# 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:** 8
**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 24, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/141 "2013-07-24T20:28:51Z")
So I took a cab to see my brother, the imam. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/142 "2013-07-24T20:29:59Z")
But my brother had escaped to England and was recovering from a sex change operation. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/143 "2013-07-24T20:58:09Z")
So, I bought a used flying carpet, and headed back home. ---
**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 25, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/144 "2013-07-25T01:30:13Z")
But turbulence brought me down into the waters of the North Atlantic. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/145 "2013-07-25T04:11:36Z")
So, I looked around for a friendly dolphin who’d pull me to shore. ---
**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 25, 2013, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/146 "2013-07-25T15:50:04Z")
But Flipper was shark chum. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/147 "2013-07-25T21:53:28Z")
So I hitched a ride on a passing cod boat. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/148 "2013-07-25T21:59:39Z")
But then I saw that George Clooney was the captain… and right on time, the perfect storm struck annd capsized the boat. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2013, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/149 "2013-07-26T03:48:52Z")
So I swam away to avoid the whirlpool from its sinking. ---
**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 26, 2013, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/150 "2013-07-26T15:10:08Z")
But, in avoiding Charybdis, I encountered Scylla. ---
**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:** [July 26, 2013, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/151 "2013-07-26T18:19:35Z")
So I said, “Yo, Scylla - how 'bout not eating me, huh?” ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/152 "2013-07-26T19:04:43Z")
But Scylla just let one of his blimps loose towards my head. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/153 "2013-07-26T19:18:20Z")
So, I asked Scylla if he’d like a copy of _The Watchtower_, and he fled screaming. ---
**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 26, 2013, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/154 "2013-07-26T19:37:40Z")
But then the Sharknado appeared. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/155 "2013-07-26T21:32:26Z")
So, I started singing “Farewell and adieu to ye fair Spanish ladies…” and the sharks hastened away, fearing I was Captain Quint. ---
**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 26, 2013, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/156 "2013-07-26T23:27:27Z")
But then the spirit of Ed McMahon appeared to me in a vision. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/157 "2013-07-27T01:04:53Z")
So I swam home to check my mailbox for a check from Publisher’s Clearing House. ---
**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 27, 2013, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/158 "2013-07-27T15:32:14Z")
But my mailbox had been stolen by a gang of ninja hoodlums. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/159 "2013-07-28T02:48:26Z")
So, I got a couple of handguns from my safe and went after the ninjas, because damn it, tampering with the mail is a federal offense! ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-but/663656/160 "2013-07-28T19:23:09Z")
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