# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Sofis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Sofis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofis)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/61 "2008-11-18T22:02:43Z")
**I have never Californicated myself.** ---
**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 18, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/62 "2008-11-18T22:06:16Z")
I give tdn 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 18, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/63 "2008-11-18T22:07:01Z")
**California Love** , is not for me ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/64 "2008-11-18T22:07:36Z")
**I give a toothpick to tdn** ---
**Author:** ![Agonist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@Agonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agonist)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/65 "2008-11-18T22:21:28Z")
This looks like it’s going to be fun! Save me a place for the next game. (playing along score: 1 toothpick. kept one, lost one) ---
**Author:** ![Agonist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@Agonist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agonist)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/66 "2008-11-18T22:22:42Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Hey, for those of us keeping track at home, how many toothpicks are we supposed to have started with? I think it’s 21. The same number as number of players. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/67 "2008-11-18T22:25:48Z")
> [@Hockey Monkey](#): > > Each player will start with an allocation of 50 toothpicks. Though I do notice that the rules do not stipulate how extra brown-nosing toothpicks are distributed… ---
**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 18, 2008, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/68 "2008-11-18T22:45:42Z")
> [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](#): > > Though I do notice that the rules do not stipulate how extra brown-nosing toothpicks are distributed… ewwwww, a brown nosing toothpick! Who would want one of those??? Everybody started with 50. **The following players also need to answer the first round statement. erleichda RoOsh AllWalker fisha Agent Foxtrot** I’m going to go ahead and start scoring \*\*tdn’s \*\*statement, but let’s get these two finished before we start another one. 🙂 **Hockey Monkey keeps her toothpick** as she has not yet been to Californ-I-A. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/69 "2008-11-18T22:51:36Z")
**WhyNot hesitantly hands over a toothpick…** I guess the LAX airport _is_ in California… ---
**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 18, 2008, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/70 "2008-11-18T22:55:15Z")
Current toothpick tally: [http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pGFzeVMas\_HfrHm8ALnGaWg](http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pGFzeVMas_HfrHm8ALnGaWg) This is a Google Doc that’s viewable as a web page. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/71 "2008-11-18T22:57:10Z")
**I give away a toothpick!** I love me some San Francisco! ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/72 "2008-11-18T22:59:00Z")
I keep my toothpick. ---
**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 18, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/73 "2008-11-18T23:19:11Z")
**fisha** , to which statement are you responding? Guitar hero, California, or both? ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/74 "2008-11-18T23:27:31Z")
Guitar hero I keep my toothpick. California, I give my toothpick. In fact, I am going to San Diego next week, yay me! ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/75 "2008-11-19T00:00:29Z")
Guitar Hero **I keep my toothpick.** California **I keep my toothpick.** ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/76 "2008-11-19T00:29:51Z")
**I give a toothpick to tdn** ---
**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 19, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/77 "2008-11-19T00:45:33Z")
**I give a toothpick to tdn.** ---
**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 19, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/78 "2008-11-19T01:03:49Z")
**I keep my toothpick.** Never been to CA, but would love to go someday. ---
**Author:** ![erleichda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4da419/32.png) [@erleichda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erleichda)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/79 "2008-11-19T03:58:42Z")
Guitar Hero, **I keep my toothpick**. California, **I give up my toothpick**. ---
**Author:** ![erleichda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4da419/32.png) [@erleichda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erleichda)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/80 "2008-11-19T04:02:10Z")
Sorry, forgot I was third. **I have never been skiiing**. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226.md?page=5)