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.
May 7, 2012 at 2:27 pm
orange
poop
dinosaur
May 7, 2012 at 2:30 pm
One of these days…no, no and no
May 7, 2012 at 2:33 pm
Hey! I forgot about this game.
And how it drives me freaking insane.
insane
grate
great
May 7, 2012 at 2:38 pm
no, no and no
May 8, 2012 at 3:41 pm
if it helps you at all….this should have been no, no, yes
May 7, 2012 at 2:42 pm
constipation
diarrhea
hemorrhoids
May 7, 2012 at 3:12 pm
nada
May 7, 2012 at 2:49 pm
kilometer
may
arabic
May 7, 2012 at 3:13 pm
nope
May 7, 2012 at 3:16 pm
Money
banana
stand
May 7, 2012 at 3:18 pm
nunca
May 7, 2012 at 3:21 pm
No
theme
here
May 7, 2012 at 3:33 pm
I really wish I could say yes to one of these.
May 7, 2012 at 3:29 pm
monday
mayan
ruler
May 7, 2012 at 3:34 pm
nadax3
May 7, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Railroad
Emperor
aqueduct
May 7, 2012 at 3:34 pm
no-no-no
May 7, 2012 at 3:51 pm
Etruscan
Julian
Hitler
May 7, 2012 at 4:12 pm
Missed but still wrong
May 7, 2012 at 3:57 pm
calendar
Gregory
English
May 7, 2012 at 3:58 pm
dammit, Matt! I wanted calendar!
May 7, 2012 at 4:09 pm
Didn’t matter, did it?
May 7, 2012 at 3:59 pm
nothin
May 7, 2012 at 3:58 pm
calendar
survey
Hadrian
May 7, 2012 at 4:00 pm
zero
May 7, 2012 at 4:02 pm
did you miss mine?
May 7, 2012 at 4:09 pm
Yard
Stick
Romance
May 7, 2012 at 4:12 pm
This
seems
smart
May 7, 2012 at 4:15 pm
smarter than this for sure
May 7, 2012 at 4:14 pm
no, no, yes
May 7, 2012 at 4:16 pm
Got one!
May 7, 2012 at 4:13 pm
cherish
solitaire
horticulture
May 7, 2012 at 4:14 pm
no sir
May 7, 2012 at 4:21 pm
normal
sticky
furry
May 7, 2012 at 4:24 pm
zippo
May 7, 2012 at 4:29 pm
yards
romances
knight
May 7, 2012 at 4:33 pm
try again
May 7, 2012 at 4:29 pm
fib
brew
airy
May 7, 2012 at 4:34 pm
and again
May 7, 2012 at 4:40 pm
Romances
bedfellows
spoonto
May 7, 2012 at 4:42 pm
zeero
May 7, 2012 at 4:45 pm
Huh… roman, romance and not romances. Well I’m befuddled.
May 7, 2012 at 5:33 pm
Black
Dice
Tomorrow
May 7, 2012 at 5:44 pm
no dice, sorry (x3)
May 7, 2012 at 5:34 pm
magenta
cyan
yellow
May 7, 2012 at 5:45 pm
Yes! those are all wrong.
May 7, 2012 at 5:46 pm
Bartholomew
500
Hats
May 7, 2012 at 5:49 pm
nah
May 7, 2012 at 6:27 pm
500
cats
in
Bartholomew’s
hats
May 7, 2012 at 6:29 pm
all no
May 7, 2012 at 5:48 pm
fertility
month
Corinthians
May 7, 2012 at 5:49 pm
nahh
May 7, 2012 at 6:26 pm
Europe
king
pen15
May 7, 2012 at 6:28 pm
nawp
May 7, 2012 at 6:33 pm
Capitalization
is
Relevant
?
May 7, 2012 at 6:35 pm
3xno
May 7, 2012 at 6:40 pm
jacks (the game)
socks
ampitheatre
May 7, 2012 at 6:57 pm
all nos
May 7, 2012 at 6:49 pm
French
Resistance
yellow
May 7, 2012 at 6:57 pm
all nose
May 7, 2012 at 6:54 pm
single
date
jewelry
May 7, 2012 at 6:58 pm
3nose
May 7, 2012 at 6:56 pm
Apple
Marlboro
Turtle
May 7, 2012 at 6:59 pm
no,no-no
May 7, 2012 at 7:03 pm
January
March
April
May 7, 2012 at 7:05 pm
sorry-no
May 7, 2012 at 7:16 pm
should I bother to submit the rest of the months?
May 7, 2012 at 7:21 pm
you should not
May 7, 2012 at 8:12 pm
Measure
Early
Nose
May 7, 2012 at 8:20 pm
yes, no, no
May 7, 2012 at 10:46 pm
mortar
motor
moot
May 7, 2012 at 10:49 pm
nuh-uh
May 7, 2012 at 10:53 pm
lisp
water
tin
May 7, 2012 at 11:47 pm
that’s 3 nos
May 7, 2012 at 11:04 pm
carcass
liberate
popcorn
May 7, 2012 at 11:47 pm
still no
May 7, 2012 at 11:51 pm
Huh. I thought maybe I was on to something with this one. Shoot.
May 7, 2012 at 11:30 pm
calendar
meter
time
May 7, 2012 at 11:47 pm
all a no
May 7, 2012 at 11:45 pm
scale
weight
mile
May 7, 2012 at 11:48 pm
still all no
May 8, 2012 at 2:54 am
Ok, three more words.
Mayan
January
ancestor
May 8, 2012 at 7:25 am
So… the in words change over time?
http://spookymilk.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/in-and-out-5/#comment-33112
http://spookymilk.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/in-and-out-5/#comment-33044
May 8, 2012 at 9:13 am
no
May 8, 2012 at 9:57 am
hmmm.
May 8, 2012 at 9:57 am
ancestor
Mayan
January
May 8, 2012 at 10:11 am
no, sir
May 8, 2012 at 10:16 am
Dominican
apothecary
June
May 8, 2012 at 10:19 am
nopeity nope
May 8, 2012 at 10:21 am
August
French
Augustine
May 8, 2012 at 10:31 am
wrong
May 8, 2012 at 10:22 am
Werewolf
Moderate
Adobery
May 8, 2012 at 10:31 am
nosir
May 8, 2012 at 10:23 am
Gregorian
July
calendar
May 8, 2012 at 10:32 am
wrongo
May 8, 2012 at 10:37 am
July
calendar
Gregorian
May 8, 2012 at 10:38 am
calendar
Gregorian
July
May 8, 2012 at 10:38 am
Gregorian
calendar
July
May 8, 2012 at 10:38 am
July
Gregorian
calendar
May 8, 2012 at 10:38 am
calendar
July
Gregorian
May 8, 2012 at 10:41 am
gonna do this in one post and just say no to all those.
May 8, 2012 at 10:42 am
You’re going to get real tired of me submitting 6 triplets every time.
May 8, 2012 at 10:45 am
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?
May 8, 2012 at 10:48 am
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.
May 8, 2012 at 10:56 am
the order you submit them in makes no difference.
??
http://spookymilk.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/in-and-out-5/#comment-33141
http://spookymilk.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/in-and-out-5/#comment-33147
May 8, 2012 at 10:57 am
yes, order makes no difference.
May 8, 2012 at 10:59 am
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.
May 8, 2012 at 10:27 am
Words conditioned on previous words in the set? That’s not really “in and out.” It’s fun. But it’s a different game.
May 8, 2012 at 10:32 am
neither is guessing a theme out loud…but still no
May 8, 2012 at 10:28 am
Chinese
Monkey
fortune
May 8, 2012 at 10:33 am
that would be no
May 8, 2012 at 10:49 am
Chile
transient
arches
May 8, 2012 at 10:51 am
.no
May 8, 2012 at 10:50 am
adobe
berry
Ryan
May 8, 2012 at 10:52 am
.no.
May 8, 2012 at 10:54 am
Sin
Band
Shout
May 8, 2012 at 10:56 am
..no
May 8, 2012 at 10:57 am
kernels
keenly
alike
May 8, 2012 at 10:59 am
yes, yes, and yes. But still not sure if you’re in. Email me.
May 8, 2012 at 10:59 am
or give me a better example
May 8, 2012 at 11:01 am
lye
brake
suddenly
May 8, 2012 at 11:04 am
Good work! You’re in! As long as you answer other people correctly.
May 8, 2012 at 11:05 am
My only other question: would llama work?
May 8, 2012 at 11:07 am
Okay, looks like it would. I’m good.
May 8, 2012 at 11:10 am
Yes, llama would. You’re definitely in. Good job, sir.
May 8, 2012 at 11:05 am
Mayan
suddenly
alike
May 8, 2012 at 11:07 am
Yes, no, no
May 8, 2012 at 11:08 am
bible
abacus
hiked
May 8, 2012 at 11:08 am
no
May 8, 2012 at 11:11 am
The words are somehow contingent on the other words in the set, yes?
May 8, 2012 at 11:12 am
Nope.
May 8, 2012 at 11:17 am
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.
May 8, 2012 at 11:18 am
Yeah, capitalization’s irrelevant.
May 8, 2012 at 11:19 am
So were those goofs?
May 8, 2012 at 11:20 am
No.
May 8, 2012 at 11:21 am
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.
May 8, 2012 at 11:27 am
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?
May 8, 2012 at 11:32 am
This is all true.
May 8, 2012 at 11:28 am
wards
drawn
rained
May 8, 2012 at 11:29 am
Every time you post a new threesome I’m terrified that you’ll get in, and I’ll be out here all alone.
May 8, 2012 at 11:30 am
don’t be worried. I have twice typed out a comment about being a sore loser and just going home.
May 8, 2012 at 11:31 am
but we all know that would just be posturing.
May 8, 2012 at 11:31 am
We all know it’s an empty threat. Because we’ve all typed it out ourselves.
May 8, 2012 at 11:33 am
No on these
May 8, 2012 at 11:37 am
dye
Athenian
democracy
May 8, 2012 at 11:40 am
No
Yes
No
May 8, 2012 at 11:43 am
This is my first original word yes for this challenge. Ugh.
May 8, 2012 at 11:41 am
bookmark
ribs
risk
May 8, 2012 at 11:42 am
Not quite.
May 8, 2012 at 11:44 am
knees
toga
tank
May 8, 2012 at 11:44 am
Nope
May 8, 2012 at 11:44 am
Gotta
give
presentation
I’ll be back later to continue my frustration… and I’m guessing Brooks will be in by then.
May 8, 2012 at 11:45 am
None of these
May 8, 2012 at 11:48 am
brutal
karma
sucks
May 8, 2012 at 11:49 am
Yes no yes, and I assume you’ve got it now.
May 8, 2012 at 11:50 am
broken
man
sinks
May 8, 2012 at 11:51 am
Still yes no yes.
May 8, 2012 at 11:52 am
rotten
brains
ooze
May 8, 2012 at 11:52 am
Pull up a chair, friend.
May 8, 2012 at 1:05 pm
I was just waiting for novak to leave. Didn’t want to rub it in his face.
May 8, 2012 at 1:24 pm
You’re
A
Bastard
May 8, 2012 at 11:53 am
ding ding ding! welcome aboard
May 8, 2012 at 1:36 pm
Me thinks it’s time to give in.
May 8, 2012 at 3:37 pm
Maintain the path, Matt.
May 8, 2012 at 3:53 pm
Nope, I’m not gonna let you guys lure me back in. Not during this afternoon at least… things got crazy around the office.
May 8, 2012 at 3:56 pm
Attorney malpractice matters?
May 8, 2012 at 4:05 pm
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.
May 8, 2012 at 3:59 pm
Defeat the heartache, Matt.
May 9, 2012 at 12:47 pm
my brain hurts.
May 9, 2012 at 1:33 pm
ah…unclear arteries
May 9, 2012 at 7:14 pm
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.
May 9, 2012 at 7:46 pm
http://spookymilk.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/in-and-out-5/#comment-33114
*** http://spookymilk.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/in-and-out-5/#comment-33115 ***
http://spookymilk.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/in-and-out-5/#comment-33141
http://spookymilk.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/in-and-out-5/#comment-33142
http://spookymilk.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/in-and-out-5/#comment-33144
http://spookymilk.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/in-and-out-5/#comment-33206
May 9, 2012 at 8:06 pm
The last link in adobery’s list is the one that clicked it for me.
May 9, 2012 at 8:07 pm
gosh, Ryan, i was really HOPING someone would give me some links of the same shit i’ve been looking at all day. 🙂
May 9, 2012 at 8:19 pm
sake
host
stand
May 9, 2012 at 8:38 pm
yes
no
no
May 9, 2012 at 8:39 pm
sake
boy
ooze
May 9, 2012 at 8:40 pm
yes
no
no
May 9, 2012 at 8:42 pm
robe
stoned
head
May 9, 2012 at 8:42 pm
nox3
May 9, 2012 at 8:44 pm
sake
apple
pirate
May 9, 2012 at 8:46 pm
yes-no-no
May 9, 2012 at 8:47 pm
I’ll give a stronger hint if you really want it
May 9, 2012 at 8:48 pm
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.
May 9, 2012 at 9:57 pm
television
real
stripe
Are there multiple rules, or just one rule?
May 9, 2012 at 10:01 pm
No on these.
Just one rule, but it wouldn’t…be worded…the same…for…Ugh, this is hard…
May 9, 2012 at 10:19 pm
http://spookymilk.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/in-and-out-5/#comment-33206
http://spookymilk.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/in-and-out-5/#comment-33115
Those are the best two hints I can give without going farther, and one of them is from you 🙂
May 10, 2012 at 12:03 am
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.
May 10, 2012 at 12:58 am
you
should
not
May 10, 2012 at 1:04 am
nevermind…
May 10, 2012 at 1:02 am
None
May 10, 2012 at 1:09 am
calendar
railroad
adobe
May 10, 2012 at 1:13 am
no, yes, yes
May 10, 2012 at 1:16 am
Are you sure about #1 being no?
May 10, 2012 at 1:19 am
Pretty damn sure, but if you think it might be right, email me.
May 10, 2012 at 1:14 am
fuck this noise! someone email me the rule.
May 10, 2012 at 1:15 am
Alright, doing it now.
May 10, 2012 at 1:20 am
lamp
dagwood
balladeer
May 10, 2012 at 1:22 am
No, yes, no.
I can tell how close you are, though.
May 10, 2012 at 1:31 am
Oh, I see now…
ample
quad
nada
May 10, 2012 at 1:32 am
Indeed you do. Welcome.
May 10, 2012 at 1:37 am
Well done. When are going to get to do your impossible one? 🙂
May 10, 2012 at 1:44 am
crap, what the hell was that…?
(I’ve got notes somewhere…)
Spooky, if I send you three, can you post early next week?
May 10, 2012 at 1:48 am
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.
May 10, 2012 at 1:56 am
i want to be clear that i was on to this, just using the wrong, eh….form?
May 10, 2012 at 2:01 am
here? http://spookymilk.wordpress.com/2012/05/07/in-and-out-5/#comment-33305
May 10, 2012 at 2:02 am
yes. you can see that now. wrong form. and wrong equation. (ooh, i’m so delightfully vague.)