[Balin] People feeling ticklish

[Balin]

Why did Dan propose they remove two letters?

[Zanreo]

Letters: Alphabet characters? If so, from a word? Sentence?
Mail letters?

[Balin]

Letters: Alphabet characters? Yes If so, from a word? Sentence? Neither
Mail letters? No

[Zanreo]

Not a word, hm... Were the letters supposed to spell anything? Did they accidentally spell something?
Relevant what letters? How many letters were used?
Were the two letters different? The same letter?

[Konnie]

Relevant whether the letters were vowels vs consonants? If so, were they two vowels, two consonants, or one of each?

Games or puzzles relevant? Scrabble? Crosswords?

[GalFisk]

Remove from the alphabet? Remove from use? Remove from a typewriter? Other writing machine? Other machine? From a product? From a location?

[Westing1992]

Remove because they were redundant? (Like 'C' being able to be phonetically replaced by 'S' and 'K')
Cheesy pick-up lines relevant? ("If I could rearrange the alphabet...")

[Balin]

Not a word, hm... Were the letters supposed to spell anything? Yope Did they accidentally spell something? No
Relevant what letters? Yes How many letters were used? Only the two
Were the two letters different? The same letter? Different

Relevant whether the letters were vowels vs consonants? The specific letter are relevant, so Yes If so, were they two vowels, two consonants, or one of each? Two consonants

Games Yes, DOYD of "game" or puzzles relevant? Scrabble? Crosswords? No to rest

Remove from the alphabet? Remove from use? This Remove from a typewriter? Other writing machine? Other machine? From a product? From a location? And this, svv of "location"

Remove because they were redundant? No (Like 'C' being able to be phonetically replaced by 'S' and 'K')
Cheesy pick-up lines relevant? ("If I could rearrange the alphabet...") Good idea, but No

[Westing1992]

Could they be mistaken for something else? For example, M's and W's looking the same if rotated, or O's looking like 0's?

[GalFisk]

Are they capital letters? Physical objects shaped like letters? Physical objects with letters on them?

[Balin]

Could they be mistaken for something else? No For example, M's and W's looking the same if rotated, or O's looking like 0's? Good idea, but No

Are they capital letters? Yes Physical objects shaped like letters? No Physical objects with letters on them? No, but the letters are on physical objects

[Westing1992]

Were the letters an abbreviation or acronym?
Game: Sport? Video game? Board or card game? RPG? Ouija board? Writing prompt generator?

[Balin]

Were the letters an abbreviation or acronym? Abbreviation
Game: Sport? Video game? Board or card game? RPG? Ouija board? Writing prompt generator? Sport

[Westing1992]

Was the sport relevant? Baseball? Football? Basketball? Soccer?
Were they removed from uniforms?
'Strikeout' being abbreviated as 'K' relevant?

[Balin]

Was the sport relevant? Yes Baseball? Football? This Basketball? Soccer?
Were they removed from uniforms? Yes (well, Dan proposed they should be, but no actual change was made)
'Strikeout' being abbreviated as 'K' relevant? No

[Doriana]

By "uniform", you mean player jerseys, right?

Are the two letters found on all jerseys? those of a certain team? of a specific player?

[Balin]

By "uniform", you mean player jerseys, right? Yes

Are the two letters found on all jerseys? No those of a certain team? No of a specific player? Of some players

[Doriana]

Super Bowl relevant?
Are the two letters Roman numerals?

[Balin]

Super Bowl relevant? Are the two letters Roman numerals? No, but a good guess

[Hobbsicle]

Are specific positions relevant? Would the two letters be removed from the names? Such as "JR"?

[Balin]

Are specific positions relevant? No Would the two letters be removed from the names? Yes... Such as "JR"? So close! (R is one of the letters, but not J.)

[Doriana]

"SR"?

[Balin]

"SR"? Yes

[Balin]

HINT: His proposal was in jest.

[Hobbsicle]

He proposed the removal because it makes them seem old?

[Balin]

He proposed the removal because it makes them seem old? No

[Balin]

SOMEWHAT LARGE-SIZED HINT: Don was playing the part of a Moral Guardian.

[Doriana]

Does he argue that "SR" implies there is also a "JR", which in turn implies that players with "SR" on their jerseys have had sex at least once?

[Balin]

Does he argue that "SR" implies there is also a "JR" Indirectly... which in turn implies that players with "SR" on their jerseys have had sex at least once? ...exactly.

****SPOILER****

The day I posted the puzzle, two personalities from Barstool Sports crashed this year's NFL competition committee conference call, proposing two ridiculous rule changes. The second proposal: "Can you get rid of the 'Sr.' suffix on the nameplates, since it’s just kind of a brag that the player had sex at one point? NFL's kind of a family television deal." (Audio in link.)