# SDMB and Cards Against Humanity collide at the Mercotan household this holiday season **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 1, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-cards-against-humanity-collide-at-the-mercotan-household-this-holiday-season/805668 "2018-01-01T01:46:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-cards-against-humanity-collide-at-the-mercotan-household-this-holiday-season/805668/1 "2018-01-01T01:46:54Z")
A few years ago, my daughters conspired to get me one of the best gifts I’ve ever gotten: Custom-made Cards Against Humanity playing cards, both the black and white cards. Indistinguishable from regular CAH cards save by a slight difference in sheen to the card, these special cards had such info on them as: “Cheese, but NOT the kind that goes in the cheese drawer” “Organizing things by degree of Dutchness” “ **elfbabe** ’s tiny kitten sneezes are actually caused by \_\_\_\_\_\_\_” “But _WHY_ is it good to live on the lake? \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_” “the one thing **Dadgop** hates more than homeopathy is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_” to name only a few. Well, we had both daughters and their respective husbands home over the holiday, and this led to an extended game of CAH, using the notorious Family Pack. This led to a few truly winning pairs! In one, I was the judge, and played the black card reading: “In a pinch, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ can be a substitute for \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_”. The winning entry (as deemed by me) for that one was from my elder daughter, who played the combo of “The Straight Dope Message Board” and “Mom”. Very risible. That was soon followed by **elfbabe** playing the black card: “What brought the orgy to a grinding halt?” She awarded the win to me when I played the “Getting **elfbabe** ’s husband out of prison” card in response to that. 😃 Not long after, the black card reading “The one weakness of the terrible QADGOP THE MERCOTAN? \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_!” was deployed, and I took that one too, by playing “The inevitable heat death of the universe”. And we rounded things out with a debate over just who was QtM’s greatest foe? One family member played the “Melkor” card, another the “Scott Walker” card, and yet another played the “Sand in places where there should not logically be sand” card. No clear winner, but much hilarity. But all good things must come to an end, and we soon closed the reunion by enjoying The Cheese of Farewell (a 17 year old cheddar from one of the nearby Lake to Lake dairies) along with a variety of ginger-based drinks. Then the kids headed off to their respective houses, vowing to create another specialty family deck for next year! ---
**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:** [January 1, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-cards-against-humanity-collide-at-the-mercotan-household-this-holiday-season/805668/2 "2018-01-01T18:20:04Z")
I’m envious! My high school buddies introduced me to CAH this spring we had a wonderful, cringe-worthy, self-hating, hilarious time playing it. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-cards-against-humanity-collide-at-the-mercotan-household-this-holiday-season/805668/3 "2018-01-02T00:35:31Z")
Little-known fact: **Qadgop the Mercotan** ’s actual greatest weakness is threads that are accidentally posted in the wrong forum. Moved from CS. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-cards-against-humanity-collide-at-the-mercotan-household-this-holiday-season/805668/4 "2018-01-02T00:45:44Z")
Well, we played last night. And laughed our asses off, of course. I had no idea that there were customizable packs? How does that work? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-cards-against-humanity-collide-at-the-mercotan-household-this-holiday-season/805668/5 "2018-01-02T01:38:02Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I had no idea that there were customizable packs? How does that work? The girls conferred online together with their spouses, and created the phrases for the cards & sent them off to the CAH folks along with payment for the service, and eventually said cards were delivered to me. As noted earlier, they are pretty much indistinguishable from other CAH decks, except for a slight difference in sheen when held up to bright light. That enables us to separate them out again, so as to not inflict the ‘family pack’ on others. Some cards were meant to be paired, such as the black “the one thing Dadgop hates more than homeopathy is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_” card and the white “gluten-free homeopathy” card. But just as many stood quite well on their own. And the **Game Room** is the place for card games? :eek: Who knew? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-cards-against-humanity-collide-at-the-mercotan-household-this-holiday-season/805668/6 "2018-01-02T02:10:02Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > The girls conferred online together with their spouses, and created the phrases for the cards & sent them off to the CAH folks along with payment for the service, and eventually said cards were delivered to me. … Wow. I knew I loved these guys. Future gifts are now being planned. ☺ ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-cards-against-humanity-collide-at-the-mercotan-household-this-holiday-season/805668/7 "2018-01-02T02:42:48Z")
I hope the cards aren’t made out of neutronium… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-cards-against-humanity-collide-at-the-mercotan-household-this-holiday-season/805668/8 "2018-01-02T02:53:30Z")
What if you just dilute the gluten a whole bunch? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-cards-against-humanity-collide-at-the-mercotan-household-this-holiday-season/805668/9 "2018-01-02T03:08:09Z")
LOL! It may be the perfect game for SDMB types; we played last night too. It came down to a tie between me and Dweezil, which I won by answering “What is the cause of my tiny penis?” with “Hilary Clinton’s death glare.” It seemed like a fitting end for 2017. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-cards-against-humanity-collide-at-the-mercotan-household-this-holiday-season/805668/10 "2018-01-02T14:41:13Z")
There’s a military version now, too: [https://disgruntleddecks.com/](https://disgruntleddecks.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2018, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-and-cards-against-humanity-collide-at-the-mercotan-household-this-holiday-season/805668/11 "2018-01-04T02:06:24Z")
```auto ``` I was really proud of, “What really gave Superman his powers?” Wait for it… “Making airplane noises.”