# Things in common...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 18, 2000, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084 "2000-03-18T15:29:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084/1 "2000-03-18T15:29:00Z")

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Time for another game…

Name what the three things have in common, then write three things. For simul-posts, the next person can answer both.

Starting off with an easy one…

Bean - Room - Putting

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I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature!

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084/2 "2000-03-18T15:44:00Z")

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Green.

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“I must leave this planet, if only for an hour.” – Antoine de St. Exupéry

Are you a turtle?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084/3 "2000-03-18T15:44:00Z")

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Bean - Room - Putting = **GREEN**

My turn:

cooked - Christmas - silly

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[**StoryTyler**](http://sites.netscape.net/storytyler/homepage)  
“Not everybody does it, but everybody should.”

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084/4 "2000-03-18T15:46:00Z")

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Whoops. No coffee yet. Another easy one:

Heavy - Rinse - Tartar

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“I must leave this planet, if only for an hour.” – Antoine de St. Exupéry

Are you a turtle?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084/5 "2000-03-18T15:48:00Z")

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cooked - Christmas - silly = goose

Joy - Ugly - Up

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“I must leave this planet, if only for an hour.” – Antoine de St. Exupéry

Are you a turtle?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084/6 "2000-03-18T15:50:00Z")

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Heavy - Rinse - Tartar = **cream**

Hmmmmm

cream - blue - whiz (hee hee!)

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[**StoryTyler**](http://sites.netscape.net/storytyler/homepage)  
“Not everybody does it, but everybody should.”

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**Author:** ![Nanno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nanno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanno)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084/7 "2000-03-18T15:50:00Z")

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Me----Myself—I

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whatever am I doing?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084/8 "2000-03-18T15:53:00Z")

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## Joy - Ugly - Up = happy happy? butt? yours? chuck? 😉

[**StoryTyler**](http://sites.netscape.net/storytyler/homepage)  
“Not everybody does it, but everybody should.”

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**Author:** ![PurpleCrackwhore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc348/32.png) [@PurpleCrackwhore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleCrackwhore)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084/9 "2000-03-18T15:53:00Z")

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Joy - Ugly - Up = stick  
cream - blue - whiz = cheese  
check - day - dirt

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I really try to be good but it just isn’t in my nature!

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084/10 "2000-03-18T15:53:00Z")

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cream - blue - whiz = cheese

Joy - Ugly - Up

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“I must leave this planet, if only for an hour.” – Antoine de St. Exupéry

Are you a turtle?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084/11 "2000-03-18T15:55:00Z")

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check - day - dirt = **pay**

stink - flower - wiser

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[**StoryTyler**](http://sites.netscape.net/storytyler/homepage)  
“Not everybody does it, but everybody should.”

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084/12 "2000-03-18T15:59:00Z")

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stink - flower - wiser

Ok, that might not be fair (you can change stink to vase, if that helps)

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[**StoryTyler**](http://sites.netscape.net/storytyler/homepage)  
“Not everybody does it, but everybody should.”

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084/13 "2000-03-18T16:04:00Z")

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stink - flower - wiser = **bud**?

Joe - Peak - Inferno

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“I must leave this planet, if only for an hour.” – Antoine de St. Exupéry

Are you a turtle?

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084/14 "2000-03-18T16:10:00Z")

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> [@](#):
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> stink - flower - wiser = bud?

Hee! A man after my own heart! 😉

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[**StoryTyler**](http://sites.netscape.net/storytyler/homepage)  
“Not everybody does it, but everybody should.”

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**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084/15 "2000-03-18T16:26:00Z")

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Joe - Peak - Infetno = Dante

water - tooth -ice

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084/16 "2000-03-18T16:42:00Z")

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water - tooth -ice = pick (but I think “Water-Pic” is trademarked this way.)

Horizon - Note - Moon

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“I must leave this planet, if only for an hour.” – Antoine de St. Exupéry

Are you a turtle?

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**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084/17 "2000-03-18T17:07:00Z")

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> Horizon - Note - Moon

Blue!

still trying to think of one of my own…

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**Author:** ![abderian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de0a6/32.png) [@abderian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abderian)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084/18 "2000-03-18T17:09:00Z")

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Horizon - Note - Moon = blue

Crap - Turkey - Don’t

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**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084/19 "2000-03-18T17:10:00Z")

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Okay, here’s an easy one, I’m sure.

vision-mint-trouble

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**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-common/15084/20 "2000-03-18T17:11:00Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Crap - Turkey - Don’t

## Shoot.

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