So ... But ...

Thread Games
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Rules:

Person #1 gives a statement of what someone has done, starting with “So …”
Person #2 gives a statement of a reaction, of the consequences, starting with “But …”
Person #3 carries on with a statement of the reaction to that, staring with “So …”

and so on and so on …

Example:

Player 1: So, there was this girl who bought a piano.

Player 2: But she didn’t know how to play it.

Player 3: So, she signed up for lessons.

Player 4: But she couldn’t afford them.

Player 5: So she got a job in a factory.

and so on and so on …

Thanks to Scott Smith who invented the game in his book “The Ruins”, a very creepy book and one that I can highly recommend so far.

So, I went for a walk down my driveway this morning.

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So, I went for a walk down my driveway this morning.

But, there was a cow in the driveway.

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So, I got behind it and tried to push it out of the way.

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But, it kicked me in the shin.

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So, I jumped up and down, cursed and sword and woke up the neighbors.

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But, one of the neighbors came over to see if I was all right.

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So, I asked him if he had any bandaids and a good, solid two by four.

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But, he didn’t.

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So, I grabbed some packaging from McDonald’s to see if I could scare the cow.

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But, it couldn’t read.

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So I went and got some primers from the elementary school.

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But they were in Korean.

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So the cow started dancing like a horse.

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But my neighbor came out and put a video of it up on Youtube.

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So I pulled out my Colt M1911a1 Government Model and pumped 7 .45 cal bullets into the terpsichorean bovine.

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But one ricocheted off a rock and hit my neighbor in the knee.

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So now I’m going to jail…

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But I’ve got a good lawyer.

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So, I phoned my girlfriend and asked her to feed the dog while I’m away.

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But then I remembered the last time I asked her to feed the dog while I was away and how she had basically fed it all the food I kept in the pantry.