[@Ammokkx] I actually like to skip said and just describe an action, which works for the most part.

[quote]
Bill pointed at the stain on the floor. "Who did this?"

Bob looked around with a worried expression on his face. "Uh, the cat!" He stammered. 

"The cat?" Bill placed his hands on his hips. "Bob, we don't own a cat!"

"It was a stray cat!" He folded his hands under his chin. "It got inside yesterday!"

"Bob!" Bill stomped hard enough to shake the cabin. "We're in a submarine!"
[/quote]

There are [i]lots[/i] of options.

Anyway, writing is a very subjective thing and almost every rule you can think of has a time and place where it works and doesn't work. Just like "show, don't tell," Just like "write what you know," Just like "don't use said."