# The Game The Rules! Or: The Rules Game. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816 "2003-09-20T16:46:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816/41 "2003-09-21T05:11:38Z")
**Rule -1** : All rules must be positive whole integers. **Rule [symbol]p[/symbol]**: Rules cannot be Greek letters either. **Rule ¶** : No symbols, punctuation marks, or letters. Only numbers 0 through 9 are allowed. **Rule 0110010** : Cut it out, can’t ya!?!? ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816/42 "2003-09-21T05:14:42Z")
**Rule 49** : There will be an award of 6^6 points to the first person to take a picture of Bill Waterson and live. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816/43 "2003-09-21T05:16:27Z")
**Rule 50** : Any members of the board who have a book reach the New York Times best-seller list get 50 points, provided that they dance the Castle Walk with me. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816/44 "2003-09-21T05:27:34Z")
**Rule 51** Anyone that claims that they have the answer to Life, The Universe, and Everything must first ride a Segway naked through South Compton, which, upon completion, will net 17 points. The score is now 35 billion to Green. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816/45 "2003-09-21T05:57:13Z")
**Rule 52** No flash photography. **Rule 53** Any player found with a frozen chain will be beaten with it by the peron who found them until that person’s arm is tired. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816/46 "2003-09-21T14:02:18Z")
**Rule 54** : Anyone who reports to the dancefloor within the next 15 minutes gets 5 points. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816/47 "2003-09-21T14:52:25Z")
**Rule 55** : Rule 54 only applies _after_ 20 minutes have elapsed prior to the offer. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816/48 "2003-09-21T15:01:12Z")
**Rule 56** : Anyone with a box of “children” cereal gets 20 points, unless it’s Cookie Crisp, in which case they lose 50 points and are paddled. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816/49 "2003-09-21T15:06:46Z")
**Rule 57** : Rule 58 is to be disobeyed at all times. **Rule 58** : Rule 57 is to be obeyed at all times. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816/50 "2003-09-21T15:10:13Z")
**Rule 59** : Anyone who finds one of the lost works of Menander wins 50 points, and it doubles if they can recite 50 lines of William MacGonagall. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816/51 "2003-09-21T15:31:18Z")
**Rule 60** : Anyone found to be reciting any more than 2 lines of William McGonagall will be fined 100 points, and will have to snark an applebaiter. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816/52 "2003-09-21T15:35:55Z")
**Rule 60** : In order to enter the fifth house, all participants are required to read “The Collected Works of Amanda McKittrick Ros”, and write a 500-word essay on them. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816/53 "2003-09-21T15:39:23Z")
**Rule 62** : I made a mistake, and anyone else who points it out instantly loses the game, and their pants. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816/54 "2003-09-21T15:41:07Z")
**Rule 63** : Any mistake made by anyone named either Governor or Quinn must immediately be shouted from the rooftops under penalty of perjuring a dead horse. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816/55 "2003-09-21T15:42:20Z")
**Rule 64** : Ah, they’re 1920’s style “Death Rays.” **Rule 65** : Anyone found to mention: pie, opal, deaths rays and gotcha ya will be subject to the punishments in rule 64. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2003, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816/56 "2003-09-21T18:37:01Z")
**Rule 61:** Inquisition. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816/57 "2003-09-22T01:11:28Z")
**Rule 67** : When the boards fail, all members living on the West Coast get fifty points, all members outside the US get 100 points, and all members in Chicago are sentenced to death by hanging. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816/58 "2003-09-22T13:39:04Z")
**Rule 66** :In the event that simulposts implement rules with the same rule number, all such simulrules shall be invalid. The rule number shall not be reused. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816/59 "2003-09-22T13:45:29Z")
**Rule 66** : Rule 66 shall be invalid (See Rule 66). ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816/60 "2003-09-22T14:09:41Z")
**Rule 67** : Rule 66 subsection 6 shall be known as Rule 67. **Rule 67b** : Rule 67 shall be known as Rule 67b. **Rule 68** : All grommets shall be inserted laterally. **Rule 69** : Have fun. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-game-the-rules-or-the-rules-game/202816.md?page=4)