# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/41 "2013-07-16T20:42:59Z")
So I sought refuge in a stand of pine trees. ---
**Author:** ![Phnord\_Prephect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Phnord\_Prephect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phnord_Prephect)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/42 "2013-07-16T20:50:17Z")
But I got lost in the mists of time. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/43 "2013-07-16T20:55:55Z")
So, I headed for a bookie’s office, to bet on dozens of future sporting events, ---
**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:** [July 16, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/44 "2013-07-16T20:57:58Z")
But I emerged just outside of Camelot, with three mounted knights approaching. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/45 "2013-07-16T21:01:37Z")
So, I started singing “If Ever I Would Leave You” in my best Robert Goulet voice. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/46 "2013-07-16T21:10:47Z")
But someone came up to me and said “it’s just a model: you’re on the set of the newest Camelot Movie”. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/47 "2013-07-16T23:23:50Z")
So you had better get Mr. Harris a cocktail right now. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/48 "2013-07-17T00:12:33Z")
But, as it turns out he has a deadly allergy to vermouth, making that martini a bad idea. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/49 "2013-07-17T00:40:09Z")
So, I offered him a Pabst Blue Ribbon instead. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/50 "2013-07-17T00:46:35Z")
But he had an aneurysm and was rushed to the hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/51 "2013-07-17T12:41:15Z")
So, I called the hospital and told them to give him an IV of Pabst Blue Ribbon. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/52 "2013-07-17T12:42:35Z")
But I could tell the police were closing in on me again, and I ran blindly down the alley. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/53 "2013-07-17T14:54:51Z")
So, I tried to escape by going down a manhole. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/54 "2013-07-17T15:14:46Z")
But there was a giant albino alligator waiting for me there. ---
**Author:** ![Phnord\_Prephect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Phnord\_Prephect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phnord_Prephect)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/55 "2013-07-17T15:21:00Z")
So the alligator told me this was a toll sewer and asked me for $3.50. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/56 "2013-07-17T15:27:17Z")
But I didn’t have any cash on me. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/57 "2013-07-17T15:40:21Z")
So I made him into a pair of boots. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/58 "2013-07-17T15:52:05Z")
But they exacerbated the pain from my stubbed toe. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/59 "2013-07-17T15:55:06Z")
So I took them off and sold them to a passerby for $1000. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/60 "2013-07-17T15:59:08Z")
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