# The "add a group" people exclusion thread game **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 8, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800 "2018-12-08T14:54:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [December 8, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800/1 "2018-12-08T14:54:56Z")
Inspired by the “add a rule” word thread. I start by naming a person, then add a group that excludes them. The second poster names another person that fits in the first group, but is excluded in the second group that is named by the poster, and so on and so on., To start: Elton John The person cannot be openly gay. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800/2 "2018-12-08T19:41:44Z")
Billy Joel The person cannot be openly gay. Cannot have a surname longer than 4 letters ---
**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:** [December 8, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800/3 "2018-12-08T19:56:24Z")
You are supposed to pick a category that excludes your choice. “Joel” has four letters. To put it right: The person cannot be openly gay. The surname must contain at least five letters ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800/4 "2018-12-09T14:04:54Z")
Antonio Salieri The person cannot be openly gay. The surname must contain at least five letters The person may not be a classical composer ---
**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:** [December 9, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800/5 "2018-12-09T14:10:12Z")
John Wayne The person cannot be openly gay. The surname must contain at least five letters. The person may not be a classical composer. The person must be alive. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800/7 "2018-12-09T14:37:56Z")
Above post reported. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800/8 "2018-12-10T14:07:31Z")
Ringo Starr The person cannot be openly gay. The surname must contain at least five letters. The person may not be a classical composer. The person must be alive. The person may not be a 1960’s band member ---
**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:** [December 10, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800/9 "2018-12-10T14:23:34Z")
Barack Obama The person cannot be openly gay. The surname must contain at least five letters. The person may not be a classical composer. The person must be alive. The person may not be a 1960’s band member The person must be American. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800/10 "2018-12-10T14:24:55Z")
“How does The person must be an American” rule out Barack Obama? ---
**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:** [December 10, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800/11 "2018-12-10T14:26:58Z")
oops. Hugh Laurie The person cannot be openly gay. The surname must contain at least five letters. The person may not be a classical composer. The person must be alive. The person may not be a 1960’s band member The person must be American. ---
**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:** [December 10, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800/12 "2018-12-10T14:27:38Z")
ninja’ed nm ---
**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:** [December 10, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800/13 "2018-12-10T14:30:19Z")
Barack Obama The person cannot be openly gay. The surname must contain at least five letters. The person may not be a classical composer. The person must be alive. The person may not be a 1960’s band member The person must be American. The person must not be a politician ---
**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:** [December 10, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800/14 "2018-12-10T14:39:56Z")
Marshall Bruce Mathers III, (aka Eminem) The person cannot be openly gay. The surname must contain at least five letters. The person may not be a classical composer. The person must be alive. The person may not be a 1960’s band member The person must be American. The person must not be a politician The person must not be over the age of 40 ---
**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:** [December 10, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800/15 "2018-12-10T14:44:48Z")
Mookie Betts The person cannot be openly gay. The surname must contain at least five letters. The person may not be a classical composer. The person must be alive. The person may not be a 1960’s band member The person must be American. The person must not be a politician The person must not be over the age of 40 The person may not have performed with Elton John ---
**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:** [December 11, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800/16 "2018-12-11T14:12:45Z")
Cancel that–I was thinking of Eminem Mookie Betts The person cannot be openly gay. The surname must contain at least five letters. The person may not be a classical composer. The person must be alive. The person may not be a 1960’s band member The person must be American. The person must not be a politician The person must not be over the age of 40 The person cannot have been on a World Series winning team ---
**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:** [December 11, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800/17 "2018-12-11T14:33:29Z")
Iain Armitage (He plays the title role on _Young Sheldon_.) The person cannot be openly gay. The surname must contain at least five letters. The person may not be a classical composer. The person must be alive. The person may not be a 1960’s band member The person must be American. The person must not be a politician The person must not be over the age of 40 The person cannot have been on a World Series winning team Surname cannot start with a vowel ---
**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:** [December 11, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800/18 "2018-12-11T14:42:24Z")
Montana Jordan (he plays young Georgie on young Sheldon) The person cannot be openly gay. The surname must contain at least five letters. The person may not be a classical composer. The person must be alive. The person may not be a 1960’s band member The person must be American. The person must not be a politician The person must not be over the age of 40 The person cannot have been on a World Series winning team Surname cannot start with a vowel Cannot have a name that is also a geographical location ---
**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:** [December 11, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800/19 "2018-12-11T15:06:53Z")
Selena Gomez The person cannot be openly gay. The surname must contain at least five letters. The person may not be a classical composer. The person must be alive. The person may not be a 1960’s band member The person must be American. The person must not be a politician The person must not be over the age of 40 The person cannot have been on a World Series winning team Surname cannot start with a vowel Cannot have a name that is also a geographical location The person must be male. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800/20 "2018-12-11T15:44:05Z")
Simon Helberg The person cannot be openly gay. The surname must contain at least five letters. The person may not be a classical composer. The person must be alive. The person may not be a 1960’s band member The person must be American. The person must not be a politician The person must not be over the age of 40 The person cannot have been on a World Series winning team Surname cannot start with a vowel Cannot have a name that is also a geographical location The person must be male. The person may not have played someone who went into space. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2018, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800/21 "2018-12-12T12:11:24Z")
John Legend The person cannot be openly gay. The surname must contain at least five letters. The person may not be a classical composer. The person must be alive. The person may not be a 1960’s band member The person must be American. The person must not be a politician The person must not be over the age of 40 The person cannot have been on a World Series winning team Surname cannot start with a vowel Cannot have a name that is also a geographical location The person must be male. The person may not have played someone who went into space. The person may not be a Grammy winner. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-add-a-group-people-exclusion-thread-game/825800.md?page=2)