# Word Game: The primrose path of least resistance **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 2, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676 "2014-03-02T16:12:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/1 "2014-03-02T16:12:24Z")
That’s the basic idea. Play with it as you see fit. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/2 "2014-03-03T06:03:17Z")
Another sample: Garden variety is the spice of life ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/3 "2014-03-03T06:05:18Z")
You light up my life preserver? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/4 "2014-03-03T14:12:52Z")
There’s a light over at the life preserver place. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/5 "2014-03-03T23:58:08Z")
Private eye of the beholder ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/6 "2014-03-04T01:47:47Z")
Secret beauty mark ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/7 "2014-03-04T01:52:48Z")
A bird in the hand is greener on the other side. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/8 "2014-03-04T02:20:30Z")
E-bay of pigs. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/9 "2014-03-04T02:26:24Z")
Mushroom for improvement. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/10 "2014-03-04T02:56:20Z")
Man 'o War and Peace ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/11 "2014-03-04T03:13:01Z")
One for all and all your base are belong to us. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/12 "2014-03-04T03:20:46Z")
A bird in the hand is worth two shakes of a lamb’s tail. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/13 "2014-03-04T04:16:41Z")
There will be peace in the valley of the shadow of death ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/14 "2014-03-04T04:21:53Z")
O death, where is thy kingdom come, thy will be done? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/15 "2014-03-04T04:34:21Z")
It was a dark and stormy night of the living dead. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/16 "2014-03-04T05:08:52Z")
Occupy Wall Streets of Laredo ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/17 "2014-03-04T05:12:30Z")
War, what is it good for, absolutely positively has to be there overnight. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/18 "2014-03-04T06:16:59Z")
Lock, stock, and barrel of monkeys. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/19 "2014-03-04T14:00:21Z")
Poker face the music ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/20 "2014-03-04T15:05:57Z")
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