# Game: Good News/Bad News **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 31, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126 "2010-08-31T13:43:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Shark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126/61 "2010-09-03T17:44:31Z")
The good news: It’s benign The bad news: It’s still a birthmark shaped like a penis on your forehead The good news: It’s a three day weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126/62 "2010-09-03T17:45:36Z")
The bad news is HURRICANE EARL! The good news is your just won a $5,000,000 house… ---
**Author:** ![Shark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126/63 "2010-09-03T17:53:20Z")
The good news is your just won a $5,000,000 house… The bad news is you now owe the IRS $1,000,000 in taxes and you’ve had no luck selling the house to pay the tax bill The good news is: Crime in your neighborhood is way down. ---
**Author:** ![peekercpa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@peekercpa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peekercpa)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126/64 "2010-09-03T18:33:19Z")
the bad news is that it is a direct result of you getting arrested. the good news is that your kid made the honor roll. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126/65 "2010-09-03T18:49:58Z")
The bad news is that she’s now having to serve detention for allowing her friends to cheat off her. The good news is that it’s Friday… ---
**Author:** ![Caveat\_lector\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@Caveat\_lector\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caveat_lector_1)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126/66 "2010-09-03T20:17:03Z")
the bad news is that your boss is forcing you to work the weekend so that he can take it off the good news is that a national holiday has been declared in your honor ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126/67 "2010-09-03T23:55:05Z")
The bad news is that it’s a memorial holiday, so it’s been nice knowing you. The good news is that you’re getting your big acting break, on this week’s episode of Law & Order SVU! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126/68 "2010-09-04T02:28:10Z")
The good news is that you’re getting your big acting break, on this week’s episode of Law & Order SVU! TBN is the producers picked you because your resume includes the viral video “Two Girls, One Goat” TGN is that you have invented a way to lose 50 lbs by sitting on your ass… ---
**Author:** ![dhkendall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9adbd/32.png) [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126/69 "2010-09-04T02:46:22Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > TGN is that you have invented a way to lose 50 lbs by sitting on your ass… The bad news is that your ass does the sitting. By itself. Detached from your body. (Gee, you think a former standup comedian could write the punchline less awkwardly?) The good news: it’s a boy! ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126/70 "2010-09-04T04:02:50Z")
The bad news : it’s not yours ! The good news : Uwe Boll quit the film industry for good. ---
**Author:** ![Caveat\_lector\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@Caveat\_lector\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caveat_lector_1)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126/71 "2010-09-04T04:15:47Z")
the bad news: its because he feels that the movies you make fulfill his niche better than he ever could the good news: You find a magic lamp with a very permissive good-natured genie. You can even wish for more wishes. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126/72 "2010-09-06T12:59:57Z")
[QUOTE=Caveat lector;12876630the good news: You find a magic lamp with a very permissive good-natured genie. You can even wish for more wishes.[/QUOTE] The bad news: That’s the ONLY wish the genie can grant. So you have infinite useless wishes. The good news: Your zillion internet friends are all online at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![J-P\_L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/j-p_l/32/3156_2.png) [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2010, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126/73 "2010-09-06T14:53:42Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > The good news: Your zillion internet friends are all online at the same time. The bad news: Due to some technical trouble, you cannot get online. The good news: You live to see another day. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126/74 "2010-09-08T14:40:07Z")
The bad news: That day is Armageddon. The Good News: While walking down the street, you find a coll million dollars in US cash. ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126/75 "2010-09-08T16:32:31Z")
TBN: You are on a street in Afghanistan. TGN: The love of your life looks you up and tells you they miss you terribly and want to get back together. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126/76 "2010-09-08T22:07:07Z")
TBN: You just married someone else at 10:00 this morning. TGN: It’s finally cooling off outside. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126/77 "2010-09-08T22:42:03Z")
The bad news: because a gravitational anomaly has flung the Earth out of orbit into deep space. The good news is, you wona new car on the Price Is Right! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126/78 "2010-09-08T22:45:00Z")
The Bad News: Turns out Carl Sagan was right about Nuclear Winter The good news: You awaken to find that all your debts are mysteriously paid off ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126/79 "2010-09-09T13:42:56Z")
The bad news: Your mysterious benefactor has rung up twice as many debts in your name. The Good News: Your long lost brother, whom you haven’t heard from in 5 years, has turned up safe and well. ---
**Author:** ![Caveat\_lector\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@Caveat\_lector\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caveat_lector_1)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2010, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126/80 "2010-09-09T17:01:38Z")
The bad news is: He wants to know why you’re living with his wife. The good news is:You just got a full scholarship to your your first choice university. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-good-news-bad-news/552126.md?page=5)