# Game: The Great Escape **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433 "2006-09-20T17:02:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sophie\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Sophie\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophie_Z)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433/1 "2006-09-20T17:02:40Z")
You wake up in a blank white room. The room has no windows and no doors (that you can see.) You have nothing with you. Go. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433/2 "2006-09-20T17:07:44Z")
I pick up a bat and a baseball. I toss the baseball up, swing and a miss. I pick up the baseball and toss it up, swing and a miss. I pick the baseball and toss it up, swing and a miss. Suddenly I’m in the park on a sun shiny day. I take my bat and ball and head to the baseball field. How does this work? Well, three strikes and you’re out. ---
**Author:** ![Sophie\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Sophie\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophie_Z)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433/3 "2006-09-20T17:14:03Z")
[QUOTE=Improv Geek] I pick up a bat and a baseball. [/QUOTE] No. When I said you have nothing with you, I did mean _nothing._ ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433/4 "2006-09-20T17:15:08Z")
I open the trap door in the floor and follow the tunnel outside. Then I go get a hot dog and think, “Huh, that was odd.” ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433/5 "2006-09-20T17:15:25Z")
Well, thank god. I can finally get a little peace and quiet. I lie down and go to sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433/6 "2006-09-20T17:16:06Z")
Oh, good. If there’s nothing I have to be doing, I’ll just go back to sleep. I’ve been needing this! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433/7 "2006-09-20T17:16:20Z")
[QUOTE=Sophie\_Z] No. When I said you have nothing with you, I did mean _nothing._ [/QUOTE] Well, there goes my suggestion of picking up a hammer, striking myself in the head, and knocking myself out, then. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433/8 "2006-09-20T17:19:22Z")
[QUOTE=Sophie\_Z] No. When I said you have nothing with you, I did mean _nothing._ [/QUOTE] So much for the funny. Have fun. – IG ---
**Author:** ![Sophie\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Sophie\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophie_Z)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433/9 "2006-09-20T17:19:40Z")
[QUOTE=Smeghead] I open the trap door in the floor and follow the tunnel outside. [/QUOTE] There are no doors on your side. The point of the game is, you have to somehow find a way out. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433/10 "2006-09-20T17:26:01Z")
Ok, I’ll bite – [QUOTE=Sophie\_Z] The room has no windows and no doors (that you can see.) [/QUOTE] Search for secret doors. ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433/11 "2006-09-20T17:27:35Z")
plugh ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433/12 "2006-09-20T17:28:58Z")
I say, “OK, guys, very funny. Now let me out… Uh, guys? GUYS???” ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433/13 "2006-09-20T17:32:15Z")
I run headfirst at one of the walls, knocking myself _out_. Game over. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433/14 "2006-09-20T17:44:46Z")
I think outside the box. Alternatively (and apologies if this is insensitive) I imagine a black lady. Now I have an egress. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433/15 "2006-09-20T18:13:15Z")
I yell for the guard, and claim I’m deathly ill. Then when he comes in (thus revealing the actual location of the door), I conk him over the head and make my escape. This always works. I done seen it in the pitcher shows. ---
**Author:** ![M.Meursault](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@M.Meursault](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/M.Meursault)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433/16 "2006-09-20T19:05:21Z")
Just go out the way you came. Silly. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433/17 "2006-09-20T19:14:59Z")
**Sophie\_Z** , is there a right answer to this, or are you just looking for cleverness? I’d call the room “Ideas”, because I’m out of ideas. ---
**Author:** ![Sophie\_Z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Sophie\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sophie_Z)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433/18 "2006-09-20T19:32:11Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] **Sophie\_Z** , is there a right answer to this, or are you just looking for cleverness? I’d call the room “Ideas”, because I’m out of ideas. [/QUOTE] No, there is no right answer. Use your ingenuity and your imagination. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433/19 "2006-09-20T20:25:10Z")
[QUOTE=glee] I think outside the box. Alternatively (and apologies if this is insensitive) I imagine a black lady. Now I have an egress. [/QUOTE] Might be insensitive, but it was pretty damn funny. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433/20 "2006-09-20T20:32:07Z")
I’d assume I was in a church, because that would mean I’d come to adore. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-the-great-escape/373433.md?page=2)