# 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:** 49
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/961 "2000-12-30T10:37:41Z")
Ahhh come on, you can trust me. (At least until I get that 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, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/962 "2000-12-30T10:50:45Z")
absolutely not 🙂 it is mine now. I have hidden it away where you will never find it!!! ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/963 "2000-12-30T11:00:16Z")
What you don’t know, Sapphire, is that while mixing up the pages I secretly hid the last word, so any word you have, has to be a fake. ---
**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, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/964 "2000-12-30T11:02:15Z")
don’t try that crap with me, corvus 😉 it didn’t work when Mauv and A\_R did it, either. I’ve got the word. Grease is the word. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/965 "2000-12-30T11:05:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sapphire Bullet \* > \*\*don’t try that crap with me, corvus 😉 > > it didn’t work when Mauv and A\_R did it, either. > > I’ve got the word. > > Grease is the word. 😉 \*\* Of course it didn’t work for them, they weren’t doing it right. You have to do it with flair and panache, which I have in spades. 🙂 ---
**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, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/966 "2000-12-30T11:06:58Z")
but you don’t have savoire faire! but I do! ::runs away with the almighty word:: ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/967 "2000-12-30T11:10:40Z")
Dang, you got me there. But I got the word ::climbs up rope ladder to tree fort, pulls ladder after:: ---
**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, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/968 "2000-12-30T11:12:36Z")
:: uses jetpack to fly up to this flimsy fort :: aha! now **I** have the word! :: flies away :: ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/969 "2000-12-30T11:15:10Z")
::hops on pogo stick:: ::boing:: Hah! Once mighty bounce and the word is mine! ---
**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, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/970 "2000-12-30T11:33:00Z")
and one quick grab and it’s mine again 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/971 "2000-12-30T11:40:58Z")
But I dodge deftly, ducking down, and quickly clasping clutch the wearisome word from the superb Sapphire. ---
**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, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/972 "2000-12-30T11:50:32Z")
and then I pluck it ever so gently from your pocket ya know, this thread is lacking something without the porn stylings of Dyno and crew! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/973 "2000-12-30T11:53:36Z")
_Sigh_ I know, I’m just trying to get my 400th post. They should be back soon enough though. ---
**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, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/974 "2000-12-30T12:05:51Z")
I hope we don’t get shut down 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/975 "2000-12-30T12:08:33Z")
Dammit! I wan’t finished with that yet! ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/976 "2000-12-30T12:09:24Z")
Well, actually I’m suprised it made it this far. It’ll be shut down in the next day or two. I just want it to break the guy stuff record is all. Imagine, being a part of board history. ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/977 "2000-12-30T12:12:11Z")
Happy 1100 to me!!! ---
**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, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/978 "2000-12-30T12:13:25Z")
Bear, Corvus- stay over there!!! this is **my** word! ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/979 "2000-12-30T12:15:01Z")
**Sapphire** made me blush! BTW, that’s not just the last word in my pocket, I’m also happy to see you!! ---
**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, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580/980 "2000-12-30T12:16:07Z")
finally, you see me! and now that I have the word, I realize how glad you are 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580.md?page=48) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-word/47580.md?page=50)