# So ... But ... **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 14
**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, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/261 "2014-01-01T03:26:46Z")
But that’s OK, because it’s New Year’s Eve, and there’s nothing going on anywhere anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/262 "2014-01-01T22:57:42Z")
So I got my one phone call and I called a girl whose number was written on the wall… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/263 "2014-01-02T19:11:52Z")
But the “girl” turned out to be a guy… ---
**Author:** ![Tread](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/264 "2014-01-12T09:07:45Z")
So I promised to do anything, if he would bail me out ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/265 "2014-01-15T16:50:42Z")
But the “anything” involved two other guys and a dog as well. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/266 "2020-01-03T00:48:50Z")
After 6 years I was tired of sitting in jail, so I agreed to go swimming with 3 guys and a dog. ---
**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 3, 2020, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/267 "2020-01-03T04:40:35Z")
[Moderating] Moving to Thread Games, which didn’t exist at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/268 "2020-01-03T05:05:50Z")
But…all I could do was the backstroke. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/269 "2020-01-03T05:51:48Z")
So I did the backstroke, the “girl” did the breast stroke, the two other guys tread water, and the dog did the dog paddle. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/270 "2020-01-03T06:12:26Z")
But…the dog was drowning. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/271 "2020-01-03T09:45:46Z")
So I gave it mouth-to-mouth, and for the rest of the day I had a craving for Alpo. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/272 "2020-01-03T14:42:54Z")
But…all I had was Ol’ Roy. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/273 "2020-01-03T14:51:11Z")
So I tucked in and ate with great gusto. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/274 "2020-01-03T18:19:02Z")
But…I had to share with the others. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/275 "2020-01-03T20:08:12Z")
So I traded some of mine for some of theirs. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/276 "2020-01-03T21:07:13Z")
But all they had was Ol’ Roy, too. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/277 "2020-01-03T21:10:13Z")
So…we all piled in a van and drove to Petsmart. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/278 "2020-01-03T21:21:38Z")
But on the way there we had a flat tire. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/279 "2020-01-03T21:32:20Z")
So we all decided to hitchhike the rest of the way and held out a hastily scrawled cardboard sign that read “PetSmart or bust for somma dat tasty Ol’ Roy” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/280 "2020-01-03T21:41:11Z")
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