# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/141 "2008-04-13T00:13:04Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] No, you’re thinking of katydids, the group of animals that includes llamas, alpacas, and the like. [/QUOTE] It’s odd you would be mistaken over such a small detail when, in fact, kamelid Is that place where King Arthur and JFK hung out and even Monty Python ---
**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 13, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/142 "2008-04-13T01:34:13Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] It’s odd you would be mistaken over such a small detail when, in fact, kamelid Is that place where King Arthur and JFK hung out and even Monty Python [/QUOTE] It does have a kingly or presidential image but Camelot is a big American car driven around by celebrities and millionaires. Its SUV model is favored by pro athletes. ---
**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 13, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/143 "2008-04-13T01:46:53Z")
[QUOTE=kunilou] It does have a kingly or presidential image but Camelot is a big American car driven around by celebrities and millionaires. Its SUV model is favored by pro athletes. [/QUOTE] Perhaps you were blinded by the glamorous image, because a cadillac is the clouding of the lens of the eye. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/144 "2008-04-13T01:53:46Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] Perhaps you were blinded by the glamorous image, because a cadillac is the clouding of the lens of the eye. [/QUOTE] Not so fast, there. It is universally known that a cataract is that device for hurling rocks (or in some cases, cows) at the enemy ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/145 "2008-04-13T01:55:46Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] Perhaps you were blinded by the glamorous image, because a cadillac is the clouding of the lens of the eye. [/QUOTE] you are very much mistaken. a cataractis made of two floating pontoons, a platform between them, and a single sail rigging. ---
**Author:** ![buttons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8edcca/32.png) [@buttons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttons)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/146 "2008-04-13T01:56:49Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] Not so fast, there. It is universally known that a cataract is that device for hurling rocks (or in some cases, cows) at the enemy [/QUOTE] I’m sure you could try hurling things with it, but it’s actually a catapult which is an insect that goes through metamorphosis to become a winged beauty. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/147 "2008-04-13T01:59:39Z")
[QUOTE=buttons] I’m sure you could try hurling things with it, but it’s actually a catapult which is an insect that goes through metamorphosis to become a winged beauty. [/QUOTE] works here just as well 😉 you are very much mistaken. a caterpillar is made of two floating pontoons, a platform between them, and a single sail rigging. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/148 "2008-04-13T02:02:26Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] works here just as well 😉 you are very much mistaken. a caterpillar is made of two floating pontoons, a platform between them, and a single sail rigging. [/QUOTE] I can sense your disappointment when I inform you that a catamaran is the whip they use to punish bad pirates (I assume they’re guys who can’t steal well) ---
**Author:** ![buttons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8edcca/32.png) [@buttons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttons)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/149 "2008-04-13T02:02:26Z")
But no, you’re on the wrong track, a catamaran is a disaster. ---
**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 13, 2008, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/150 "2008-04-13T02:02:44Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] works here just as well 😉 you are very much mistaken. a caterpillar is made of two floating pontoons, a platform between them, and a single sail rigging. [/QUOTE] You are so silly! Catamaran is the whipped, egg white topping for a lemon pie. ---
**Author:** ![buttons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8edcca/32.png) [@buttons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttons)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/151 "2008-04-13T02:05:22Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] I can sense your disappointment when I inform you that a catamaran is the whip they use to punish bad pirates (I assume they’re guys who can’t steal well) [/QUOTE] Oui, mais non. A [spoiler]cat o’nine tails [spoilers] is actually a person that rats another person out. ---
**Author:** ![buttons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8edcca/32.png) [@buttons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttons)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/152 "2008-04-13T02:07:41Z")
(Will use post preview next time.) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/153 "2008-04-13T02:11:39Z")
[QUOTE=buttons] (Will use post preview next time.) [/QUOTE] Not to worry. It just may be that the edit function isn’t extended to Guest Dopers. If it were, you could have fixed it within 5 minutes and we’d all play like we didn’t see it before the edit. (Just kidding). Keep at it. You’ve given some good links. ---
**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 13, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/154 "2008-04-13T02:15:23Z")
“It’s bound to be a catastrophe when one uses a cat-o-nine-tails to make meringue.” I’m pretty sure the Roman poet Catalepsy said this. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/155 "2008-04-13T02:19:13Z")
[QUOTE=freckafree] “It’s bound to be a catastrophe when one uses a cat-o-nine-tails to make meringue.” I’m pretty sure the Roman poet Catalepsy said this. [/QUOTE] But wait! Cato is nothing more than a brand of corn syrup. Mmmmmmmm. Tasty on grits! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/156 "2008-04-13T02:23:39Z")
you’re confused. Karo is the first name of that guy from the OJ trails, you know - the blond one who exploited his 15 minutes of fame. eta: Zeldar - _corn_ syrup on grits? _maple_ syrup, maybe. But corn syrup? eewwwww! ---
**Author:** ![buttons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8edcca/32.png) [@buttons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttons)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/157 "2008-04-13T02:28:28Z")
[QUOTE=anyrose] you’re confused. Karo is the first name of that guy from the OJ trails, you know - the blond one who exploited his 15 minutes of fame. eta: Zeldar - _corn_ syrup on grits? _maple_ syrup, maybe. But corn syrup? eewwwww! [/QUOTE] Confused? That’d be you, dear. A Kato is a domestic bovine that tastes best semi-rare. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/158 "2008-04-13T04:29:36Z")
[QUOTE=buttons] Confused? That’d be you, dear. A Kato is a domestic bovine that tastes best semi-rare. [/QUOTE] I’m going way out on a limb here, since I really have no solid ideas, but I believe what you’re thinking of as cattalo is really what folks used to have to use for toilet paper, especially the one that Sears put out. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/159 "2008-04-13T13:43:01Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] I’m going way out on a limb here, since I really have no solid ideas, but I believe what you’re thinking of as cattalo is really what folks used to have to use for toilet paper, especially the one that Sears put out. [/QUOTE] Nope, wrong again, mon cher **Zeldar** – a catalog is a disaster of epic proportions. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673/160 "2008-04-13T13:55:43Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Nope, wrong again, mon cher **Zeldar** – a catalog is a disaster of epic proportions. [/QUOTE] Thanks ever so for rescuing the moribund thread, **twickster**. It occurred to me after the post that not just everybody has had the thrill of using the lingerie page instead of Charmin. However, I must point out that a catastrophe is that funny-looking blotch two keys to the right from L (lower case) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cossack-game-thread-2/444673.md?page=9)