# The Cossack Game -- Thread #2 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 9, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673 "2008-04-09T21:55:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/41 "2008-04-10T01:36:46Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] No, an apostle is one of those ugly, gray North American marsupials. Scary teeth! ::shudders:: [/QUOTE] I believe you were trying to say that an opossum – possum for short is a bunch of guys chasing Butch and Sundance ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/42 "2008-04-10T01:42:29Z")
Butch and Sundance?!?? How posse! Get with the 21st century, will ya? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/43 "2008-04-10T01:50:00Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] Butch and Sundance?!?? How posse! Get with the 21st century, will ya? [/QUOTE] I get your drift, and we’ll head them off at the passe! ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/44 "2008-04-10T01:56:24Z")
I am SO confused! Aren’t there high-stakes fishing tournaments to catch the biggest pass? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/45 "2008-04-10T02:01:56Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] I am SO confused! Aren’t there high-stakes fishing tournaments to catch the biggest pass? [/QUOTE] I believe it’s more a singing contest for who can sing the deepest bass ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/46 "2008-04-10T02:05:38Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] I believe it’s more a singing contest for who can sing the deepest bass [/QUOTE] All ur bass belong to us!!!1! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/47 "2008-04-10T02:11:08Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] All ur bass belong to us!!!1! [/QUOTE] Excuse the gentle reminder, but base is what you do to keep a turkey moist while it’s roasting ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/48 "2008-04-10T02:17:56Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Excuse the gentle reminder, but base is what you do to keep a turkey moist while it’s roasting [/QUOTE] AAAARGH! Baste by my own petard! ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/49 "2008-04-10T02:28:09Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] AAAARGH! Baste by my own petard! [/QUOTE] I didn’t think “petard” meant “hose,” but how else could you get hoist? ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/50 "2008-04-10T02:34:01Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] I didn’t think “petard” meant “hose,” but how else could you get hoist? [/QUOTE] Uh…with the assistance of the heavenly hosed? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/51 "2008-04-10T02:35:35Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] I didn’t think “petard” meant “hose,” but how else could you get hoist? [/QUOTE] It has more to do with the idea that moist is that lichen-like plant you find on some rocks – not rolling ones, of cours. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/52 "2008-04-10T11:39:16Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] It has more to do with the idea that moist is that lichen-like plant you find on some rocks – not rolling ones, of cours. [/QUOTE] I’m sorry, you’re mistaken moss is a building of religious significance in Muslim countries ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/53 "2008-04-10T12:46:17Z")
No, mosque is an ingredient in some perfumes. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/54 "2008-04-10T14:19:50Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] No, mosque is an ingredient in some perfumes. [/QUOTE] You’re obviously better at “Family Feud”-type games (being fresh off a bronze medal performance in the one I hosted) than in this particular diversion, as you’re apparently unaware that musk was the last name of a U.S. Senator from Maine who was running for the presidency until his campaign was derailed when he was caught crying. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/55 "2008-04-10T14:32:05Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] You’re obviously better at “Family Feud”-type games (being fresh off a bronze medal performance in the one I hosted) than in this particular diversion, as you’re apparently unaware that musk was the last name of a U.S. Senator from Maine who was running for the presidency until his campaign was derailed when he was caught crying. [/QUOTE] Don’t be silly – Muskie is a breed of dog. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/56 "2008-04-10T14:38:24Z")
No, that was Muskie . You know, like the capital of Russia. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/57 "2008-04-10T14:53:58Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Don’t be silly – Muskie is a breed of dog. [/QUOTE] Of course husky was really the home of the first black airmen. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/58 "2008-04-10T15:44:06Z")
[QUOTE=Oredigger77] Of course husky was really the home of the first black airmen. [/QUOTE] I’m sorry, butTuskegee is what one make ivory from. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/59 "2008-04-10T15:49:55Z")
[QUOTE=Paintcharge] I’m sorry, butTuskegee is what one make ivory from. [/QUOTE] No, tusks are entries on a to-do list. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/60 "2008-04-10T15:58:04Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] No, tusks are entries on a to-do list. [/QUOTE] No, silly that’s what you look at the stars with. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673.md?page=4)