# The last word **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 28, 2000, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580 "2000-12-28T22:48:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 45
**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:** [December 30, 2000, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/881 "2000-12-30T06:36:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sapphire Bullet \* > \*\*we’re all such horrid cheaters! especially you newbies who jumped into the hundreds in one night! I had to grease alot of palms to get to where I am! \*\* Oh, what cheat. We had fun. And you can have the word, but we have the Last Word. ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/882 "2000-12-30T06:37:35Z")
no you don’t 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/883 "2000-12-30T06:37:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sapphire Bullet \* > \*\*we’re all such horrid cheaters! especially you newbies who jumped into the hundreds in one night! I had to grease alot of palms to get to where I am! \*\* Well, I had to wrestle in a lot of Jello to get where _I_ am! Cheater, my arse 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/884 "2000-12-30T06:38:45Z")
I forgot about the Jell-O. That justifies everything! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/885 "2000-12-30T06:40:13Z")
This thread was kind enough to bump me to 4 digits. And in a most enjoyable way, too. 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 30, 2000, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/886 "2000-12-30T06:41:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sapphire Bullet \* > \*\*no you don’t 🙂 \*\* Yes, yes. See the difference? Sapphire has THE WORD. AR and Maurv have “The Official Last Word” ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/887 "2000-12-30T06:42:58Z")
No, no. I was merely abbreviating. Mine is the Official Last Word. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2000, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/888 "2000-12-30T06:45:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sapphire Bullet \* > \*\*No, no. I was merely abbreviating. Mine is the Official Last Word. \*\* Can’t be. We never lost it. You have a photocopy. Hold it up to the light. No watermark! All official documents have a watermark. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/889 "2000-12-30T06:45:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sapphire Bullet \* > \*\*No, no. I was merely abbreviating. Mine is the Official Last Word. \*\* Bah! That’s not what you said, you’re just changing it now because you know you don’t have it. ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/890 "2000-12-30T06:46:30Z")
:pointing at the obvious watermark: well explain that! ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/891 "2000-12-30T06:47:58Z")
Pointing, that is. ---
**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:** [December 30, 2000, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/892 "2000-12-30T06:51:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sapphire Bullet \* > \*\*Pointing, that is. \*\* That’s not a watermark, hon. That’s a coffee stain. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/893 "2000-12-30T06:54:20Z")
::whispers to Arden:: Sapph keeps falling for it. Sapph, dear, there is no watermark on the Last Word, Arden just said that to throw you off the track, to see what you’d say. Only the two of us know the how to identify the Last Word and trust us, we’ve got the genuine article 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/894 "2000-12-30T06:56:22Z")
So then it must be a coffee stain. Of course then you will claim there really is a watermark. no worry, I know what I have. You’re just trying to trick me ala Princess Bride. But I will not be tricked. 😛 ---
**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:** [December 30, 2000, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/895 "2000-12-30T06:59:05Z")
Over, and over, and over… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/896 "2000-12-30T07:03:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sapphire Bullet \* > \*\*So then it must be a coffee stain. Of course then you will claim there really is a watermark. > > no worry, I know what I have. You’re just trying to trick me ala Princess Bride. But I will not be tricked. 😛 \*\* No trickery, just the Truth. Which is not the Last Word. ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/897 "2000-12-30T07:09:13Z")
nope. This is. ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/898 "2000-12-30T07:15:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sapphire Bullet \* > \*\*nope. > > This is. \*\* You poor thing! {{{Sapph}}} 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/899 "2000-12-30T07:19:43Z")
no, you poor thing! you’ve deluded yourself into believing that flimsy copy is the actual official last word! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Pinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dr.Pinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Pinky)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/900 "2000-12-30T07:21:51Z")
You know, I had The Last Word for 3 minutes, give or take 900 posts ago, and it didn’t have a coffee stain on it then. I just want everyone to be clear on that point. I am not TLW stainer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580.md?page=44) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580.md?page=46)