# "What the Hell Are You Talking About?" A Game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-are-you-talking-about-a-game/208076>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 17, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-are-you-talking-about-a-game/208076 "2003-10-17T19:23:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**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:** [October 17, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-are-you-talking-about-a-game/208076/1 "2003-10-17T19:23:44Z")

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Ok, the point of the game is to make oblique popular culture references, and try to guess other’s.  
Can be any frame of reference to, as long as there is a chance that \* someon\* will get it.

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> So far, I’ve got deja vu, and I’m helplessly hoping it will stop.

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**Author:** ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-are-you-talking-about-a-game/208076/2 "2003-10-18T06:25:50Z")

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I’m not playing, but… don’t you mean “obscure”?

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**Author:** ![Svt4Him](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@Svt4Him](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svt4Him)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-are-you-talking-about-a-game/208076/3 "2003-10-18T06:47:13Z")

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I don’t understand either…

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## God does rate sin.

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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-are-you-talking-about-a-game/208076/4 "2003-10-18T07:38:14Z")

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I’ll play after I’ve taken my ball home.

😕

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**Author:** ![Sofa\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58956e/32.png) [@Sofa\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sofa_King)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-are-you-talking-about-a-game/208076/5 "2003-10-18T07:43:38Z")

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A southern man don’t need him around, anyhow.