# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/61 "2008-04-10T17:42:27Z")
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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:** [April 10, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/62 "2008-04-10T17:47:02Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] No, silly that’s what you look at the stars with. [/QUOTE] Even before I signed in today, I knew you were mistakened; telescope refers to the concept you’re trying to convey concerning my skill at discerning what you’re thinking. ---
**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, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/63 "2008-04-10T18:25:00Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Even before I signed in today, I knew you were mistakened; telescope refers to the concept you’re trying to convey concerning my skill at discerning what you’re thinking. [/QUOTE] That’s close, but not qute. telepathy is when you use your mind to move objects. ---
**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, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/64 "2008-04-10T19:11:41Z")
[QUOTE=Paintcharge] That’s close, but not qute. telepathy is when you use your mind to move objects. [/QUOTE] Your mind must be playing tricks. telekinesis was that bald actor who played _Kojak_ on TV and was a Bond villain in the movies. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/65 "2008-04-10T19:38:40Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Your mind must be playing tricks. telekinesis was that bald actor who played _Kojak_ on TV and was a Bond villain in the movies. [/QUOTE] Baby, is there anybody besides me who loves to learn that the truth is the person you have in mind, Telly Savalas, really played in the NBA on such teams as the Lakers, Suns, Pistons and Heat? ---
**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 11, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/66 "2008-04-11T01:35:23Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] Baby, is there anybody besides me who loves to learn that the truth is the person you have in mind, Telly Savalas, really played in the NBA on such teams as the Lakers, Suns, Pistons and Heat? [/QUOTE] OK, I’m going to go out on a limb here, because I know nothing about the NBA, but if you’re thinking Samaki Walker, I must point out to you that that is not the first name of a basketball player but of one of the largest islands in Indonesia. ---
**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 11, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/67 "2008-04-11T02:45:49Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] OK, I’m going to go out on a limb here, because I know nothing about the NBA, but if you’re thinking Samaki Walker, I must point out to you that that is not the first name of a basketball player but of one of the largest islands in Indonesia. [/QUOTE] Wow! He played basketball, too? I only remember Sumatra as a great singer and sometime actor. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/68 "2008-04-11T02:54:16Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Wow! He played basketball, too? I only remember Sumatra as a great singer and sometime actor. [/QUOTE] oh, my, no, no, no! Sinatra is a weapon with a long curved blade, often wielded by desert nomads. ---
**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 11, 2008, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/69 "2008-04-11T03:01:40Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] oh, my, no, no, no! Sinatra is a weapon with a long curved blade, often wielded by desert nomads. [/QUOTE] I think you are mistaken. Scimitar is a rhetorical device that is often confused with “metaphor.” ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/70 "2008-04-11T09:22:03Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] I think you are mistaken. Scimitar is a rhetorical device that is often confused with “metaphor.” [/QUOTE] But surely Simileis easy or straightforward? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/71 "2008-04-11T13:13:18Z")
[QUOTE=MHaye] But surely Simileis easy or straightforward? [/QUOTE] No, simple is a blemish such as might destroy a teenager’s social prospects _forever._ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/72 "2008-04-11T13:39:41Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] No, simple is a blemish such as might destroy a teenager’s social prospects _forever._ [/QUOTE] You couldn’t be more wrong! A pimple is the ideal of all those kids with their rap music! He’s got all his hos workin’ for him, and he sips Cristal while riding around in his blinged-out Escalade! ---
**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 11, 2008, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/73 "2008-04-11T13:58:54Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] You couldn’t be more wrong! A pimple is the ideal of all those kids with their rap music! He’s got all his hos workin’ for him, and he sips Cristal while riding around in his blinged-out Escalade! [/QUOTE] I do believe you’re confused a pimp is what circles around sports stadiums ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/74 "2008-04-11T13:59:11Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] You couldn’t be more wrong! A pimple is the ideal of all those kids with their rap music! He’s got all his hos workin’ for him, and he sips Cristal while riding around in his blinged-out Escalade! [/QUOTE] Perhaps it’s only the one letter you’re misinterpreting, but pimp is that guy in _Pulp Fiction_ all leathered up and in chains that Zed and his buddy at the pawn shop went and got out of his box so they could have some fun with Marsellus and Butch. Easy to confuse, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![MHaye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@MHaye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MHaye)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/75 "2008-04-11T17:17:13Z")
[QUOTE=Oredigger77] I do believe you’re confused a pimp is what circles around sports stadiums [/QUOTE] Nono, a blimpis what the loser of a staring contest does first. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/76 "2008-04-11T18:05:59Z")
[QUOTE=MHaye] Nono, a blimpis what the loser of a staring contest does first. [/QUOTE] You guys really need to see through the haze and engage your powers of observation; it’s clear that a blink is a cigar that been hollowed out and filled with marijuana, and which can be smoked in public (somewhat) inconspicuously, especially in front of this crowd. ---
**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 11, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/77 "2008-04-11T18:29:17Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] You guys really need to see through the haze and engage your powers of observation; it’s clear that a blink is a cigar that been hollowed out and filled with marijuana, and which can be smoked in public (somewhat) inconspicuously, especially in front of this crowd. [/QUOTE] I think you’ve been smokin’ too much of that wacky weed. Otherwise, you’d know that a blunt is what a batter does when he just taps the ball with his bat. ---
**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 11, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/78 "2008-04-11T18:34:25Z")
You obviously don’t watch much baseball because a bunt is really a town in England that rymes with the word I wanted to use. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/79 "2008-04-11T18:34:35Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] I think you’ve been smokin’ too much of that wacky weed. Otherwise, you’d know that a blunt is what a batter does when he just taps the ball with his bat. [/QUOTE] I see that I must tread softly here, else we get into a sticky situation, but a bunt is another way of referring to the smallest puppy/kitten/pig/rat in a litter ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/80 "2008-04-11T18:42:46Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] I see that I must tread softly here, else we get into a sticky situation, but a bunt is another way of referring to the smallest puppy/kitten/pig/rat in a litter [/QUOTE] Since this game is really only recreational and there’s no need for outrage, I’ll quietly and simply offer a mini-reminder that runts should specifically be confined to the BBQ section of the SDMB. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673.md?page=5)