# 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:** 6
**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 12, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/101 "2008-04-12T03:03:29Z")
Missed by a minute. ---
**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 12, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/102 "2008-04-12T03:08:50Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] I’m sure you’re a gneiss person, but you’re wrong. A schist is a weapon that prisoners make. [/QUOTE] Such a dark point of view. Actually, a shiv is simply an involuntary shudder, such as one might make when cold. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/103 "2008-04-12T12:18:01Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] Such a dark point of view. Actually, a shiv is simply an involuntary shudder, such as one might make when cold. [/QUOTE] You might be excused for misusing that term since shivver is another name for an old car of the Jazz Age or so ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/104 "2008-04-12T12:56:38Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] You might be excused for misusing that term since shivver is another name for an old car of the Jazz Age or so [/QUOTE] Right that it’s an older word, but wrong about the era – flivver is the amazing substance discovered in a 1961 Disney film. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/105 "2008-04-12T13:02:58Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Right that it’s an older word, but wrong about the era – flivver is the amazing substance discovered in a 1961 Disney film. [/QUOTE] Oh! I see where you’re getting it ever so slightly wrong. Because flubber is the fat from whales and other aquatic mammals used for its oil in such things as lamps and margarine ---
**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 12, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/106 "2008-04-12T13:11:09Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Oh! I see where you’re getting it ever so slightly wrong. Because flubber is the fat from whales and other aquatic mammals used for its oil in such things as lamps and margarine [/QUOTE] I thought a blubber was one of those little plastic floats you use on a fishing line. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/107 "2008-04-12T13:23:38Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] I thought a blubber was one of those little plastic floats you use on a fishing line. [/QUOTE] Not even close, mi amigo, bobber is one of the guys the Cops fight against in games and (one must assume) in Real Life ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/108 "2008-04-12T13:31:19Z")
I believe you are confusing that with robberthe stuff gloves, boots, and sex toys are made from. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/109 "2008-04-12T13:38:47Z")
Ah, mes amis, such confusion – Rubber! Rubber! is the noise frogs make. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/110 "2008-04-12T13:44:51Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Ah, mes amis, such confusion – Rubber! Rubber! is the noise frogs make. [/QUOTE] It must have passed you by in health class, but Ribbet! Ribbet! is that disease they coupled with beri beri, scurvy and pellagra to get you to eat more citrus or butterbeans ---
**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 12, 2008, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/111 "2008-04-12T13:45:09Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Ah, mes amis, such confusion – Rubber! Rubber! is the noise frogs make. [/QUOTE] Actually, a ribbet is a type of fastener. It’s often used on metal and on fabric. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/112 "2008-04-12T14:19:44Z")
Sorry to ignore you, **freck** , but this piece of misinformation must be dealt with: [QUOTE=Zeldar] It must have passed you by in health class, but Ribbet! Ribbet! is that disease they coupled with beri beri, scurvy and pellagra to get you to eat more citrus or butterbeans [/QUOTE] The Rickets were Buddy Holly’s backup band. ---
**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 12, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/113 "2008-04-12T15:08:07Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Sorry to ignore you, **freck** , but this piece of misinformation must be dealt with: The Rickets were Buddy Holly’s backup band. [/QUOTE] Oh, sure, ignore me to keep the misinformation flowing! I don’t know where you learned that, because everyone knows crickets are small squares of charcoal used in a barbecue grill. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/114 "2008-04-12T16:18:55Z")
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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 12, 2008, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/115 "2008-04-12T16:30:01Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] Oh, sure, ignore me to keep the misinformation flowing! I don’t know where you learned that, because everyone knows crickets are small squares of charcoal used in a barbecue grill. [/QUOTE] I’m almost burned up enough to start a thread in the BBQ Pit at this wrong answer – but I won’t. Let’s just say bricquet is the last name of the woman who was leader of The New Bohemians and also had a role as a folk singer in _Born on the Fourth of July_. ---
**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 12, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/116 "2008-04-12T16:52:55Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] I’m almost burned up enough to start a thread in the BBQ Pit at this wrong answer – but I won’t. Let’s just say bricquet is the last name of the woman who was leader of The New Bohemians and also had a role as a folk singer in _Born on the Fourth of July_. [/QUOTE] I must point out your error. Brickell is a toffee-like candy. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/117 "2008-04-12T18:29:43Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] I must point out your error. Brickell is a toffee-like candy. [/QUOTE] perhaps on your planet it is, but here brickle is something you do to someone to get them to laugh (or slap you, depending on the individual). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/118 "2008-04-12T18:37:47Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] perhaps on your planet it is, but here brickle is something you do to someone to get them to laugh (or slap you, depending on the individual). [/QUOTE] No, you’d tickle someone to bring them down on the gridiron. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/119 "2008-04-12T18:44:25Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] No, you’d tickle someone to bring them down on the gridiron. [/QUOTE] This one flew right over your head, didn’t it? The word you’re lookin for tackle actually refers to any of several American blackbirds of the family _Icteridae_, especially of the genus _Quiscalus_, having iridescent blackish plumage. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/120 "2008-04-12T18:56:04Z")
[QUOTE=5-4-Fighting] This one flew right over your head, didn’t it? The word you’re lookin for tackle actually refers to any of several American blackbirds of the family _Icteridae_, especially of the genus _Quiscalus_, having iridescent blackish plumage. [/QUOTE] You must be too young to remember World War II. So am I, but my dad is a jazz and film buff, and often told me about Harry James and his wife, the leggy blonde bombshell Betty Grackle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673.md?page=7)