# The Understatement Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 1, 2001, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381 "2001-04-01T16:24:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381/1 "2001-04-01T16:24:06Z")
Cecil Adams is kind of smart. It’s a little cold sometimes in Alaska. Eve is a good little poster. Pro athletes make a buck or two. ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381/2 "2001-04-01T16:26:45Z")
JDT is a bit obsessed Coldfire is only slightly intelligent Fierra and Una are mildy infatuated I am a bit sad and alone Keith ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381/3 "2001-04-01T16:28:57Z")
The music at the concert I was at yesterday was a little loud. A room that’s about half the size of a jail cell isn’t the most ideal place to play music. (That’s not the same concert as above, the second time it was just me and few friends.) Smilies get a little tired… ---
**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:** [April 1, 2001, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381/4 "2001-04-01T16:36:02Z")
Hilter was a bit ant-social, don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381/5 "2001-04-01T16:45:45Z")
I really like the chap I’m engaged to. I find the weather to be a trifle chilly here in winter. I do enjoy a good book now and then. We have a couple of computers… Bills are rather unpleasant, telephone bills a little more than the others. My word! The Australian dollar doesn’t fetch as much as it used to, does it! ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381/6 "2001-04-01T18:18:34Z")
Every now and again, the unexpected happens. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381/7 "2001-04-01T19:06:21Z")
Splodgeness abounds. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381/8 "2001-04-01T19:47:31Z")
I’m not altogether happy to have a new boss. I might perhaps enjoy a drink of water now that I’ve gone for my 5 mile run. ---
**Author:** ![RickQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@RickQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickQ)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381/9 "2001-04-01T20:27:13Z")
I am really looking forward to Tuesday (the next week and a half, in fact) ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381/10 "2001-04-01T20:45:45Z")
I post occasionally. There are a couple of fun people on this board. I kinda sorta like the Braves. Some people are a little intolerant. ---
**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381/11 "2001-04-01T20:59:53Z")
I am one of the smartest posters on this board. (Sorry. Isn’t this the Liar’s Thread?) ---
**Author:** ![trose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f9ae1b/32.png) [@trose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trose)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381/12 "2001-04-01T21:37:36Z")
Scylla can write a decent line or two. Fenris is occasionally amusing. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381/13 "2001-04-01T21:41:50Z")
Microsoft products could perhaps be tested a little more rigorously before release. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381/14 "2001-04-01T21:44:35Z")
gaudere has been known to string together one or two intelligent words in a row. …and she’s not _too_ difficult to look at either. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381/15 "2001-04-01T21:48:18Z")
I am very, very, very, very, very, very horny. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381/16 "2001-04-01T21:55:44Z")
The weather could be a little nicer here. The guy who sideswiped me and has run my mother off the road twice? I’m not extremely fond of him. Gunslinger’s mildly attractive. I’ve felt better. ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381/17 "2001-04-01T21:59:15Z")
**ChiefScott’s** post gave me a chuckle. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381/18 "2001-04-01T22:05:03Z")
Oh, I’d make you chuckle all right… ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381/19 "2001-04-01T22:09:45Z")
Dolly Parton is a woman. You can really get absorbed in the Internet. _3rd Rock from the Sun_ is goofy. The Taliban is a bunch of jerks. Reggie Mantle is proud. Victor Borge, Oscar Levant and Vladimir Horowitz could tickle them ivories! Jalapeños are spicy. I hesitate to believe the stories in _The National Enquirer._ ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2001, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381/20 "2001-04-01T22:14:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Odieman \* > **Coldfire is only slightly intelligent** Dude, he said _understatements_ - not _gross exaggerations_. I clearly fall in the “smart enough not to soil the living room” category. How’s these? London is a somewhat expensive city to visit. I don’t mind a good F1 race, when it’s on. The Dutch national football team drew against Portugal last week, but it only bothered me slightly. The last minute penalty in the aforementioned match was somewhat doubtful. Taxes in the Netherlands are a trifle on the high side. I only speeded marginally when they gave me a NLG 170,- ticket last week. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-understatement-thread/60381.md?page=2)