# So ... But ...
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [July 16, 2013, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656 "2013-07-16T11:49:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2013, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/1 "2013-07-16T11:49:00Z")
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.
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So, I went for a walk down my driveway this morning.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2013, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/2 "2013-07-16T11:51:55Z")
So, I went for a walk down my driveway this morning.
But, there was a cow in the driveway.
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### Author:  [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2013, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/3 "2013-07-16T11:54:20Z")
So, I got behind it and tried to push it out of the way.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2013, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/4 "2013-07-16T12:00:02Z")
But, it kicked me in the shin.
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### Author:  [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2013, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/5 "2013-07-16T12:05:09Z")
So, I jumped up and down, cursed and sword and woke up the neighbors.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/6 "2013-07-16T12:11:38Z")
But, one of the neighbors came over to see if I was all right.
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### Author:  [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2013, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/7 "2013-07-16T12:27:18Z")
So, I asked him if he had any bandaids and a good, solid two by four.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2013, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/8 "2013-07-16T12:30:00Z")
But, he didn’t.
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### Author:  [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2013, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/9 "2013-07-16T13:14:53Z")
So, I grabbed some packaging from McDonald’s to see if I could scare the cow.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/10 "2013-07-16T13:17:50Z")
But, it couldn’t read.
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### Author:  [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/11 "2013-07-16T13:33:28Z")
So I went and got some primers from the elementary school.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/12 "2013-07-16T13:41:47Z")
But they were in Korean.
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### Author:  [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/13 "2013-07-16T13:45:44Z")
So the cow started dancing like a horse.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/14 "2013-07-16T13:47:50Z")
But my neighbor came out and put a video of it up on Youtube.
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### Author:  [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/15 "2013-07-16T15:08:30Z")
So I pulled out my Colt M1911a1 Government Model and pumped 7 .45 cal bullets into the terpsichorean bovine.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/16 "2013-07-16T15:14:27Z")
But one ricocheted off a rock and hit my neighbor in the knee.
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/17 "2013-07-16T15:18:47Z")
So now I’m going to jail…
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### Author:  [@J-P\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J-P_L)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/18 "2013-07-16T15:19:22Z")
But I’ve got a good lawyer.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/19 "2013-07-16T15:32:37Z")
So, I phoned my girlfriend and asked her to feed the dog while I’m away.
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### Author:  [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)
#### Post date: [July 16, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/20 "2013-07-16T15:39:10Z")
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.
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