# The Verbless Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 2, 2001, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555 "2001-04-02T22:45:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555/21 "2001-04-03T01:20:40Z")
Fun…indeed! Very interesting concept. _image of mad scientist._… “Igor! Brain! Now!” “Yes, Master.” “First switch!” “Yes, Master!” “Second Switch!” “Yes Master!” “Life! Life! From my hands!” “You da bomb, Master.” As am I. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555/22 "2001-04-03T01:27:03Z")
Verb 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Grok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Grok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grok)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555/23 "2001-04-03T01:30:45Z")
All your base are belo… Crap. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555/24 "2001-04-03T02:45:45Z")
Hama: “am” --\> verb Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555/25 "2001-04-03T03:27:50Z")
I . . . how? How . . . no. Not like that. Maybe . . . Fuck. Brain asleep. ---
**Author:** ![gypsy\_gurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@gypsy\_gurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsy_gurl)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555/26 "2001-04-03T04:27:03Z")
oh god? a verbless thread? totally **IMPOSSIBLE** stupid people! not smart again aye? hmmmmmmmm damn… ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555/27 "2001-04-03T04:38:07Z")
Verbless? Not topless? Not crotchless? Ah, well… Almost poetry, these things. No content, but abounding, astonishing, amazing adjectives. By definition, kinda passive. ---
**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555/28 "2001-04-03T04:47:26Z")
Pete and Repete on fence. Pete, accident-prone, no longer on fence. Who not on fence? (Apologies to Inspector Sidney Wang) ---
**Author:** ![gypsy\_gurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@gypsy\_gurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsy_gurl)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555/29 "2001-04-03T05:16:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aseymayo \* > \*\*Pete and Repete on fence. > Pete, accident-prone, no longer on fence. > Who not on fence? > > (Apologies to Inspector Sidney Wang) \*\* …wow…great job! no fluids on moniter though…maybe next time 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![aseymayo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@aseymayo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aseymayo)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555/30 "2001-04-03T05:31:12Z")
Rats! My bad - punchline wrong. Oh well. Next time! ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555/31 "2001-04-03T05:36:17Z")
First no verbs. Now a reflection on verbs. How postmodern. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555/32 "2001-04-03T05:44:24Z")
Me so horny. You rock. The world is my oyster. The crackers are good. My beer has a good head. The lighter is low. My sandwich is whole wheat bread. \< did I pass, I suck at this kinda thing \> ---
**Author:** ![gypsy\_gurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@gypsy\_gurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsy_gurl)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555/33 "2001-04-03T05:46:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aseymayo \* > \*\*Rats! My bad - punchline wrong. Oh well. Next time! \*\* my face at the thought of it??? SMILEY 😃 GOOD JOB honestly! ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555/34 "2001-04-03T05:52:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by gypsy\_gurl \* > \*\*damn… \*\* Verb. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBill \* > **Sentence without verbs > thoughts completed. > Grammer lessons soon. > BBQ style.** Completed. Gerund. Object of subject Thoughts. Neener. Neener. Neener. > [@](#): > > - Originally posted by techchick68\*\*\* > Me so horny. > > You rock. > > The world is my oyster. > > The crackers are good. > > My beer has a good head. > > The lighter is low. > > My sandwich is whole wheat bread. \*\* every one verb. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555/35 "2001-04-03T06:02:07Z")
Told ya I suck…and my mom was an English Lit. professor at UCCS (University of Colorado at Colorado Springs)! If she had a grave, she’d be rolling in it right now…Sorry Mom, I goofed…don’t haunt me! \< her ashes were scattered from an airplane between here and her home town ) ---
**Author:** ![KJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b2d939/32.png) [@KJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KJ)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555/37 "2001-04-03T06:27:35Z")
No verbs? Crazy. Really crazy. But fun, maybe. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555/38 "2001-04-03T06:32:19Z")
**techchick68**. Cool. Nice. English freak. Mrs. Spears. 12th grade. Nightmares. ---
**Author:** ![Palmyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@Palmyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palmyra)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555/39 "2001-04-03T06:34:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Original post. Snooooopy. \* > \*\*Me so horny. \*\* chronology: my friend aaron, test, many books. aaron horny. door, no entrance. squeeky bed springs. door, entrance. aaron happy. [aside] this event. today, ten minutes previous to post. [/aside] ---
**Author:** ![gypsy\_gurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@gypsy\_gurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gypsy_gurl)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555/40 "2001-04-03T06:38:17Z")
geez **unclebill** just a newbie here, not a god of literature like you ::swoon:: a little slack please? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2001, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555/41 "2001-04-03T06:42:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBill \* > \*\*Mrs. Spears. > \*\* Mrs. Timberlake? Mr. Spears? Inquiring minds . . . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-verbless-thread/60555.md?page=3)