# The "I've Never" Game (Game in Progress) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 18, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226 "2008-11-18T02:07:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 21
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/401 "2008-11-28T08:32:00Z")
Ok, let’s start out easy: **Never have I ever seen a live cockroach** ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/402 "2008-11-28T08:54:55Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Ok, let’s start out easy: > **Never have I ever seen a live cockroach** I really wish I could keep this toothpick, but unfortunately I’ve lived in a few too many shitty-ass rental properties. **Here’s yer toothpick.** ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/403 "2008-11-28T08:59:53Z")
**Curse you!** ---
**Author:** ![Sofis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Sofis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofis)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/404 "2008-11-28T09:12:13Z")
**I’ve never even seen a dead one.** [random amateur linguistic aside] Also, never have I ever used the rather overwrought phrase “never have I ever”, but suddenly it seems everyone is using it. [Turns out it’s the name of the game.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never_have_I_ever) The names of games are often linguistically interesting I think. They’re not the sort of topic that is frequently discussed in high status writing, so they don’t get as standardized as some other parts of the language, and can vary quite a bit depending on region. Like Chinese Whispers/Telephone. [/random amateur linguistic aside] ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/405 "2008-11-28T11:41:42Z")
**Gives WormTheRed a toothpick.** ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/406 "2008-11-28T12:27:41Z")
> [@Sofis](#): > > **I’ve never even seen a dead one.** I’m not surprised. I had to come up with something as vengeance for the I’ve never been outside the USA 😉 ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/407 "2008-11-28T12:48:20Z")
Neither have I, Worm… ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/408 "2008-11-28T12:51:59Z")
> [@fisha](#): > > Neither have I, Worm.. Crap - I thought all Americans had seen at least one ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/409 "2008-11-28T16:19:55Z")
**I have.** Why do they even \*have \*them in zoos? I’m against the whole idea of a bug house. Ick. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/410 "2008-11-28T16:26:07Z")
**Take your durn toothpick, Red.** ---
**Author:** ![This\_ll\_Do](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/this_ll_do/32/3023_2.png) [@This\_ll\_Do](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_ll_Do)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/411 "2008-11-28T17:06:34Z")
**I have now decided that I’m moving to Iceland ASAP.** ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/412 "2008-11-28T17:17:42Z")
> [@WormTheRed](#): > > Crap - I thought all Americans had seen at least one ☹ **Hey! What are you trying to say?!** ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/413 "2008-11-28T17:51:40Z")
\*\*Here’s your roachpick. \*\* I didn’t really encounter them until I moved to Atlanta, but there were plenty of them there. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/414 "2008-11-28T18:21:04Z")
Wow, that bicycle one crushed alot of people… Did anyone NOT ride a bike besides NAF? :gives toothpick: And I wish i could say i’ve never seen a cockroach outside of the zoo… but I lived in Student Housing in College. So yeah, i’ve seen a few of them in their natural state. Though never in MY apartment thankfully. :Gives toothpicky: ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/415 "2008-11-28T18:29:29Z")
Have a toothpick you lucky Icelander you. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/416 "2008-11-28T20:16:28Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > What, no basket and bell too? 😛 Ha! Yes, white basket with a pink daisy, yellow center. All in some sort of nylon made to look like a wicker basket. No bell, though. My best friend had a bell; she was the envy of the block. **Sends a disgusting skittery icky insectoid toothpick to WormTheRed.** ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/417 "2008-11-29T00:28:56Z")
Bringing up the zoo, I have seem one of those gigantic hissing things, but I though you meant a run of the mill part of an infestation. No infestations. ---
**Author:** ![erleichda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4da419/32.png) [@erleichda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erleichda)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/418 "2008-11-29T01:55:24Z")
One to **Worm**. Do I even have any toothpicks left? ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/419 "2008-11-29T02:06:49Z")
\*\*A cockroach tried to crawl on me last night as I was going to bed. \*\* Another reason to like cold climates, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/420 "2008-11-29T02:35:55Z")
**I was the victim of a roach infestation in college.** Everyone still has toothpicks left and everyone will be able to participate at least another round. **Darth Sensitive** has a few statements to respond to, and \*\*tdn \*\*and \*\*Silver Tyger Girl \*\*have a couple also. Since everyone else has checked in, **This’ll Do** can go now. **Jragon** , you may post yours too if you are ready. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226.md?page=20) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226.md?page=22)