# The One-Word Hijack Game.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-word-hijack-game/200099>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 7, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-word-hijack-game/200099 "2003-09-07T15:15:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2003, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-word-hijack-game/200099/1 "2003-09-07T15:15:10Z")

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We’re going to play a little game.

Here’s how it works.

You check threads. Any other threads but this one, and you check them for one-word responses. If there are any, you make a post that quotes the one-word response, and isn’t a hijack, while including one or more of the following elements:

Rodents: 1 point.  
Magnets: 3 points.  
The Nightmare Before Christmas: 5 points.  
Siamese twins: 7 points.  
Vampires: 9 points.  
Albatross: 11 points.  
1920’s style “Death Rays”: negative 20 points.

In order to actually score points, you have to give a cite in this thread, and quoting from it your post in it’s entirety. The game will last until 11:00 AM, Sept. 21. At that point, I’ll tally it all up.

If any of your posts are hijacks, (according to me, the sole judge) they won’t be counted.