# 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:** 25
**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:** [April 26, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/481 "2020-04-26T22:02:40Z")
But: It didn’t dissolve. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/482 "2020-04-26T23:52:46Z")
So… we held on to the octopus until we reached the salt-water ocean. ---
**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:** [April 27, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/483 "2020-04-27T01:45:56Z")
But…The octopus was very slippery and mad at us. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2020, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/484 "2020-04-29T06:53:33Z")
So…We assured him we’d pay cash for the ride. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2020, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/485 "2020-04-29T08:14:49Z")
But…the octopus pointed out that, because of the pandemic, he couldn’t handle cash. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/486 "2020-04-29T20:35:19Z")
So…we used Paypal. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/487 "2020-05-05T02:29:25Z")
But…The octopus cursed us. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/488 "2020-05-10T16:02:36Z")
So we flipped him the bird and took off running ---
**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:** [May 10, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/489 "2020-05-10T17:09:57Z")
But, He chased us. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/490 "2020-05-10T22:36:43Z")
So we had to run real fast, since we had only two legs, as opposed to his eight. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2020, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/491 "2020-05-13T07:40:43Z")
But…He slipped and sprained 2 of his tentacles. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/492 "2020-05-13T17:21:59Z")
So by that point we were well inland and, to our relief, he hobbled back into the river and we never saw him again. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/493 "2020-05-13T18:32:52Z")
But…We were hungry. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/494 "2020-05-13T20:35:11Z")
So we went in search of corndogs. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/495 "2020-05-13T22:25:31Z")
But…Calamari was all we could find. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/496 "2020-05-14T04:33:00Z")
So…we rolled up the calamari and pretended they were corndogs. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/497 "2020-05-14T06:28:44Z")
But…we were out of mustard. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/498 "2020-05-14T10:09:42Z")
So…we ate them anyway, reminding ourselves that they’re calamari, not corndogs. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/499 "2020-05-14T13:06:31Z")
But then one of us got a splinter in their gums from a stick used in creating the ersatz ‘corndogs’ ---
**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:** [May 14, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/500 "2020-05-14T13:29:34Z")
So we went looking for a dentist to help one of us (whose nickname, since I’m sure you’re wondering, was Blawnox Bob). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656.md?page=26)