# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**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 24, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/81 "2014-03-24T23:47:04Z")
Idiom savant ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/82 "2014-03-25T17:13:46Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Veni, vidi, Leonardo 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/83 "2014-03-25T17:56:47Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > 😕 I interpret that one to be a replacement of “da Vinci” with “Leonardo” but I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Srsly\_Dad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/84 "2014-03-25T18:05:10Z")
The day the music dyed in the wooly bully. ---
**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 25, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/85 "2014-03-25T19:27:57Z")
If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have their cake and eat it too. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/86 "2014-03-25T19:57:01Z")
A fool and his gun are soon party politics. ---
**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 26, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/87 "2014-03-26T00:23:16Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > I interpret that one to be a replacement of “da Vinci” with “Leonardo” but I could be wrong. You are correct, sir: “da Vinci” for “vici”. In a similar spirit: Alea, Alea iacta est oxen-free. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/88 "2014-03-27T01:40:04Z")
From Beyond the Poseidon Adventures in Babysitting ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/89 "2014-03-31T14:27:12Z")
Let’s get this show on the road less traveled by and large. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/90 "2014-03-31T15:04:44Z")
And while in the shower, isn’t the title a bit, unfulfilled? The primrose path of least resistance is futile. Natch. ---
**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 31, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/91 "2014-03-31T17:36:25Z")
Doc, Grumpy, Bashful, Sleepy, Sneezy, Dopey and Happy Birthday to You! ---
**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 31, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/92 "2014-03-31T17:37:48Z")
Huey, Dewey, and Louie Louie, whoa-oh, we gotta go. ---
**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 31, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676/93 "2014-03-31T23:57:32Z")
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s off to work we-mo-weh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-game-the-primrose-path-of-least-resistance/682676.md?page=4)