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by Johnny Canuck » Sun Jun 11, 2017 2:53 am
I stole this forum game from the StraightDope.com message boards (
apparently, it's gained quite a bit of traction there!). Basically, what you need to do is find and post an image in which each successive integer is visible -- for example, the person after me should post an image that somehow incorporates the number 2, the next person an image that incorporates a 3, and so on. Ideally, these images should also be amusing, small-medium in size and safe for work. Let's see how high we can count.
I'll start:

Q: What's black and white and 3D?
A: A zebra in Blender.
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by Johnny Canuck » Mon Jun 12, 2017 2:47 am
Q: What's black and white and 3D?
A: A zebra in Blender.
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by Euan Slatter » Mon Jun 12, 2017 7:23 am
COUNTDOWN or
THE TUBE? Which is better? There's only one way to find out....
Call it a draw
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by JimBentley » Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:34 pm
Can I do two in a row? I'll remove it if it's against the rules.

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by Johnny Canuck » Wed Jun 14, 2017 2:43 pm
JimBentley wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:34 pm
Can I do two in a row? I'll remove it if it's against the rules.
You can if they're good. Those are good.

Q: What's black and white and 3D?
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by Matt Bayfield » Wed Jun 14, 2017 4:38 pm
Turning out for a Chennai Super Kings XI...

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by JimBentley » Sun Jun 18, 2017 1:24 am
Seems I'm the only one interested in this, which surprises me a bit. Ah well.
If nobody does the obvious 15, I think this thread can be closed.
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by Johnny Canuck » Sun Jun 18, 2017 1:51 am

...And here, I choose to interpret the phrase "Fifteen to One" as a ratio.
Q: What's black and white and 3D?
A: A zebra in Blender.
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by Ben Wilson » Mon Jun 19, 2017 6:33 pm
In B4 Kirk Bevins

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by Gavin Chipper » Mon Jun 19, 2017 7:53 pm
By the way, why do Meakin's all appear as links to start with before turning into pictures?
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by Mark James » Mon Jun 19, 2017 11:03 pm
Post edited. Sorry about that.
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Mark James on Tue Jun 20, 2017 4:03 am, edited 1 time in total.
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by Johnny Canuck » Tue Jun 20, 2017 12:31 am
Thanks for the edit, Mark. We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming ...

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by Euan Slatter » Thu Jun 22, 2017 6:43 am
COUNTDOWN or
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Call it a draw
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by Johnny Canuck » Sat Jun 24, 2017 8:42 pm
Meanwhile, in Toronto...

Q: What's black and white and 3D?
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by Matt Bayfield » Sun Jun 25, 2017 12:30 pm
And in history of Pakistan:

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by Marc Meakin » Sun Jun 25, 2017 8:26 pm
Is that how many points they will get next season

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by Ian Volante » Mon Jul 03, 2017 12:32 pm
James Robinson wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2017 7:40 pm
Just couldn't convert my picture into something that would work on here....
And I had a nice 27 picture, but can't work out how to post it either

meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles meles
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by Matt Morrison » Mon Jul 03, 2017 6:55 pm
Can you do two in a row?
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by Matt Morrison » Mon Jul 03, 2017 6:55 pm
Well, I mean you can't even manage one in a row, but you know what I mean.
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by Johnny Canuck » Tue Jul 04, 2017 2:55 am
From Singapore's metro, one of the most efficient in the world. (I like trains.)

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by Marc Meakin » Tue Jul 04, 2017 3:43 pm
Matt Morrison wrote: ↑Mon Jul 03, 2017 6:55 pm
Well, I mean you can't even manage one in a row, but you know what I mean.
Well I like to create a bit of excitement in a meh thread.
Either that or I haven't grasped copy and paste on my tablet

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by Johnny Canuck » Wed Jul 12, 2017 2:42 pm
Well, since this thread looks like it may have run its course, here's a closing headline (which may be familiar to people who have watched The Wire...)

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by JimBentley » Sat Jul 15, 2017 6:19 pm
Nah, there's no reason this thread can't continue forever.

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by Gavin Chipper » Sat Jul 15, 2017 7:20 pm
Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Wed Jul 12, 2017 2:42 pm
Well, since this thread looks like it may have run its course
This is a marathon, not a sprint.
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by JimBentley » Sat Jul 15, 2017 8:11 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2017 7:20 pm
Johnny Canuck wrote: ↑Wed Jul 12, 2017 2:42 pm
Well, since this thread looks like it may have run its course
This is a marathon, not a sprint.
Too right. And it needs to continue for at least a few more years so that you can point out that the image that I posted for "5234" was the same one that I posted for "963" five years previously, because you notice that sort of thing. Of course, I will respond that it was entirely my intention that the same image was used and in any case it's a different image, because of a small detail that you didn't notice (because I'll have edited it in afterwards).
Then after that we'll decide that it wasn't worth arguing about and get on our hoverboards and go to Mars or something, this being the future after all.
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by JimBentley » Sat Jul 15, 2017 8:18 pm
I'm not going to hog everything, promise.
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by Matt Bayfield » Sun Jul 16, 2017 10:54 am
Embracing the classics:

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by Johnny Canuck » Mon Jul 17, 2017 2:46 pm

(The 35/Br box is the closest part to the keys, so...)
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by Johnny Canuck » Sat Jul 22, 2017 4:49 pm
Q: What's black and white and 3D?
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by Johnny Canuck » Mon Aug 14, 2017 8:09 pm
Q: What's black and white and 3D?
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by Stewart Gordon » Sat Dec 02, 2017 1:33 am
This game doesn't seem to be moving ... let's give it some of this stuff:

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