# Three Things in Common **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 1, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472 "2008-04-01T01:30:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/61 "2008-04-07T02:20:39Z")
[QUOTE=blondebear] Stone Fire, man, dog [/QUOTE] House ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/62 "2008-04-07T02:31:05Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Feed? [/QUOTE] Chicken feed, paper feed, satellite feed. Correct. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/63 "2008-04-07T02:34:51Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] House [/QUOTE] Certainly correct, but not what I was looking for (hang). ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/64 "2008-04-07T02:39:22Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Beer, stop, fall [/QUOTE] Again getting 2-for-3s. Beer truck and truck stop. Pit stop and pitfall. Maybe if I crack a cool one all will come clear. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/65 "2008-04-07T02:44:46Z")
Oh, and light beer and stoplight…and cold beer and stop cold…grrrrr… ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/66 "2008-04-07T04:26:20Z")
You mean it wasn’t “back”? (see post #57) (beer back, stop back/ back stop, back light.) ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/67 "2008-04-07T04:32:05Z")
Oops. I meant, fall back. Quack. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/68 "2008-04-07T18:35:34Z")
Did we solve them all? Here’s another one. love, perfect, link ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/69 "2008-04-07T21:03:58Z")
> [@](#): > > love, perfect, link Letter? Love letter, letter perfect, Linkletter Next: Father, signature, piece ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/70 "2008-04-07T21:13:25Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] Father, signature, piece [/QUOTE] Time ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/71 "2008-04-07T21:25:56Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] You mean it wasn’t “back”? (see post #57) (beer back, stop back/ back stop, [fall] back.) [/QUOTE] Not the answer I was thinking of… ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/72 "2008-04-08T05:00:24Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] Not the answer I was thinking of… [/QUOTE] Oh, crap. Deadfall, stop dead…dead beer? ☹ Stop over, fall over…beer over? ☹ Wait, how about, “over beer”? ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/73 "2008-04-08T17:41:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Beer, stop, fall So we’re stuck on this one? Best I can come up with is light, but that fails on fall. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/74 "2008-04-09T03:09:18Z")
**Sternvogel** , I think you stumped us. Been poking at it all day, but I got nothing. Run, cold, time. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/75 "2008-04-09T03:33:44Z")
Wait, that was too easy. Dog, chest, at. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/76 "2008-04-09T09:23:35Z")
Hey: short beer, short stop, fall short? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/77 "2008-04-09T13:54:58Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] Hey: short beer, short stop, fall short? [/QUOTE] Finally! (And “stop short” would have worked for the second, as would “shortfall” for the third.) ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/78 "2008-04-09T17:54:23Z")
I owe my success entirely to **Twickster** , who wanted to know what was the opposite of “exceed”. I’m the one who posted, “fall short”. And that was **days** ago! Duuuuh. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/79 "2008-04-09T18:18:35Z")
[QUOTE=brujaja] Wait, that was too easy. Dog, chest, at. [/QUOTE] Sea (Seadog, sea chest, at sea). Market, beef, wood. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-things-in-common/443472/80 "2008-04-09T19:38:02Z")
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