# The three -gry words **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 1, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062 "2006-06-01T20:20:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062/1 "2006-06-01T20:20:45Z")
1. Angry 2. Hungry 3. [Nugry](http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=nugry) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062/2 "2006-06-01T20:38:21Z")
Okay, so, that makes four. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062/3 "2006-06-01T20:52:10Z")
You’re just evil. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062/4 "2006-06-01T20:55:11Z")
Sorry, I disagry. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062/5 "2006-06-01T20:56:01Z")
quack! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062/6 "2006-06-01T21:08:39Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] quack! [/QUOTE] quack! quack! quack! quack! quack! ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062/7 "2006-06-01T21:19:51Z")
(I was Dick Smothers in a past life) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062/8 "2006-06-01T21:26:26Z")
There were only 4 “Quacks” in that post, _and no one knows why_. Actually, someone knew why. Once. In 1960. For 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062/9 "2006-06-01T21:29:30Z")
**" "** (I just wanted to echo the above post.) ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062/10 "2006-06-01T22:49:57Z")
A dog wouldn’t be able to look up to see the post. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062/11 "2006-06-01T23:33:07Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] There were only 4 “Quacks” in that post, _and no one knows why_. Actually, someone knew why. Once. In 1960. For 20 minutes. [/QUOTE] And, tying everything in this thread together, that someone was…Dick Smothers. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062/12 "2006-06-01T23:43:51Z")
[QUOTE=Ludovic] There were only 4 “Quacks” in that post, _and no one knows why_. Actually, someone knew why. Once. In 1960. For 20 minutes. [/QUOTE] But I saw 6 Quacks in all. 1 in the reply and 5 that Hal typed? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2006, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062/13 "2006-06-01T23:55:38Z")
[QUOTE=Hal Briston] quack! quack! quack! quack! quack! [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Ludovic] There were only 4 “Quacks” in that post, _and no one knows why_. Actually, someone knew why. Once. In 1960. For 20 minutes. [/QUOTE] He’s right, **Hal**. There _were_ only 4. Are you tryin’ to _pull sumtin?!_ \ Give the man annudda “quack”! Or do Muggsey & da Boys an I godda get “persuasive” wid choo? :dubious: ---
**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:** [June 2, 2006, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062/14 "2006-06-02T02:12:35Z")
FYI, I read this while I was in my car. Parked in the driveway. Or was it while I was driving on the parkway. Oh well, what’s the difference? ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062/15 "2006-06-02T03:00:17Z")
Could a running duck take off from a rolling runway? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062/16 "2006-06-02T03:02:37Z")
Cecil is going to smite you for that one… ---
**Author:** ![Shai\_tan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Shai\_tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shai_tan)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062/17 "2006-06-02T04:54:01Z")
[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor] He’s right, **Hal**. There _were_ only 4. Are you tryin’ to _pull sumtin?!_ \ Give the man annudda “quack”! [/QUOTE] No… There WERE five! Highlight the quote in your own post… ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062/18 "2006-06-02T13:08:20Z")
[QUOTE=Shai’tan] No… There WERE five! Highlight the quote in your own post… [/QUOTE] oooh! Good one, **Hal**. “Sneaking one in” were ewe? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062/19 "2006-06-02T13:25:48Z")
There! Are! _Five!_ Quacks!!! ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2006, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062/20 "2006-06-02T13:25:55Z")
What’s all this then? I’m trying to read another post and all I can hear is a duck fight coming from this one. Please, folks, muzzle your ducks! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-three-gry-words/359062.md?page=2)