# The Exciting Game With One Rule **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [March 9, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239 "2014-03-09T03:34:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/81 "2014-03-10T01:41:28Z")
> [@randompattern](#): > > Gorilla? Nope. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/82 "2014-03-10T01:46:59Z")
randompattern, you are very clever! I just finished dinner, and came in to ask if it was a primate. --?? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/83 "2014-03-10T01:47:55Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > randompattern, you are very clever! I just finished dinner, and came in to ask if it was a primate. --?? No. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/84 "2014-03-10T01:48:43Z")
Macaques are messy. Chimps are chumps. Bonobos are perverts! Orangutans … well jeez, I can’t think of anything bad to say about orangs, even in jest. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/85 "2014-03-10T01:50:43Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > Macaques are messy. > Chimps are chumps. > Bonobos are perverts! > Orangutans … well jeez, I can’t think of anything bad to say about orangs, even in jest. Aren’t those guys primates? If not, they’re still not the one you’re needing to find. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/86 "2014-03-10T01:50:47Z")
Heh heh, never mind. Hyenas have no ethics! Hippos are stone misogynists. You said no feline, right? ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/87 "2014-03-10T01:52:45Z")
I cannot bring myself to bad-rap bears. But if I did, would it break The Rule? ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/88 "2014-03-10T01:52:52Z")
Capybara? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/89 "2014-03-10T01:52:55Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > Heh heh, never mind. > Hyenas have no ethics! > Hippos are stone misogynists. > You said no feline, right? None of these, and felines are out, too. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/90 "2014-03-10T01:53:33Z")
It’s not a feline, but is it a canine? Carnivore, omnivore, or herbivore? Is it bigger than, say, a German Shepard? Does it live in the wild or is it commonly domesticated? Does it make lots of noise? ETA: Sorry, didn’t see that felines were out when I posted this. Hmm . . . ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/91 "2014-03-10T01:55:33Z")
Wait - is it a bear? ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/92 "2014-03-10T01:55:45Z")
Wolves rock! But if I didn’t like them, I would say they suck. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/93 "2014-03-10T01:56:45Z")
Pssssst! Octarine! See post #87. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/94 "2014-03-10T01:57:35Z")
> [@Octarine](#): > > It’s not a feline, but is it a canine? > > Carnivore, omnivore, or herbivore? Is it bigger than, say, a German Shepard? Does it live in the wild or is it commonly domesticated? Does it make lots of noise? > ETA: Sorry, didn’t see that felines were out when I posted this. Hmm . . . Not a canine. Predominantly carnivore, maybe omnivore. Bigger than a German Shepherd. Wild, undomesticated. Can make a bodacious noise. ---
**Author:** ![randompattern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@randompattern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randompattern)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/95 "2014-03-10T01:58:30Z")
What about the worlds largest rodent? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/96 "2014-03-10T01:58:35Z")
> [@Octarine](#): > > Wait - is it a bear? YES! But that’s not all! There’s more to it. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/97 "2014-03-10T01:58:47Z")
Polar bear? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/98 "2014-03-10T01:59:47Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > Polar bear? Almost! ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/99 "2014-03-10T01:59:48Z")
No insulting Teddy Bears? ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/100 "2014-03-10T02:00:48Z")
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