# 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:** 57
**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:** [January 7, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/1121 "2009-01-07T01:02:55Z")
Happy to post it out loud. I have never had permanent residence outside of a 10 mile radius of my birthplace, was my slightly evil one. I have never lived anywhere other than Los Angeles, was my very evil version I have never lived anywhere but my home town was my not too evil one. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/1122 "2009-01-07T01:19:12Z")
I would have had to give you 2/3 toothpicks on that one. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/1123 "2009-01-07T04:27:56Z")
**Locked myself out a couple of times**. Usually from my parents’ house. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/1124 "2009-01-07T18:56:35Z")
The remaining players: Roosh Darth Sensitive AllWalker Inner Stickler Jragon Sofis Inner Stickler - you can post your next Never now. 🙂 ---
**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:** [January 7, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/1125 "2009-01-07T19:04:25Z")
**I’ve been locked out once or twice.** **Never have I ever paid income tax.** ---
**Author:** ![Sofis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Sofis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofis)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/1126 "2009-01-07T19:38:25Z")
I’m pretty good at bringing keys/passcards with me, **but not so good I haven’t fucked up in that regard once or twice**. Now, for taxes, that’s a bit trickier. In a break with my image as a perpetual student, I actually made some money last year, from which taxes were of course withheld. However, the money I made was a very small amount, small enough that I don’t have to pay any taxes on it, and so I will be getting that money back. Which, in my opinion, counts as not having paid taxes (and I imagine those actully receiving said taxes would agree with me on that point). The odds of me having to pay taxes this year is considerably higher, but of course I haven’t gotten paid yet this year, and when I do get paid it will be for December. And so I argue, **no toothpicks for Inner Stickler**. ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/1127 "2009-01-07T23:08:37Z")
“perpetual student?” Sounds good. **I’ve never made enough money to pay income taxes.** ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/1128 "2009-01-07T23:26:39Z")
Well, if Sofis’s statement is true, then I don’t have to give you toothpicks either! ---
**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:** [January 7, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/1129 "2009-01-07T23:33:40Z")
Somebody wake up **Jragon**! It’s his turn to post and he has some catching up to do. You to **Darth Sensitive**. With only 5 of you left, I’d like to wrap this up. ---
**Author:** ![Sofis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Sofis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofis)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/1130 "2009-01-09T17:17:33Z")
> [@AllWalker](#): > > “perpetual student?” Sounds good.\*\* It does, doesn’t it? I like being a student. Learning stuff is fun, and I’ve only had time to properly study mathematics, computer science and a few languages. I’ve got half a dozen more languages I’d like to know, to speak nothing of physics and various other sciency subjects. But it turns out one can not live on knowledge alone. * * * **Hockey Monkey** , you want me to go ahead and post mine? If nothing else, if I wait this will be the first round I go in the proper order, and I’d hate to break a streak ;). ---
**Author:** ![Sofis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Sofis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofis)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/1131 "2009-01-11T20:14:30Z")
What’s that, invisible **Hockey Monkey** whispering in my ear? You want me to go ahead and post? Sounds like a plan to me! Now, should go for geography or food? Geography, food, geography, food… I’ll do geography. **I’ve never been south of Heidelberg, Germany.** For reference, Heidelberg is at 49° 25’ N. The long straight part of the US-Canadian border goes along 49° 00’ N. (The food related one was that I’ve never eaten peanut butter.) ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/1132 "2009-01-11T21:53:15Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > Somebody wake up **Jragon**! It’s his turn to post and he has some catching up to do. > > You to **Darth Sensitive**. With only 5 of you left, I’d like to wrap this up. To be honest, last I checked this was on page two and had been a few days without posts and I thought it was dead so I hadn’t checked again until now. **No on all of the ones above** **Except Sofis’** **I have never been out in the wilderness and have not found a secret abandoned/out of repair area.** That is to say I’ve never been out in a summer camp, or in the mountains, or in the woods without discovering an old cabin, out-of-use-and-forgotten games ground, an out-of-use camping site etc. ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/1133 "2009-01-11T23:52:01Z")
Well Sofis, seeing as how \*\*I come from Australia… \*\* … a land of great natural beauty and wonderful \*\*wilderness. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/1134 "2009-01-12T02:52:06Z")
So wait. Does this mean all Americans below that line are pretty much screwed? And No, not a wilderness guy. And really, **Jargon**? You’ve never been to a wedding? ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/1135 "2009-01-12T03:01:18Z")
> [@Ro0sh](#): > > So wait. Does this mean all Americans below that line are pretty much screwed? > > And No, not a wilderness guy. > And really, **Jargon**? You’ve never been to a wedding? That one where it looked like I was yelling at you in bold (which totally came off more crass than it was meant to, sorry)? Yeah, that was because I messed up my green tag, that post was meant to be an affirmative/green. Sorry for any confusion. ---
**Author:** ![Sofis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Sofis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofis)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2009, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/1136 "2009-01-12T05:26:44Z")
I guess it might depend on what counts as wilderness, **but I’m pretty sure I’ve had non-noteworthy outings**. > [@Ro0sh](#): > > So wait. Does this mean all Americans below that line are pretty much screwed? That’s certainly the way it looks like to me :). I considered that this never might be a bit on the assholish side, but the essence of it is very simple (“I’ve never been particularly far south”) and I didn’t choose Heidelberg because it’s just north of the US-excluding-Alaska, it’s simply the furthest south I’ve ever been. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/1137 "2009-01-13T22:04:13Z")
Looks like this game has come to a grinding halt, so without much ado, I declare \*\*Ro0sh \*\*the winner! See my sig for the breakdown, but he has lots of toothpicks left. Congratulations for never having done anything **Ro0sh**! ---
**Author:** ![AllWalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@AllWalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllWalker)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/1138 "2009-01-13T23:34:01Z")
Damnit! I brought my A-game for this and I still lost! Which, now that I think about it, was probably the problem… Well done **Ro0sh**. I tip my hat to your superior skillz. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2009, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/1139 "2009-01-13T23:43:12Z")
So what does he get as the prize, a pair of loafers? ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226/1140 "2009-01-13T23:53:03Z")
Maybe a “How To”-book? 😃 (sorry) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ive-never-game-game-in-progress/473226.md?page=58)