# One sentence summaries that miss the point -- The Game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 20, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166 "2009-03-20T14:59:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/81 "2009-03-22T17:59:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > _Requiem for a Dream_ Juice by Elendil, Juice by Elendil, GO ELENDIL!!! **We’ve Got a winner…** Did you want to try for the other one? ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/82 "2009-03-22T18:01:05Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#): > > Memento? There is someone who remembered Sammy Jenkis. CORRECT. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/83 "2009-03-22T18:03:34Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > 57.Two mathematicians argue over life being a predictable patern, while playing Go. Pi (or at least the symbol/Greek letter for it)? ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/84 "2009-03-22T18:05:56Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Pi (or at least the symbol/Greek letter for it)? One time, when I was a kid, my mother told me not to tell Zeldar he was correct. **So I did.** ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/85 "2009-03-22T18:10:32Z")
Reposting a couple not yet guessed: #22 A crop duster tries to return some money to its rightful owner #22 (added clue) Small town bank heist leads to amusing antics #49 Korean war vet delivers beverages to Tennessee cities #49 (added clue) Lounge singer warbles about a whippoorwill. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/86 "2009-03-22T18:10:37Z")
1. When you don’t think about it, steak is pretty tasty. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/87 "2009-03-22T18:12:30Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > 1. When you don’t think about it, steak is pretty tasty. Soylent Green? WAG 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/88 "2009-03-22T18:16:43Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Soylent Green? WAG 🙂 Nope. The film this refers to, very hard to NOT make an easy clue. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/89 "2009-03-23T01:18:21Z")
Reposted with the correct sequence numbers and extra hints: 62: Yet Another story about a washed-up game hunter, a prissy English lady, annoying Russians, and darkest Africa. (Multiple answers may exist, though I only have one in my mind at the moment.) - Also helping a lost person go home. 63: Boy loves girl, boy loses girl, boy gets beaten up in a foreign prison. - Boy comes home, takes up a new job, and can’t show his face in public. 64: Yet Another Coming-of-Age story in a time of worldwide crisis, interspersed with an AC-130 shooting at a giant insectoid. - The Coming-of-Age involves cars, a hot girl, and a Bad Cop. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/90 "2009-03-23T01:51:53Z")
Also unanswered, and reposted with additional hints: 28 - Aussie poet has unwanted vacation AND Hot coffee welcome while on extended horseback ride 30 - Dog owner ruefully sees neighborhood deteriorate AND Doc’s patients prove most uncooperative 51 - Reporters are stymied in writing an obit AND Art collection proves unsatisfying 52 - Rock star’s performance is memorably interrupted AND Watermelon proves scientifically tantalizing 53 - Irresponsible legislators get their comeuppance AND White House audience may not have been all that appreciative 54 - Leader, son fail to happily reconcile AND Herbology discussion proves distracting 55 - Detective declines another’s sleepwear AND Dressing in drag doesn’t guarantee good kisses ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/91 "2009-03-23T02:43:13Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > 57.Two mathematicians argue over life being a predictable patern, while playing Go. _A Beautiful Mind_ Repeating my own number 39, still unanswered: [QUOTE=straight man] 39. Two men go to supernatural lengths in an inappropriate battle for a woman. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/92 "2009-03-23T19:36:34Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 51 - Reporters are stymied in writing an obit > AND Art collection proves unsatisfying _Citizen Kane_? ---
**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:** [March 23, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/93 "2009-03-23T20:44:07Z")
You got it! ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/94 "2009-03-23T23:25:51Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 52 - Rock star’s performance is memorably interrupted > AND Watermelon proves scientifically tantalizing The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/95 "2009-03-24T01:46:30Z")
#49 Korean war vet delivers beverages to Tennessee cities #49 (added clue) Lounge singer warbles about a whippoorwill. **Smokey & the Bandit** (?) 64: Yet Another Coming-of-Age story in a time of worldwide crisis, interspersed with an AC-130 shooting at a giant insectoid. - The Coming-of-Age involves cars, a hot girl, and a Bad Cop. **Transformers** (the newish live action one) 30 - Dog owner ruefully sees neighborhood deteriorate AND Doc’s patients prove most uncooperative **Signs** ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/96 "2009-03-24T01:51:09Z")
1. Man complains about thin apartment walls. 2. Restaurant patron complains about gratuity. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/97 "2009-03-24T02:52:03Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > 1. Man complains about thin apartment walls. > > 2. Restaurant patron complains about gratuity. I was going to say 1. Office Space and, when I think about it 1. Office Space :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/98 "2009-03-24T02:54:19Z")
1. Well done! 2. Not so much! ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/99 "2009-03-24T02:55:42Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > 1. When you don’t think about it, steak is pretty tasty. 1. Clue 2: “You’re Empty” “So are you.” ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-sentence-summaries-that-miss-the-point-the-game/490166/100 "2009-03-24T02:59:44Z")
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