# Sandman duel **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184 "2007-05-15T15:05:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Puzzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@Puzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puzzler)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/1 "2007-05-15T15:05:01Z")
For those of you who have not partaken of the joy that is Sandman: This is “the oldest game” practiced by gods, mortals and Endless since the beginning of time; what you do is you choose a form, and two adjectives to go with it “I am bull, snake-crushing, heavy-footed”, and your opponent then chooses a form to defeat that “I am anthrax, butcher-bacterium, warm-life slaying” Rules are: 1. No undue escalation (e.g., “I’m a spider” - “Hah! I’m a nuclear holocaust”) 2. No undue hesitation (answer as quickly as you can) 3. No lack of imagination 4. Quote the form you’re answering to. Do not fight a beaten form! Give it a try! I’ll start it off: I am the Ocean, vast, engulfing. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/2 "2007-05-15T15:10:25Z")
[QUOTE=Puzzler] I am the Ocean, vast, engulfing. [/QUOTE] I am the Sun, hot and evaporating. ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/3 "2007-05-15T15:12:35Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] I am the Sun, hot and evaporating. [/QUOTE] I am time, persistant and inescapable. (really what else can beat the sun?) ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/4 "2007-05-15T15:14:10Z")
[QUOTE=brewha] I am time, persistant and inescapable. [/quote] I am a queue, timeless and interminable. > [@](#): > > (really what else can beat the sun?) (clouds, night, sunscreen) ---
**Author:** ![Puzzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@Puzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puzzler)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/5 "2007-05-15T15:17:49Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] I am a queue, timeless and interminable. [/QUOTE] I am a youngster, rude, queue-crushing. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/6 "2007-05-15T15:24:48Z")
Aw, man! I so wanna do a two-fer. Since there’s only a couple of us here so far, I’m going to take the liberty. [QUOTE=Puzzler] I am a youngster, rude, queue-crushing. [/QUOTE] **I am a Mother, overbearing, strict** Who of course is crushed by: **I am an Infant, vulnerable, helpless.** ---
**Author:** ![Puzzler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d07c76/32.png) [@Puzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Puzzler)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/7 "2007-05-15T15:36:59Z")
Hey, no fair! You want me to beat an infant? :eek: [QUOTE=WhyNot] **I am an Infant, vulnerable, helpless.** [/QUOTE] [del]I am an older sibling, jealous, tormenting [/del] too close to youngster. Hmmm.. I am a loved pacifier, soft, forever lost… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/8 "2007-05-15T16:23:47Z")
[QUOTE=Puzzler] Hey, no fair! You want me to beat an infant? :eek: [/QUOTE] Sorry…too close to nuclear holocaust? There’s a Moral Lesson about the strength of the weak in here, I’m sure of it! 😃 > [@](#): > > I am a loved pacifier, soft, forever lost… ☹ I’m a plastic bag, containing and safe. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/9 "2007-05-15T16:26:00Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] Sorry…too close to nuclear holocaust? There’s a Moral Lesson about the strength of the weak in here, I’m sure of it! 😃 I’m a plastic bag, containing and safe. [/QUOTE] I am the same plastic bag, forever separating, isolating. Tris ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/10 "2007-05-15T16:39:24Z")
I am a puppy, adventurous and shredder of inanimate objects. Maybe that doesn’t work so well. I’m just trying to come up with something to free the pacifier. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/11 "2007-05-15T16:44:40Z")
[QUOTE=Tikki] I am a puppy, adventurous and shredder of inanimate objects. [/QUOTE] I am crate, confining and cozy ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/12 "2007-05-15T16:47:58Z")
Well done! I am a bladder, untrained and insistent. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2007, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/13 "2007-05-15T17:06:33Z")
I am a wee-wee pad, soft, absorptive. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/14 "2007-05-15T17:21:02Z")
I am the same wee-wee pad six hours later, wet and odoriferous. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/15 "2007-05-15T17:24:28Z")
[QUOTE=Tikki] I am the same wee-wee pad six hours later, wet and odoriferous. [/QUOTE] I am a bottle of Odor-B-Gon! I am rigid and plastic, yet filled with sloshy liquid. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/16 "2007-05-15T19:53:07Z")
I am a weirdo, thirsty and undiscriminating. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/17 "2007-05-15T20:23:05Z")
[QUOTE=Cervaise] I am a weirdo, thirsty and undiscriminating. [/QUOTE] I am saltwater, lethal and tempting. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/18 "2007-05-15T20:26:02Z")
[QUOTE=Gukumatz] I am saltwater, lethal and tempting. [/QUOTE] Since heat/evaporation’s been done: I am pollution, poisoning your species. (I am also Malcolm X and Spartacus, but they’re just kinda back-up at the moment.) ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/19 "2007-05-15T20:26:30Z")
I am a distillation plant, boiling and purifying. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184/20 "2007-05-15T20:28:18Z")
[QUOTE=Sean Factotum] I am a distillation plant, boiling and purifying. [/QUOTE] I am a power outtage. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandman-duel/404184.md?page=2)