In and Out 5

Because there is never enough to do around here.

February
Roman
yardstick

AND

Mayan
January
ancestor

Directions for thoes who haven’t played yet:

The game starts out with one person who picks a theme of some sort and is the only person who is “in”. He then lists three things that are part of that theme to get people started. Next, people start listing three things and anybody who is “in” will respond with yes or no to each of them. Once somebody nails puts down three things that are all “yes”, the people who are “in” will usually decide to declare him in (unless for some reason they are not sure that person has guessed the theme, but normally you just declare them in).

A sample game might go like this:

I post

red
blue
green

to start off the game. So Spooky guesses

orange
poop
dinosaur

to which I respond “Yes, no, no”. At this point, Spooky figures out that the theme is colors and guesses

magenta
cyan
black

To which I say “Yes, yes, yes. You are in.” Then Spooky can start answering yes or no to anybody’s questions. The game goes on until people decide to stop.

Tags:

  1. kg2005’s avatar

    orange
    poop
    dinosaur

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    1. adobery’s avatar

      One of these days…no, no and no

      Reply

  2. mbnovak’s avatar

    Hey! I forgot about this game.

    And how it drives me freaking insane.

    insane
    grate
    great

    Reply

    1. adobery’s avatar

      if it helps you at all….this should have been no, no, yes

      Reply

  3. mbnovak’s avatar

    constipation
    diarrhea
    hemorrhoids

    Reply

  4. Grey’s avatar

    kilometer
    may
    arabic

    Reply

  5. mbnovak’s avatar

    Money
    banana
    stand

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  6. mbnovak’s avatar

    No
    theme
    here

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    1. adobery’s avatar

      I really wish I could say yes to one of these.

      Reply

  7. beezypoof’s avatar

    monday
    mayan
    ruler

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  8. bhiggum’s avatar

    Railroad
    Emperor
    aqueduct

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  9. beezypoof’s avatar

    Etruscan
    Julian
    Hitler

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    1. adobery’s avatar

      Missed but still wrong

      Reply

  10. mbnovak’s avatar

    calendar
    Gregory
    English

    Reply

    1. bhiggum’s avatar

      dammit, Matt! I wanted calendar!

      Reply

      1. mbnovak’s avatar

        Didn’t matter, did it?

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  11. bhiggum’s avatar

    calendar
    survey
    Hadrian

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  12. beezypoof’s avatar

    did you miss mine?

    Reply

  13. daneekasghost’s avatar

    Yard
    Stick
    Romance

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    1. mbnovak’s avatar

      This
      seems
      smart

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      1. adobery’s avatar

        smarter than this for sure

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      1. daneekasghost’s avatar

        Got one!

        Reply

  14. Beau’s avatar

    cherish
    solitaire
    horticulture

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  15. daneekasghost’s avatar

    normal
    sticky
    furry

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  16. mbnovak’s avatar

    yards
    romances
    knight

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  17. mbnovak’s avatar

    fib
    brew
    airy

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  18. mbnovak’s avatar

    Romances
    bedfellows
    spoonto

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  19. mbnovak’s avatar

    Huh… roman, romance and not romances. Well I’m befuddled.

    Reply

  20. AMR’s avatar

    Black
    Dice
    Tomorrow

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    1. adobery’s avatar

      no dice, sorry (x3)

      Reply

  21. AMR’s avatar

    magenta
    cyan
    yellow

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    1. adobery’s avatar

      Yes! those are all wrong.

      Reply

  22. Beau’s avatar

    Bartholomew
    500
    Hats

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    1. beezypoof’s avatar

      500
      cats
      in
      Bartholomew’s
      hats

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  23. bhiggum’s avatar

    fertility
    month
    Corinthians

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  24. beezypoof’s avatar

    Europe
    king
    pen15

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  25. mbnovak’s avatar

    Capitalization
    is
    Relevant

    ?

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  26. beezypoof’s avatar

    jacks (the game)
    socks
    ampitheatre

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  27. bhiggum’s avatar

    French
    Resistance
    yellow

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  28. daneekasghost’s avatar

    single
    date
    jewelry

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  29. beezypoof’s avatar

    Apple
    Marlboro
    Turtle

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  30. daneekasghost’s avatar

    January
    March
    April

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      1. daneekasghost’s avatar

        should I bother to submit the rest of the months?

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  31. bhiggum’s avatar

    Measure
    Early
    Nose

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  32. mbnovak’s avatar

    mortar
    motor
    moot

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  33. mbnovak’s avatar

    lisp
    water
    tin

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  34. mbnovak’s avatar

    carcass
    liberate
    popcorn

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      1. mbnovak’s avatar

        Huh. I thought maybe I was on to something with this one. Shoot.

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  35. callmetanya’s avatar

    calendar
    meter
    time

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  36. beezypoof’s avatar

    scale
    weight
    mile

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  37. adobery’s avatar

    Ok, three more words.

    Mayan
    January
    ancestor

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        1. daneekasghost’s avatar

          hmmm.

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  38. daneekasghost’s avatar

    ancestor
    Mayan
    January

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  39. rob’s avatar

    Dominican
    apothecary
    June

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  40. rob’s avatar

    August
    French
    Augustine

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  41. rob’s avatar

    Werewolf
    Moderate
    Adobery

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  42. daneekasghost’s avatar

    Gregorian
    July
    calendar

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      1. daneekasghost’s avatar

        July
        calendar
        Gregorian

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      2. daneekasghost’s avatar

        calendar
        Gregorian
        July

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      3. daneekasghost’s avatar

        Gregorian
        calendar
        July

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      4. daneekasghost’s avatar

        July
        Gregorian
        calendar

        Reply

      5. daneekasghost’s avatar

        calendar
        July
        Gregorian

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        1. adobery’s avatar

          gonna do this in one post and just say no to all those.

          Reply

          1. daneekasghost’s avatar

            You’re going to get real tired of me submitting 6 triplets every time.

          2. adobery’s avatar

            Then I’ll save myself some grief and say the order you submit them in makes no difference. That would be even more cruel and how would you determine it was correct if a person guessed one word right?

          3. mbnovak’s avatar

            So if the order didn’t matter, why did previously correct words end up incorrect? Obviously the words need to be related to each other somehow… but we’ve seen individual words be correct without the others being correct… quite odd.

          4. adobery’s avatar

            yes, order makes no difference.

          5. mbnovak’s avatar

            Yeah, I’m really struggling with this. Words obviously are conditioned on other words in the set, otherwise those words would have been in. But they can’t be conditioned on other words in the set because then it doesn’t make sense for single words to be in… unless a single word can satisfy all the conditions required of the set, in which case it wouldn’t matter what other words were used, all of them should be in.

  43. mbnovak’s avatar

    Words conditioned on previous words in the set? That’s not really “in and out.” It’s fun. But it’s a different game.

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    1. adobery’s avatar

      neither is guessing a theme out loud…but still no

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  44. mbnovak’s avatar

    Chinese
    Monkey
    fortune

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    1. adobery’s avatar

      that would be no

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  45. daneekasghost’s avatar

    Chile
    transient
    arches

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  46. mbnovak’s avatar

    adobe
    berry
    Ryan

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  47. mbnovak’s avatar

    Sin
    Band
    Shout

    Reply

  48. spookymilk’s avatar

    kernels
    keenly
    alike

    Reply

    1. adobery’s avatar

      yes, yes, and yes. But still not sure if you’re in. Email me.

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      1. adobery’s avatar

        or give me a better example

        Reply

        1. spookymilk’s avatar

          lye
          brake
          suddenly

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          1. adobery’s avatar

            Good work! You’re in! As long as you answer other people correctly.

          2. spookymilk’s avatar

            My only other question: would llama work?

          3. spookymilk’s avatar

            Okay, looks like it would. I’m good.

          4. adobery’s avatar

            Yes, llama would. You’re definitely in. Good job, sir.

  49. mbnovak’s avatar

    Mayan
    suddenly
    alike

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    1. spookymilk’s avatar

      Yes, no, no

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  50. mbnovak’s avatar

    bible
    abacus
    hiked

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    1. spookymilk’s avatar

      no

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  51. mbnovak’s avatar

    The words are somehow contingent on the other words in the set, yes?

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    1. spookymilk’s avatar

      Nope.

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      1. mbnovak’s avatar

        So how can it be that “January” was both in and out and “Mayan” was in but “mayan” was out.

        I’d think maybe capitalization mattered, but clearly it doesn’t from the January example.

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        1. spookymilk’s avatar

          Yeah, capitalization’s irrelevant.

          Reply

          1. mbnovak’s avatar

            So were those goofs?

          2. spookymilk’s avatar

            No.

          3. mbnovak’s avatar

            No, I’m sure they weren’t goofs. Because this didn’t work:

            http://spookymilk.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/in-and-out-5/#comment-33147

            At which point we have a set that is both entirely in and entirely out. Which means adobery should probably be mod killed.

  52. mbnovak’s avatar

    Word can be both in and out… it doesn’t depend on capitalization. It doesn’t depend on order/placement in the list. It doesn’t depend on the other words in the set.

    Right now I’ve got no other guesses as to what it could depend on. But everything I wrote above is correct, yes?

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    1. spookymilk’s avatar

      This is all true.

      Reply

  53. daneekasghost’s avatar

    wards
    drawn
    rained

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    1. mbnovak’s avatar

      Every time you post a new threesome I’m terrified that you’ll get in, and I’ll be out here all alone.

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      1. daneekasghost’s avatar

        don’t be worried. I have twice typed out a comment about being a sore loser and just going home.

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        1. daneekasghost’s avatar

          but we all know that would just be posturing.

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        2. mbnovak’s avatar

          We all know it’s an empty threat. Because we’ve all typed it out ourselves.

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    2. spookymilk’s avatar

      No on these

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  54. mbnovak’s avatar

    dye
    Athenian
    democracy

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    1. spookymilk’s avatar

      No
      Yes
      No

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      1. mbnovak’s avatar

        This is my first original word yes for this challenge. Ugh.

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  55. daneekasghost’s avatar

    bookmark
    ribs
    risk

    Reply

    1. spookymilk’s avatar

      Not quite.

      Reply

  56. daneekasghost’s avatar

    knees
    toga
    tank

    Reply

    1. spookymilk’s avatar

      Nope

      Reply

  57. mbnovak’s avatar

    Gotta
    give
    presentation

    I’ll be back later to continue my frustration… and I’m guessing Brooks will be in by then.

    Reply

    1. spookymilk’s avatar

      None of these

      Reply

  58. daneekasghost’s avatar

    brutal
    karma
    sucks

    Reply

    1. spookymilk’s avatar

      Yes no yes, and I assume you’ve got it now.

      Reply

  59. daneekasghost’s avatar

    broken
    man
    sinks

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    1. spookymilk’s avatar

      Still yes no yes.

      Reply

  60. daneekasghost’s avatar

    rotten
    brains
    ooze

    Reply

    1. spookymilk’s avatar

      Pull up a chair, friend.

      Reply

      1. daneekasghost’s avatar

        I was just waiting for novak to leave. Didn’t want to rub it in his face.

        Reply

        1. mbnovak’s avatar

          You’re
          A
          Bastard

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    2. adobery’s avatar

      ding ding ding! welcome aboard

      Reply

  61. mbnovak’s avatar

    Me thinks it’s time to give in.

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    1. daneekasghost’s avatar

      Maintain the path, Matt.

      Reply

      1. mbnovak’s avatar

        Nope, I’m not gonna let you guys lure me back in. Not during this afternoon at least… things got crazy around the office.

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        1. adobery’s avatar

          Attorney malpractice matters?

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          1. mbnovak’s avatar

            Stop it! I’m so hard wired into looking at conditional things now that I don’t think I’ll ever pick up on this one.

        2. spookymilk’s avatar

          Defeat the heartache, Matt.

          Reply

    1. adobery’s avatar

      ah…unclear arteries

      Reply

      1. beezypoof’s avatar

        possibility, but i’m thinking it’s far more related to my complete ineptitude at this game. i have no effing clue, after running through a million scenarios.

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          1. daneekasghost’s avatar

            The last link in adobery’s list is the one that clicked it for me.

          2. beezypoof’s avatar

            gosh, Ryan, i was really HOPING someone would give me some links of the same shit i’ve been looking at all day. 🙂

    1. daneekasghost’s avatar

      yes
      no
      no

      Reply

  62. beezypoof’s avatar

    robe
    stoned
    head

    Reply

  63. beezypoof’s avatar

    sake
    apple
    pirate

    Reply

  64. adobery’s avatar

    I’ll give a stronger hint if you really want it

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  65. beezypoof’s avatar

    i just can’t see it. bah! i’m working on something, keeping in mind that words can be in or out, but it’s obviously not what i’m thinking.

    Reply

  66. mbnovak’s avatar

    television
    real
    stripe

    Are there multiple rules, or just one rule?

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    1. spookymilk’s avatar

      No on these.

      Just one rule, but it wouldn’t…be worded…the same…for…Ugh, this is hard…

      Reply

      1. mbnovak’s avatar

        Yeah… I’m seeing some patterns and such (obviously), but nothing that I can extrapolate out. And I’m still stuck on contingent words, such that one word is in/out based on the other words that are in the set, but I can’t get anything to work. So I’m just going to go back to not trying on this one.

        Reply

  67. AMR’s avatar

    you
    should
    not

    Reply

    1. AMR’s avatar

      nevermind…

      Reply

  68. spookymilk’s avatar

    None

    Reply

  69. AMR’s avatar

    calendar
    railroad
    adobe

    Reply

    1. spookymilk’s avatar

      no, yes, yes

      Reply

      1. AMR’s avatar

        Are you sure about #1 being no?

        Reply

        1. spookymilk’s avatar

          Pretty damn sure, but if you think it might be right, email me.

          Reply

  70. beezypoof’s avatar

    fuck this noise! someone email me the rule.

    Reply

    1. spookymilk’s avatar

      Alright, doing it now.

      Reply

  71. AMR’s avatar

    lamp
    dagwood
    balladeer

    Reply

    1. spookymilk’s avatar

      No, yes, no.

      I can tell how close you are, though.

      Reply

  72. AMR’s avatar

    Oh, I see now…

    ample
    quad
    nada

    Reply

    1. spookymilk’s avatar

      Indeed you do. Welcome.

      Reply

    2. adobery’s avatar

      Well done. When are going to get to do your impossible one? 🙂

      Reply

      1. AMR’s avatar

        crap, what the hell was that…?
        (I’ve got notes somewhere…)

        Spooky, if I send you three, can you post early next week?

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        1. spookymilk’s avatar

          I’m fairly sure I’ve got it saved as a draft here. Hopefully you remember the theme.

          Yeah, let’s be careful about when we post it. This place is friggin’ hoppin’ these days. So many games going on. Survivor should be in a writing period at that point and I’m not sure yet about Diplomacy. The Puzzle Challenge stuff goes up on Sundays and Tuesdays, so Monday’s probably best.

          Reply

  73. beezypoof’s avatar

    i want to be clear that i was on to this, just using the wrong, eh….form?

    Reply

  74. beezypoof’s avatar

    yes. you can see that now. wrong form. and wrong equation. (ooh, i’m so delightfully vague.)

    Reply

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