that's nothing...

[Seusomon]

Everyone knows somebody who has to top anything that's said - they caught a bigger fish, have worse medical problems, live in a fancier house, have met more celebrities, etc. etc.

So let's see how high we can spin each other up. Try to top what the last poster has written. Or, if you like, concede defeat and start a new conversation.

Example:

Guess what, I got this great set of six wine glasses on sale for $5!

That's nothing, I got an antique silver service at an estate sale for just $1!

That's nothing, my aunt Hilda just gave me all the formal diningware she inherited from the Earl of Sussex...


We'll start with:

I saw a blue jay this weekend. Gorgeous bird!

[hainlam]

That's nothing, I saw a blue jay in its nest this morning feeding its 3 wee babbies. At that exact moment, a gust of wind blew the nest right out of the tree. As we dashed outside, our neighbors cat ran over and ate the mother bird. Luckily, we were able to shoo away the feline and bring the nest inside to nurse the poor defensless little birds back to health. I better go.. the six o' clock news is here to cover the story.


sorry, my mother is a compulsive liar.. not to mention always a hero..

[Cuilanië]

Um, I'll concede defeat. :huh:


I was on a very crowded bus tonight.

[hainlam]

ok.. I'll try this again

That is nothing, I was also on a crowded bus, and the lady next to me was pregnant and went into labor.

[cdonley]

Thats nothing ... last week I shared a cab with a pregnant lady, and as soon as we got stuck on I-5 in traffic, her water broke. The cabbie called 911, but they couldn't get to us, so he and I delivered the baby.


........it was a girl! :P

[hainlam]

Yeah, well that's nothing.. when I went into labor with my son, I took a cab to the hospital and the cab got hijacked on the way. The hijacker held me hostage and we were halfway to Las Vegas when I gave birth (by myself) in the back of the cab. He left us in the desert and I had to walk 10 miles to the closest hospital.

[gwensmom]

Nymphette and I can kick all of your butts with birth stories- right Robyn? :)

But, continue.........

[Seusomon]

It doesn't look like anyone is going to top that last taxicab scenario, so here's a new one:

Guess what, I got a 5% raise this year!

[hainlam]

Thats nothing, when I had my review this year, they thought I was doing such a great job I got a 10% raise, and a company car.

[Cuilanië]

That's nothing, not only did I get a 10% raise and a company car, but they're putting a 100m² appartment in a beautiful neighbourhood at my disposal.

[Seusomon]

That's nothing - they've given me an Italian villa and set up a trust fund to pay me $10,000 a month, forever.

[Cuilanië]

That's nothing, I have my own private jet to travel wherever I want every month.

[siafu]

that's nothing; rick steves is my personal assistant and travel tip suggester. he even gets us in to see paintings that are not on public display...

[gwensmom]

That's nothing. I'm so rich I don't have to bother with jobs and employers. So for something to do, I am buying the Tate Modern.

[dorsia]

You think that's something? I'm selling you the Tate Modern! And with the tidy profit, albeit a small chunk of my rather thick pocketbook, I'll be going on an art-hunting spree through the Orient!

[hammerquill]

I wonder if you'll be staying in any of my countries.

[nymphette]

i've already given her permission to stay anywhere on my continent... ;)

[kittymao]

That's funny. I've already given her free reign over my ENTIRE PLANET.

*is that a good one? I don't entirely get the game...*

[Cuilanië]

Yeah? Well, *I*'ve given her an unlimited travel pass to anywhere in my star system, and all the art she can fit into her ship.

{kittymao, you seem to have gotten the game just fine! :D }

[Seusomon]

Defeat!

Next one:

I picked up a good bagel on my way to work this morning: onion, garlic, sesame seeds, and poppy seeds! Yum!

[kittymao]

Oh? I have a bagel-making elf in my kitchen. Fresh every morning... Ever had lembas-bagels? Very tasty.

[luckythirteenxxx]

*chuckles...you guys!*

heck, that's nothing, I gave birth to a septuplet of bagel-making elves in a taxicab on the biggest planet in Cuilanië's star system!!

*passes out laughing*

[kasey]

oh thats nothing I birthed 28 1/2 beer brewing elves that could fly right into Cuilanies star syatem and opened the most popular bar in the universe on her second largest planet!

(you can tell i am thinkinf of getting off of work soon because i mentioned beer. . heh)

[auntieemu]

My DH is so generous, he left me an envie with $500 in it on my computer desk with a sweet note telling me to go shopping for a new dress.

[Meika]

Oh wow that reminds me of my husband. Why just the other day he left me a padded envelope and when I opened it it had two thousand dollars in it and some keys. When I left to go shopping would you believe a brand new Lexus was sitting in the driveway with a bow and my name on it? What a sweetie huh?

[Seusomon]

That's really nice. My sweet girlfriend is just like that, so thoughtful. Yesterday she gave me Luxembourg.

[gwensmom]

Did the Giant Prehistoric Guniea Pigs come with it?

[Sirius]

Mine only gave me roses, but he treats me like a princess, while not stifling my independence, and he calls me sunshine, and he gave me great in-laws, and my parent's adore him -- that beats a lexus and luxemburg (with or without guinea pigs)anyday for me.

[nymphette]

i think rustell wins this one.... :wub: to brian for making her that happy!!!!!!!

so now we start again???

my halloween haunted porch is so scary that the kids will run away without their candy, leaving me with all those wonderful little goodie bags that i made!!!! (alas, the halloween painted cans didn't get finished in time due to my exile in qu'appelle).... and you dont' get any of my goodies!!!! nd the press is going to come and interview me about my haunted porch and i will become the most famous person in saskatchewan!!! (i am laughing out loud at THAT image... more famous than... sandra schmirler..... heh heh heh)

[auntieemu]

hrmpf, that's nothing. My house and yard is decorated so scary that kids won't even let their parents drive down the road in front of my house on halloween because they have nightmares for weeks afterwards (Rustell should be so lucky). I don't even buy candy for the little buggers anymore.

[Sirius]

that's nothing -- I didn't even decorate my house, I just stood on the porch and glared at the children daring them to just step on my property! They were so frightened that they ran straight home not even bothering to go to anyone else on the street for candy.

(Insert evil laugh here)

(BTW - I wasn't actually here, but boy the entire street was a mess after Halloween. Candy wrappers EVERYWHERE and someone's costume most have exploded because their is white cotton stuffing all down one street over. Again, I like children -but I really think I just moved into a neighborhood of poorly raised children "Sure, eat your candy as you are trick-or-treating and just throw your trash in the street, you're in costume no one will know it is you!)

[Sirius]

No out doing? No conceding? Eek.

[nymphette]

i concede.... :P

my living room is so clean right now that if i had martha over for dinner she'd hide in the bathroom and cry like a baby about her pigsty houseand then i'd have to bust down the door and take out all my pain pills and razor blades to prevent her from ending her sad little untidy life.....


(jail cell?? what' up with her, i haven't heard anything lately...)

just a little bump

[Ishba]

that's nothing... my old room is so clean that there isn't a blurdy thing in it... just walls, floor, and ceiling :P

[auntieemu]

Well, I'll concede that one.

I am the world's worst cook. My husband says I treat him like a god - always presenting him with burnt offerings.

[pooshouse]

Tht's nothing!

I am famous for making BROWN. It's all good stuff that goes in the slowcooker, and it smells really good as it cooks, but when you come to eat it, all it tastes of is... well.... Brown.

Sadly, I can't give you the exact recipe. It's Top Secret.

[nymphette]

that's NOTHING!!!! cafeteria lunch ladies named doris all over the world are asking me for my 'goulash' recipe....... they've started a lunch lady convoy that is working it's way up to canada to camp out in my yard.. they've staged a sit-in-for-mystery-meat and promise me they won't move until i tell them what my special ingredient is....

[marmarg]

Oh god, that's NOTHING. You've got Lunch Lady Doris' coming to you for your goulash recipe... I on the other hand, was in Tunsia a few years ago and a man there offered my father 400 camels for my hand in marriage!

[medeous]

that's nothing! i found this thread in the last slot of the last page of Q&Q and resurrected it!

[bluecrayon]

that's nothing -- I'm gonna try like heck to keep this up here, but my ponderousness will sink it like a stone! :D

[pooshouse]

that's nothing! I'm going to help you bump it up, and because between us we're on 24 hours it will never get lower than the 3rd page.

[medeous]

that's nothing! i'm going to clone myself so i can be on 24/7 and then neither of you will have to play alone again!

[bluecrayon]

that's nothing! I'm already a clone of everyone here and noone BUT me is actually playing anything at all!

[medeous]

that's nothing! you and all of your clones are really only figments of my imagination!

[bluecrayon]

That's nothing! Your imagination cannot possibly transcend my force field -- what comes back at you are merely remnants of the imagination I no longer need!

[Curlita]

Your force field is nothing! I ate three donuts in the space of two hours the other day!

[edited to say: forcefields to donuts probably a complete nonsequiter, but I so wanted to play on this one]

[jackiethestamper2]

That's nothing I ate a whole Box of Chocolates (Whitman sampler)in two days.
Thank you curlita for using food the people with force fields and millions and Babies in the dessert were more than I could top! The story about the bird just about killed me! :rofl:

[Curlita]

That's nothing! Today at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon I stole all the mints that people at my table didn't eat, and I stole my neighbor's roll! It was delicious.

[jackiethestamper2]

That's nothing I have had no carbs for two whole days! (south beach diet) My head feels like it was run over by a truck! I only have to do this for 12 more days and I can start adding oatmeal and fruit. :yell:

[amylyn]

That's nothing, I've eaten nothing but choclate all day long.
breakfast = chocolate chip muffin & mocha
lunch = choclate milk & oreos
dinner = hershey's kisses & hot chocolate, ok and chinese fried rice too.

[jackiethestamper2]

That's nothing a babysittter once fed my kids ice cream for dinner. Then topped that with more ice cream. Couldn't fire her it was my sister in Law.