HUMOUR (Linguistic): War On Said - say what?

Post by **Kvetch** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:59 am

"too late, dearie" cackled an old lady in the front row, who stoos up waving a vicious looking machine gun.

"I'm from the Pensioners Against the State's Terrible Injustices To wrinklies (PASTIT). Now - every one against that wall" she ordered

"and you can go with them" she instructed, waving the weapon at felonious

EDIT: that was refering back to felonious' post, but i took too long to write it, so I got double posted ... twice.

Post by **Darb** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 11:06 am

"Drop it, Grannie !" jeered Brad from the hallway, holding a steady bead (with his Baretta 9mm) dead-center on the oldster's saggy chest. "Put it there" he gesticulated, indicating the floor in front of her.

(no credit for gesticulated, since it's choreographical, rather than verbal)

Post by **Ghost** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 11:13 am

WAR ON SAID: 296 to 1

abjured, acknowledged, added, admitted, admonished, advocated, affirmed, agreed, alleged, allowed, alluded, amended, answered, aped, appended, applauded, apologized, argued, asked, attested, averred, avowed

babbled, badgered, barked, bawled, began, begged, belabored, bellowed, berated, bitched, blabbed, blared, blathered, blatted, bleated, blurted, blustered, boasted, bragged, brayed, breathed, broadcasted, burbled,

cackled, called, carped, catcalled, challenged, chatted, chattered, chanted, cheered, chided, chirped, chortled, clarified, coaxed, concluded, confessed, confirmed, continued, consented, commanded, communicated, complained, cooed, coughed, cried, croaked, crooned, crowed, cursed,

deadpanned, declaimed, declared, decreed, decried, denied, deplored, disagreed, dissembled, dissuaded, divulged, drawled, droned,

echoed, effused, ejaculated, elaborated, emphasized, enquired, enumerated, enunciated, enquired, equivocated, erupted, exclaimed, expanded, expectorated, explained, expostulated, expounded, expressed, extemporized

fibbed, fobbed, floundered, fretted, fussed

gargled, gasped, giggled, gloated, goggled, gossiped, grated,
grimaced, grinned, griped, groaned, groused, growled, grunted, grumbled, gushed,

hailed, harrumphed, harangued, hectored, heckled, hinted, hissed, howled, hushed, husked

implied, inferred, inquired, insinuated, instructed, insulted, interjected, intoned

jabbered, jeered, jested, jibed, jittered, joked, jousted, jumped-in,

kvetched

lamented, lectured, leered, lied, lisped

maintained, mangled, marveled, meandered, mentioned, mewled, minimized, misquoted, moaned, mocked, moralized, mouthed, mourned, mumbled,
murmured, muttered

nagged, narked, nattered, non-sequitured

obfuscated, objected, observed, opined, orated, ordered

parodied, parroted, piffled, pleaded, pointed out, pronounced, proposed, protested, preached, prayed, prevaricated, purred

quacked, quavered, queried, quibbled, quipped, quoted

rambled, ranted, rasped, raved, razzed, rebuked, refused, relayed, relented, reiterated, reminded, remarked, remonstrated, requested, repeated, reported, replied, reproached, requested, responded, resumed, retaliated, retorted, returned, revealed, roared, riposted, rejoiced

sang, scolded, screamed, screeched, scolded, scoffed, seethed, shrieked, shot back, shouted, shrilled, simpered, snarled, snapped, sniped, snorted, sniggered, snickered, soothed, sobbed, solicited, spitted, sprayed, squawked, squeaked, squealed, stammered, stated, subsumed, suggested, supplied, stuttered, sub-shushed, swore

teased, tittered, translated, trumpeted, twittered,

uttered

vaunted, verbalized, ventured, vocalized, voiced

wailed, wept, went, whimpered, whined, whispered, whistled, whooped, wished, wondered,

yammered, yawned, yapped, yawped, yelled, yelped, yipped, yowled

ChoChiyo · Post by **ChoChiyo** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 11:25 am

"Hasn't anyone the ability to find more words," taunted Cho.

"Ghost, I forgive you for not including schemed on the list," Cho pardoned.

"Since it was my own fault for not bolding the word," Cho conceded

"That carelessness is reprehensible!" condemned Darby.

"It's quite alright," Ghost absolved, "We all err occasionally."

"Ah, you're letting her off too easy," Darby bellyached.

"You're letting her off too easy," Cho aped, sticking her tongue out at him.

"I'll give you a dollar to look the other way for just a couple of minutes," Darby bribed, smacking his fist into his palm.

"Make it five and you've got a deal," acquiesced host, who was a little short of cash.

"Hey!" Cho sassed, "That's not fair and you both know it!"

Post by **Darb** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 11:25 am

"Ok, I retract my earlier withdrawal of 'gesticulated', since it does indeed work in the 'said' war ... provided that the statement it qualifies choreographs an action of some sort" caterwauled Brad amidst the din of battle.

/me scores a two-fer

Post by **laurie** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 11:29 am

"Felon's playing with the ducks again," tut-tutted Laurie.

Post by **Darb** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 11:32 am

"Blahahahahahahaha" gagged Brad, struggling to breathe after Laurie's well-deserved crack at Felon.

felonius · Post by **felonius** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 11:33 am

"And the bees," buzzed the mallard's pal Bumble.

"Why was I "well-deserving" of a crack, anyway?" fel questioned.

Post by **laurie** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 12:31 pm

"Don't you remember Brad's Volleyball post," Laurie laughed, "The one in which you and Ms. Afflack were so rudely interrupted?"

felonius · Post by **felonius** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:00 pm

"Ah, yes, of course," fel recalled. "It's all coming back."

"Pretty soon you'll be forgetting what you ate for breakfast too, sonny!" wheezed an old wheezer named Wheeze as he looked on from his rocker.

A bunch of excited pedestrians passed by suddenly and noticed the languishing thread, still so untapped. "More, more!" they clamoured in unison.

"Oh, brother," Wheezer undulated softly.

Post by **Ghost** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:06 pm

Cho gets credits for these I took them from Cho's NoNaWriMo novel:

Atomsk grimaced, his brow furrowing deeply. "I wanna know about this swarm," he demanded. "This is the second time youâ€™ve mentioned it, and it doesnâ€™t sound like a good thing."

"Heh," Maniac scowled. "Who does?"

"Donâ€™t start," Puck sighed.

"A bit like school," Tawhaki laughed.

"Uhâ€¦" she hedged, sounding uncertain, "â€¦yeahâ€¦"

Her frown grew deeper as her face hardened. â€œHe better not try it,â€

Post by **Kvetch** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:11 pm

"ieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieieiei" ululated Atomsk

(sp?)

Post by **Darb** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:13 pm

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!" ejaculated a male voice, followed moments later by an "Oooooooooooohhhhh!!!" quivered by an equally ecstatic feminine voice. Several minutes later, Darby Verminbait emerged hand in hand from the underbrush with a fiercely grinning and slightly disheveled looking Valkyrie.

Post by **Kvetch** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:19 pm

ejaculated

It's been done before brad. tut tut.

Kahrey · Post by **Kahrey** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:19 pm

Brad wrote:ejaculated

Somebody used it!

ChoChiyo · Post by **ChoChiyo** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:19 pm

With Kvetch, Hunter, and me in a conference room, I consulted, "Do you two have any suggestions for the "said" thread?"

"There must be many others," Hunter discussed.

"We should consider the pros and cons of enlarging the list," Kvetch debated.

"Hey, did you see that cute girl walk by?" Hunter gabbed.

"She was very attracted to me, I believe," Kvetch visited.

"I saw her first, keep away," Hunter advised.

"Girls, girls, girls," Cho announced, "You boys are in hormone overdrive!"

"I love girls," Kvetch yacked.

"But girls don't love you!" Hunter libeled as he giggled hysterically.

"At least I have only two eyes, and both in the proper location!" Kvetch slandered.

"Boys, boys! You are not behaving very well," shamed Cho.

"It's all your fault," villified the boys in unison, "You are a very bad influence on our tender young minds!"

"You must be confusing me with MK," Cho derided them.

Chuckling about MK's probable reaction to her statement, Cho slammed, "He's the one with the naughty thoughts."

"I wanna biscuit, I wanna biscuit, I wanna biscuit!" pestered Kvetch.

"Has he regressed to an infantile state?" worried Cho.

"Kvetch is an infant! Kvetch is an infant!" baited Hunter.

"You are all infantile," ridiculed Darby as he sashayed through the thread, grinning maliciously.

felonius · Post by **felonius** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:21 pm

Several minutes later, Darby Verminbait emerged hand in hand from the underbrush with a fiercely grinning and slightly disheveled looking Valkyrie.

I can hear the bombastic strains of Wagner now," put in felon.

Post by **Darb** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:22 pm

"It's impossible to keep up with all these posts" flailed Brad.

Kahrey · Post by **Kahrey** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:24 pm

"You got that right," Kahrey agreed.

Post by **Ghost** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:26 pm

Kahrey wrote:
Brad wrote:ejaculated
Somebody used it!

Kvetch wrote:
ejaculated
It's been done before brad. tut tut.

â€œDonâ€™t beat him up to badly; he got overly excited then posted too quickly â€“ that sometime happens. It is called premature posting, not that I know from personal experience,â€

ChoChiyo · Post by **ChoChiyo** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:28 pm

"Nauseating," Cho retched.

"Has there ever been such vulgar, inappropriate behavior seen anywhere before?" she spouted.

Post by **Darb** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:29 pm

"I'll flay you alive for that, Ghost" excoriated Brad, in a voice that could scare the pyrite out of a gold deposit, without even having to dig.

Post by **Kvetch** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:30 pm

personnel

"oh dear, Ghost, and I had such high hopes of you" tutted laurie. "and now i have to beat you sensless" she bewailed

ChoChiyo · Post by **ChoChiyo** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:33 pm

Kvetch wrote:
personnel
"oh dear, Ghost, and I had such high hopes of you" tutted laurie. "and now i have to beat you sensless" she bewailed

"Now, now," Cho castigated, "We mustn't be hasty, perhaps Ghost was speaking of his personal experiences with the personnel from his office....these things do happen you know..."

"Come along, my dears," Cho exhorted," surely we can squeeze a few more good verbs from the old brain pans!"

Post by **Ghost** » Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:36 pm

Brad wrote:"I'll flay you alive for that, Ghost" excoriated Brad, in a voice that could scare the pyrite out of a gold deposit, without even having to dig.

â€œNice 'mining' reference!â€