# There are...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are/261381>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 25, 2004, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are/261381 "2004-08-25T02:10:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 17\
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**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are/261381/61 "2004-09-01T18:07:23Z")

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Ooh I love this game!

24 hfT = 24 hours from Tulsa? (it’s a Burt Bacharach song)

**Adding:**

1 itlntyed

2 cbaba1, itlnstn1

13 sotusf (7r, 6w)

101 pof, smlhb

110 ccah

56 sotdoi

7 mtgwbsitcdn 😉

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are/261381/62 "2004-09-01T18:20:08Z")

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> [@choie](#):
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> **Adding:**  
> 13 sotusf (7r, 6w)  
> 7 mtgwbsitcdn 😉

7 minutes that GWB sat in the classroom doing nothing 😛  
13 stripes on the US Flag (7 red, 6 white)

**Still open (I think?)**  
3 CWITELTEIG

65 SITMM

108 SIAB (OBIAR, ATBD)

88 sotns

127 koack

30 SOT

Tcbctir 29 t (femotEF)

4 hota (4 hours of the afternoon?)

20 T 20000 H = TROHH

2CIEGA3EOEF (TSE)

1 itlntyed

2 cbaba1, itlnstn1

101 pof, smlhb

110 ccah

56 sotdoi

1,2,3 awyb

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**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are/261381/63 "2004-09-01T19:09:47Z")

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> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#):
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> **Still open (I think?)**
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> 65 SITMM

I guessed this one, but **mattmcl** never said if I was correct or not.

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> 4 hota (4 hours of the afternoon?)

How about “4 horsemen of the apocalypse” instead? 🙂

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> 20 T 20000 H = TROHH
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> 2CIEGA3EOEF (TSE)

These last two are mine. Since they have been out for a while, I’ll give some hints:

20 to 20000 H = TR of HH

2C in EG and 3E on EF (TSE)

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**Author:** ![Abbie\_Carmichael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Abbie\_Carmichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abbie_Carmichael)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are/261381/64 "2004-09-01T20:03:04Z")

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> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#):
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> 1 potato 2 potato 3 potato 4  
> 5 potato 6 potato 7 potato…
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> ? I always said “more” so I’m stumped.

We always said “or.”

Why? I dunno. Maybe there are regional differences?

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are/261381/65 "2004-09-01T20:14:28Z")

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> [@LilyoftheValley](#):
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> I guessed this one, but **mattmcl** never said if I was correct or not.
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> How about “4 horsemen of the apocalypse” instead? 🙂

Yeah, that’s what I said. :smack:

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> These last two are mine. Since they have been out for a while, I’ll give some hints:
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> 20 to 20000 H = TR of HH

Doh. 20 to 20K Hertz = the range of human hearing. (For me it should be spelled “hurts” because even fly farts are aggravating my ear infection.)

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**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are/261381/66 "2004-09-02T00:39:11Z")

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> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#):
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> 7 minutes that GWB sat in the classroom doing nothing 😛

Heh! Dang I really didn’t think anyone was gonna get it that quickly. 😃

**Tcbctir 29 t (femotEF)** - The church  
bell chimed till it rang 29 times (for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald). Good ol’ Gordon Lightfoot!

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are/261381/67 "2004-09-02T00:46:48Z")

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> [@choie](#):
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> Heh! Dang I really didn’t think anyone was gonna get it that quickly. 😃
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> **Tcbctir 29 t (femotEF)** - The church  
> bell chimed till it rang 29 times (for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald). Good ol’ Gordon Lightfoot!

Are you kidding me? After all the 7 minute threads on this board, I can’t see 7 without expecting to see “minutes that George Bush did nothing” after it 😉

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**Author:** ![MaryEFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MaryEFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaryEFoo)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are/261381/68 "2004-09-02T02:49:43Z")

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OK, hint:

“1, 2, 3, and w y b?”

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**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are/261381/69 "2004-10-31T23:08:54Z")

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tmo2tbg

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are/261381/70 "2004-11-06T06:00:29Z")

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> [@choie](#):
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> 1 itlntyed

1 is the loneliest number that you’ll ever do

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> 2 cbaba1, itlnstn1

2 can be as bad as 1, it’s the loneliest number since the number 1

Adding:

12f3f4, 5f6f7fm, wigttt, itttr…

88la44w

wdfabnws, attw1, 2, 3, 4…

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**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are/261381/71 "2004-11-06T22:21:15Z")

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24 hfT = 24 Hours from Tulsa  
(Gene Pitney was such a hunk)

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**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are/261381/72 "2004-11-07T00:28:33Z")

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88la44w = 88 Lines About 44 Women

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are/261381/73 "2004-11-07T01:04:50Z")

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> [@laina\_f](#):
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> 88la44w = 88 Lines About 44 Women

Correct!

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**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are/261381/74 "2004-11-07T20:36:19Z")

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> [@ianzin](#):
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> 127 koack

127 koack = 127 kinds of arthritis current known [link](http://www.aliveat55.com/Arthritis/arth4.htm)

**ianzin**. I gotta believe that you randomly picked a number (i.e.,127), Googled the phrase “127 kinds of” and took the first result – that’s how I found the answer – pretty suspicious.  
Give me a break.

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are/261381/75 "2004-11-07T20:39:23Z")

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> [@laina\_f](#):
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> 127 koack = 127 kinds of arthritis current known [link](http://www.aliveat55.com/Arthritis/arth4.htm)
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> **ianzin**. I gotta believe that you randomly picked a number (i.e.,127), Googled the phrase “127 kinds of” and took the first result – that’s how I found the answer – pretty suspicious.  
> Give me a break.

There are rules about how a person comes up with these things?

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**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are/261381/76 "2004-11-07T20:41:38Z")

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Of course there are rules. In fact, there are 23 ROTG.

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**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-are/261381/77 "2004-11-07T22:13:31Z")

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Correction:

Wd **4** abnws, attw1, 2, 3, 4…

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