Dropping ball  
Exuberance  
Fireworks  
Gumbo  
Happy 2025!!!  
Imbibing champagne  
Jumping off chair (Denmark)  
Kissing (at midnight)  
Letting the old year out by opening the back door (Ireland)  
Midnight  
Noisemakers  
Old (Auld) Lang Syne  
Passing year  
Quiche (Brazil)  
Resolutions  
Singing  
Time watching  
Upbeat celebrations

---

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**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:** [January 1, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7172 "2025-01-01T18:13:08Z")

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**Celebrating New Year’s**

Alcohol  
Best clothes  
Cheese and crackers  
Dropping ball  
Exuberance  
Fireworks  
Gumbo  
Happy 2025!!!  
Imbibing champagne  
Jumping off chair (Denmark)  
Kissing (at midnight)  
Letting the old year out by opening the back door (Ireland)  
Midnight  
Noisemakers  
Old (Auld) Lang Syne  
Passing year  
Quiche (Brazil)  
Resolutions  
Singing  
Time watching  
Upbeat celebrations  
Valentine’s Day stuff’s on sale

---

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**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:** [January 1, 2025, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7173 "2025-01-01T18:16:01Z")

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**Celebrating New Year’s**

Alcohol  
Best clothes  
Cheese and crackers  
Dropping ball  
Exuberance  
Fireworks  
Gumbo  
Happy 2025!!!  
Imbibing champagne  
Jumping off chair (Denmark)  
Kissing (at midnight)  
Letting the old year out by opening the back door (Ireland)  
Midnight  
Noisemakers  
Old (Auld) Lang Syne  
Passing year  
Quiche (Brazil)  
Resolutions  
Singing  
Time watching  
Upbeat celebrations  
Valentine’s Day stuff’s on sale  
Well-wishing

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**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:** [January 2, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7174 "2025-01-02T04:16:31Z")

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**Celebrating New Year’s**

Alcohol  
Best clothes  
Cheese and crackers  
Dropping ball  
Exuberance  
Fireworks  
Gumbo  
Happy 2025!!!  
Imbibing champagne  
Jumping off chair (Denmark)  
Kissing (at midnight)  
Letting the old year out by opening the back door (Ireland)  
Midnight  
Noisemakers  
Old (Auld) Lang Syne  
Passing year  
Quiche (Brazil)  
Resolutions  
Singing  
Time watching  
Upbeat celebrations  
Valentine’s Day stuff’s on sale  
Well-wishing  
XOXO with your sweetie when midnight comes

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**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:** [January 2, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7175 "2025-01-02T17:01:02Z")

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**Celebrating New Year’s**

Alcohol  
Best clothes  
Cheese and crackers  
Dropping ball  
Exuberance  
Fireworks  
Gumbo  
Happy 2025!!!  
Imbibing champagne  
Jumping off chair (Denmark)  
Kissing (at midnight)  
Letting the old year out by opening the back door (Ireland)  
Midnight  
Noisemakers  
Old (Auld) Lang Syne  
Passing year  
Quiche (Brazil)  
Resolutions  
Singing  
Time watching  
Upbeat celebrations  
Valentine’s Day stuff’s on sale  
Well-wishing  
XOXO with your sweetie when midnight comes  
Young baby New Year kicks out the old Last Year

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7176 "2025-01-02T18:18:57Z")

</div>

**Celebrating New Year’s**

Alcohol  
Best clothes  
Cheese and crackers  
Dropping ball  
Exuberance  
Fireworks  
Gumbo  
Happy 2025!!!  
Imbibing champagne  
Jumping off chair (Denmark)  
Kissing (at midnight)  
Letting the old year out by opening the back door (Ireland)  
Midnight  
Noisemakers  
Old (Auld) Lang Syne  
Passing year  
Quiche (Brazil)  
Resolutions  
Singing  
Time watching  
Upbeat celebrations  
Valentine’s Day stuff’s on sale  
Well-wishing  
XOXO with your sweetie when midnight comes  
Young baby New Year kicks out the old Last Year  
Z’s (getting to sleep in on New Year’s Day)

pass

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**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:** [January 2, 2025, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7177 "2025-01-02T18:42:32Z")

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**New Year’s resolutions**

Ask your boss for a raise

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**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:** [January 3, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7178 "2025-01-03T04:22:55Z")

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**New Year’s resolutions**

Ask your boss for a raise  
Buy that yacht you didn’t get for Christmas despite dropping, like, a _million_ hints

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**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:** [January 3, 2025, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7179 "2025-01-03T04:32:18Z")

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**New Year’s resolutions**

Ask your boss for a raise  
Buy that yacht you didn’t get for Christmas despite dropping, like, a _million_ hints  
Cook for myself more often

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2025, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7180 "2025-01-03T04:43:35Z")

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**New Year’s resolutions**

Ask your boss for a raise  
Buy that yacht you didn’t get for Christmas despite dropping, like, a _million_ hints  
Cook for myself more often  
Drop twenty pounds

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**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:** [January 3, 2025, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-atoz-game-part-2/969097/7181 "2025-01-03T04:55:19Z")

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**New Year’s resolutions**

Ask your boss for a raise  
Buy that yacht you didn’t get for Christmas despite dropping, like, a _million_ hints  
Cook for myself more often  
Drop twenty pounds  
Exceed practically everyone’s expectations of me

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