# The Goddamned Sandbox **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 18, 2001, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838 "2001-05-18T16:28:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838/41 "2001-05-19T17:41:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Gah-you-deer? Gah-you-dur? Gah-you-der-ee?? Gaw-deer? God-ear? (\<-I like this one), Aud-er (the g is silent)? > > Um… > Gay-youd-eer? Gay-udd-err? Frodo? Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. 😃 > [@](#): > > At least tell me how many syllables! Three. > [@](#): > > Go-dare? Nope > [@](#): > > Lord Narf-um-what-Brain-Mumford-something-shire? > > Fred? Nope. Nope. > [@](#): > > Is it Gaw dair? Nope. 😃 Hee hee. ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838/42 "2001-05-19T18:06:42Z")
Gow-dare-eh? It _is_ Latin, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838/43 "2001-05-19T18:06:44Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by Gaudere \* \*\* > [@](#): > > Gah-you-deer? Gah-you-dur? Gah-you-der-ee?? Gaw-deer? God-ear? (\<-I like this one), Aud-er (the g is silent)? > > Um… > Gay-youd-eer? Gay-udd-err? Frodo? Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. 😃 > [@](#): > > At least tell me how many syllables! Three. [quote] Gaw-dee-er? Gaw-dee-ear? Gaw-dee-re? God-ee-re? God-eh-re? Go-day-re? Go-day-er? Gah-ood-eer? Gah-ood-re? Rumpelstiltskin? Fenris? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838/44 "2001-05-19T18:40:59Z")
Maybe the “r” is silent. **Gaudee** ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838/45 "2001-05-19T19:44:36Z")
Ya know what? Tough. I don’t hate the moderators or the admins. I can’t. I’m in lust with about half of them. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838/46 "2001-05-19T20:05:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fenris \* > Gaw-dee-er? > Gaw-dee-ear? > Gaw-dee-re? > God-ee-re? > God-eh-re? > Go-day-re? > Go-day-er? > Gah-ood-eer? > Gah-ood-re? > Rumpelstiltskin? > > Fenris? \*\* Gaw-daih-ray Latin for “To rejoice”. I think. ---
**Author:** ![Mercutio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mercutio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mercutio)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838/47 "2001-05-19T20:46:04Z")
I hate **Little Ed** because he is _too_ little. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838/48 "2001-05-19T20:56:41Z")
[See if you can’t apply this to the boards.](http://www.littermaid.com/) ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838/49 "2001-05-19T21:11:43Z")
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am sorry to announce that I must terminate the life processes of Poster Designate: DRY. I will accept any means of eliminating his existence, the more creative the better. 😃 And I’ve always pronounced **Gaudere** ’s name as “Hot-lovin’ Sweet Cheeks with a side of Woo-Woo!”. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838/50 "2001-05-19T21:20:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arden Ranger \* > **I’m in lust with about half of them.** Yeah … too bad it’s the female half. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838/51 "2001-05-19T21:45:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by picmr \* > **seafood in a bloody mary is pretty normal ('though it’s a waste of an oyster IMHO) Hell, I drink martinis with an anchovy-stuffed olive.** Sweet Mother of God. If I see you comin’ into the bar, I’m heading for the rest rooms until the brouhaha is over. **Spoofe,** show a little damn respect for the lady’s intellect, talent, and street savvy. That’s **Ms.** Hot-Lovin’ Sweet Cheeks With a Side of Woo-Woo. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838/52 "2001-05-19T21:52:19Z")
I’m sorry, Ike. I really, truly am. It was my unfettered rage at DRY that skewed my reason. Will you ever forgive me? ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838/53 "2001-05-19T22:22:21Z")
Yaaaaaahhhhhhh!!! My hand’s a’bleedinnnn! This new sandbox is filled with broken glass! And dead shrimps. UncleBeer, I always thought you were a _nice_ sumbitch… ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838/54 "2001-05-19T22:34:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus55 \* > \*\*Yeah … too bad it’s the female half. 😉 \*\* Hey! I am an equal opportunity lust puppy! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2001, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838/55 "2001-05-19T22:35:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SPOOFE \* > \*\*Will you ever forgive me? \*\* Awwwwwwwww, c’mere for a hug, ya big lummox. How’s about a fresh lobster claw in that Mai Tai? ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838/56 "2001-05-20T01:31:08Z")
**OH MY GOD PEOPLE THIS IS FRENCH WE’RE TALKING HERE**!!! I mean, fuckin’ A in a sidecar with whipped cream on top. THE G ISN’T A G. My WAG is that it’s pronounced > [@](#): > > \*\* HOE-dee-aye \*\* How’d I do, Gaudere ?? 😛 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838/57 "2001-05-20T01:36:33Z")
Your French must be impeccable. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838/58 "2001-05-20T01:38:04Z")
With the amount of sucking up to moderators occurring in this thread, it’s a wonder the world hasn’t imploded. Have you people no shame? [sub](That was a rhetorical question.)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838/59 "2001-05-20T01:47:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eutychus55 \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Arden Ranger \* > > **I’m in lust with about half of them.** > > Yeah … too bad it’s the female half. 😉 \*\* Hey, I’ll take what I can get. - Jill ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2001, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838/60 "2001-05-20T02:41:44Z")
> [@](#): > > Have you people no shame? Remember who you’re talking to, Milo. See DRY’s posts for details. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-goddamned-sandbox/65838.md?page=4)