# 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:** 6
**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, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/101 "2014-03-10T02:01:09Z")
Gummi? šŸ˜› ---
**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, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/102 "2014-03-10T02:01:27Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > No insulting Teddy Bears? Youā€™ve been making an assumption about the ā€œspeaking ill ofā€ concept. Thatā€™s close but not accurate. ---
**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, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/103 "2014-03-10T02:02:36Z")
> [@randompattern](#): > > Gummi? šŸ˜› Love it! šŸ˜ƒ But sorry, that ainā€™t it. ---
**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, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/104 "2014-03-10T02:05:57Z")
Listen, yā€™all. Youā€™re so close I want to share something I found just today! Check out [Internet to the rescue ā€“ Years too late!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=717852) ---
**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, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/105 "2014-03-10T02:10:58Z")
> [@Octarine](#): > > Wait - is it a bear? Since everybody was zooming in on ā€œThe rule: you must not mention a white bearā€ Iā€™m judging that the next Rule Maker is **Octarine**. Thanks for helping to blow up a perfectly good Sunday! ---
**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, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/106 "2014-03-10T02:35:08Z")
Damn! Well I canā€™t think of a rule right now anyway so itā€™s just as well. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/107 "2014-03-10T02:43:07Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > I cannot bring myself to bad-rap bears. But if I did, would it break The Rule? Believe it or not, Iā€™m just now seeing this post! Sorry, **brujaja** , but the right to the next rule should be yours. Whichever of you gets there first has the right! Sorry, too, **Octarine**. I suck! ---
**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, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/108 "2014-03-10T02:47:37Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > I cannot bring myself to bad-rap bears. But if I did, would it break The Rule? > [@Octarine](#): > > Wait - is it a bear? > [@brujaja](#): > > Pssssst! Octarine! See post #87. > [@Zeldar](#): > > YES! But thatā€™s not all! Thereā€™s more to it. > [@brujaja](#): > > Polar bear? > [@Zeldar](#): > > Almost! > [@Zeldar](#): > > Since everybody was zooming in on ā€œThe rule: you must not mention a white bearā€ Iā€™m judging that the next Rule Maker is **Octarine**. > > Thanks for helping to blow up a perfectly good Sunday! > [@Zeldar](#): > > Believe it or not, Iā€™m just now seeing this post! Sorry, **brujaja** , but the right to the next rule should be yours. Whichever of you gets there first has the right! Sorry, too, **Octarine**. I suck! Thatā€™s the story as best I can reconstruct it. ---
**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, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/109 "2014-03-10T02:47:41Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Believe it or not, Iā€™m just now seeing this post! Sorry, **brujaja** , but the right to the next rule should be yours. Whichever of you gets there first has the right! Sorry, too, **Octarine**. I suck! No worries! Besides, I canā€™t think of a particularily clever rule right now, and brujaja was first, so Iā€™ll step aside. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/110 "2014-03-10T02:49:51Z")
> [@Octarine](#): > > No worries! Besides, I canā€™t think of a particularily clever rule right now, and brujaja was first, so Iā€™ll step aside. šŸ˜ƒ Thanks for that spirit. Itā€™s not your fault, but mine. Youā€™re a good sport. ---
**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, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/111 "2014-03-10T05:06:57Z")
just bumping it up a bit ---
**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, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/112 "2014-03-10T05:34:01Z")
Hi all, sorry, I was having a bit of an extended dessert break. Okay! The New Rule is language-based. Since my no-Qs rule proved to be a piece of cake for **randompattern** and **Zeldar,** I have put some thought into making this one _significantly_ harder. Exposition is probably best accomplished by conversation. Because you, **Octarine** , are awesome, you are entitled to one hint by PM after the first 24 hours, or maybe sooner if everybody gets bored. FWIW, I had to re-read this posting a couple of times to make certain I was not breaking the rule. šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/113 "2014-03-10T05:45:47Z")
Talk like Yoda, you shall not? ---
**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, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/114 "2014-03-10T05:48:25Z")
Ha haha! Youā€™re not so far away from dangerous grounds there, Mac. And may I say that I had to re-write this a couple times to avoid breaking the rule. ---
**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, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/115 "2014-03-10T06:01:51Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > Hi all, sorry, I was having a bit of an extended dessert break. > > Okay! The New Rule is language-based. Since my no-Qs rule proved to be a piece of cake for **randompattern** and **Zeldar,** I have put some thought into making this one _significantly_ harder. > > Exposition is probably best accomplished by conversation. Because you, **Octarine** , are awesome, you are entitled to one hint by PM after the first 24 hours, or maybe sooner if everybody gets bored. > > FWIW, I had to re-read this posting a couple of times to make certain I was not breaking the rule. šŸ™‚ > [@brujaja](#): > > Ha haha! Youā€™re not so far away from dangerous grounds there, Mac. And may I say that I had to re-write this a couple times to avoid breaking the rule. In one case you had to re-read and in the other re-write in order not to violate your unspoken rule. Iā€™m guessing thereā€™s something in the rule about misspelling or misuse of proper grammar or syntax. Is this in the ballpark? Have I done violate yo rule? ---
**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, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/116 "2014-03-10T06:04:08Z")
You have broken the rule. So help me, **Zeldar** , if you get this in like ten minutes I am going to be SO mad!! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/117 "2014-03-10T06:15:28Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > You have broken the rule. So help me, **Zeldar** , if you get this in like ten minutes I am going to be SO mad!! šŸ˜ƒ Was it that last sentence or the whole post? ---
**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, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/118 "2014-03-10T07:06:49Z")
Elsewhere in the post. ---
**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, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/119 "2014-03-10T07:19:23Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > Elsewhere in the post. Okay, Iā€™ll watch for the next personā€™s efforts and try to spot their luck with the rule. ---
**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, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-exciting-game-with-one-rule/683239/120 "2014-03-10T07:28:22Z")
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