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Wolfgang Zelller

(wolfzell)

Germany
Schramberg
Baden-Württemberg

The BEST! EVAR!

This is exactly how it feels, although this device usually seems to be perfectly invisible. Still I know it is there. Lurking for me to come through the door...

Edited Fri Mar 5, 2010 11:08 am
Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 11:06 am
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Tim K

(Kerbster76)

Australia
Adelaide

I think I'd be okay. I usually come home through the back door.

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 11:09 am
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Craig Richards

(mach1na)

United Kingdom
Woking
Surrey

My Fiancee has a small version of this embedded into her cranium. She just knows.

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 11:09 am
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Chris toph

(stophle)

Germany
Freiburg

I think only some kind of cruel weapon hidden behind her back is missing.
Think axe or butcher's knife...

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 11:13 am
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Marcin Krupiński

(yosz)

Poland
Warsaw

If my wife will buy "New Game Detector" I'll install "New shoes detector"

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 11:14 am
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Łukasz Grabuń

(grouchysmurf)

Poland
Warsaw

stophle wrote:

I think only some kind of cruel weapon hidden behind her back is missing.
Think axe or butcher's knife...

From the way she looks and from the way he looks, I believe she does not need weapon of any kind.

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 11:24 am
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Darren Poltorak

(dcell)

United States
Buffalo
New York

USED games are the solution

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 11:26 am
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Toasted Jones

(Toasty)

United Kingdom
Rugeley
Staffordshire

stophle wrote:

I think only some kind of cruel weapon hidden behind her back is missing.
Think axe or butcher's knife...

As long as she's not wearing rubber gloves..

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 11:31 am
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Kevin Taylor

(Vistathon)

United Kingdom
Cambridge
CAMBS

Yay - I think we can all associate with this particular cartoon.

thumbsup

At least there's no possible way of mis-reading this one! Or is there??

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 11:41 am
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Andre Lucato

(AndreKada)

Brazil

My fiancee has the same detector but thankfully she use it to give me thumbs up.

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 11:43 am
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Ron D

(Dr Lucky)

United States
Davis
California

Mercury is my dog's name.

I wish I had a BattleTech related UberBadge. I already bought the badge, now I just need a design.

This is exactly why I've been trying to trade more often. My wife starts to get upset when lots of games are coming in. Much less so when incoming games are matched by outgoing games.

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 11:47 am
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Adolfo perez

(guderian2)

Spain
cornella de llobregat
barcelona

dcell wrote:

USED games are the solution

They're part of the problem, in my case shake

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 11:52 am
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Numfar! Do the dance of shame!

(Folterknecht)

Germany
Flensburg
Schleswig-Holstein

I got 99 problems but a badge ain't one!

Is it just me or does the door look weird for some reason?

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 12:04 pm
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George Husted

(Coldwarrior1984)

United States

Connecticut

Caption that might have been:

Bob was caught completely off guard by Marge's sudden mastery of the Macro Game element.

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 12:29 pm
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Samuel Sol

(yohanleafheart)

Brazil
São Paulo
SP

All engines full to awesome land!

*tap* *tap* Is this thing on?

Love it!

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 12:35 pm
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Daniel

(Dante82)

Sweden

Absolutely brilliant laugh

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 12:52 pm
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Olka Kobyłecka

(oopsiak)

Poland
Warszawa

oh, gosh, I feel exactly the same way any time i buy a new game! : )

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 12:54 pm
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Chris Buhl

(fatgreta)

United States
Pittsfield
Massachusetts

Now if that fellow had only pre-ordered the game, it would have snuck right through like she was airport security...

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/52385/your-number-one-...

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 1:00 pm
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Gumsch

(Gumsch)

Germany

This is deeply depressing! Just think on all the games that could have been bought for all the money spent on this fancy detector!

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 1:04 pm
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Jason Epp

(jepp)

Canada
Neepawa
Manitoba

Almost spewed my morning coffee all over my monitor when I saw this! Not that I've ever tried to sneak a new game or two (or three, etc) into the house before... ninja

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 1:05 pm
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Kevin Taylor

(Vistathon)

United Kingdom
Cambridge
CAMBS

Folterknecht wrote:

Is it just me or does the door look weird for some reason?

I thought exactly the same thing!

I've put it down to the fact that the door opens outwards rather than inwards? Which over here is quite unusual.

Plus if it opened inwards it would make drawing it a lot more tricky perhaps?

Edited Fri Mar 5, 2010 1:18 pm
Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 1:17 pm
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Barad The Dwarf

(Barad_the_dwarf)

Belgium
De Haan

Got some sanity left?

Come over to the RPGG Tavern, I buy you a drink.

marvelous

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 1:17 pm
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Carl White

(carlwhite)

United Kingdom
London

Best cartoon I've seen on the Geek, nice job sir! Mailed this one straight to the wife

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 1:18 pm
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Łukasz Grabuń

(grouchysmurf)

Poland
Warsaw

carlwhite wrote:

Best cartoon I've seen on the Geek, nice job sir! Mailed this one straight to the wife

Exactly what I did as well!

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 1:21 pm
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Ree Linker

(Roni)

United States
Austin
Texas

Switch the man and the woman and you've got our household!

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 1:58 pm
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Joe Maiz

(Striker511)

United States
Palmyra
New Jersey

Yep! Awesome comic

Wife wants one now; since she gets all the boxes in the mail, she knows what arrives..

This month? War ofthe Roses

coming in the mail: Dominion
Ordered at gamestore: Letter of Marque

Oh boy!

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 2:13 pm
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Chris Schenck

(cbs42)

United States
Dayton
Ohio

GO BUCKS!

Stop touching me!

The FOOL! Everyone knows you should leave the new game in your car and bring it in after the wife is in bed.
laugh

Also, I noticed the comic says "Image from Days of Wonder 2010 Calendar"

Is this calendar available?
I don't see it on the DoW website.

Edited Fri Mar 5, 2010 7:22 pm
Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 2:17 pm
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Matt Tracker

(KSensei)

United States
Missoula
Montana

Ooh that's rough.

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 3:08 pm
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Sean Pollman

(TR0LL)

United States
Sioux Falls
South Dakota

Yikes this hits a little too close to home.. glad my wife hasn't though of it yet... "no honey, I bought this MONTHS ago" ninja

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 3:32 pm
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ackmondual

(ackmondual)

United States

Virginia

I'm reminded of a saying.... "Guns don't kill people, people kill people."

Many people think the New Games Detector is the problem to his hobby, but really, it's been the wife all along

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 3:47 pm
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Phil Oates

(Anyone for cricket)

United Kingdom
Leeds, West Yorkshire

Hahaha.

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 3:59 pm
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Andy Foulke

(engdy)

United States
Florissant
Missouri

Welcome to Friedey's!

You want fries with that?

This thumb comes from my wife

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 4:03 pm
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Dominic Crapuchettes

(domcrap)

United States
Bethesda
MD

NorthStarGames: Bringing Gamers and Non-Gamers Together!

The BEST! EVAR!

This is exactly how it feels, although this device usually seems to be perfectly invisible. Still I know it is there. Lurking for me to come through the door...

(I hope no one steals my comment this time)

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 4:19 pm
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Michael Ziegler

(Trelane)

United States
Huntingdon Valley
Pennsylvania

Hide the game in the trunk of your car until the wife goes out. Then sneak out and grab the game and bring it in stowing it among all the others. Then when you let a few days go by, whip it out and when she starts to think if this is new or not, nip the thought immediately by saying "It was always here, you just didn't notice it".

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 4:19 pm
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Alfred Das

(Der Das)

Netherlands
's-Hertogenbosch
Noord-Brabant

Hmmm, is this device hackable? I'd like to adapt the firmware to detect a few things myself.

Excellent cartoon! thumbsup

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 4:23 pm
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Ari Heino

(aquarian)

Finland

Vistathon wrote:

Folterknecht wrote:

Is it just me or does the door look weird for some reason?

I thought exactly the same thing!

I've put it down to the fact that the door opens outwards rather than inwards? Which over here is quite unusual.

I have always wondered the idea of (main) doors opening inwards...

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 4:32 pm
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Carl Paradis

(licinius)

Canada
Ste-Therese
Quebec

LOL!

If anyone ever really invent this type of device, then I'm in for a divorce! whistle

But then, I could counterattack with a "New Shoes" device...

Edited Fri Mar 5, 2010 4:39 pm
Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 4:39 pm
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Manuel Pombeiro

(Firepigeon)

Portugal
Sao Joao do Estoril

I cannot let my wife see this ...

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 4:45 pm
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oystein eker

(eker)

Norway
Unspecified
sola

Last year I tried a new trick. First the usual: "I will just have look - probably not buying..." when leaving home.

I bought a very small very cheap looking filler game - along with a normal size expensive game. Leaving the expensive game in the garage - I brought the small game with me into the castle. Moving very casual with a dissapointing voice - "I did`nt find anything interesting - I picked this from a bargain bin...."

To make it short.

I did not work...
soblue

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 5:02 pm
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M G

(stosedem)

Slovakia
Prešov

this is my deepest fear...

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 5:06 pm
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Peaceful Gamin'

(salish99)

Canada
Vancouver
BC

It was solitaire with cool cards. Zero interaction

Looking for a playtester/editor/translator for your cool new game? Contact us, we're free (but we ask to be mentioned in the acknowledgements, and a copy of the game would be a nice gesture, but not necessary).

Uhhh ooohhhhh.....

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 5:13 pm
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Eric Engstrom

(bungeeboy)

United States
Evanston
Illinois

!!!! This is by far the most accurate one (pertaining to my life) yet!

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 5:18 pm
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Koby Shachar

(koby_shachar)

Israel
Rehovot

It says: Love thy gamer

I have nothing smart to say... yet

My wife asked where she can get one of these.

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 5:37 pm
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Carlos Couto

(DrGrayrock)

Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
RJ

mine already pre-order two (just in case)...

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 5:50 pm
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patrick carroll

(splat0169)

United States
effort
Pennsylvania

My wife just got the New Game Detector implant from Cyberdyne. It sees through mislabeled packages, car trunks and heavy coats. Damn.

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 6:02 pm
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A K

(abismald)

United States
Easton
Massachusetts

Time to buy a rope ladder.

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 6:17 pm
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Dave Seidner

(remus)

United States
Willow Grove
Pennsylvania

In another time's forgotten space, your eyes looked through your mother's face. Wildflower seed on the sand and stone, may the four winds blow you safely home.

I like most of these front page comics, but this is the first to make me laugh

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 6:24 pm
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Blorb Plorbst

(CrankyPants)

United States
Bloomington
Indiana

I think we're all bozos on this bus.

Great comic because I understand the sentiment.

But I'm really surprised at how many people here feel like they have to deceive their spouse/SO about what they buy. If I don't feel like I can tell my wife about a game I plan on buying or have bought that's a pretty clear signal to me that I shouldn't buy it. I usually let her know ahead of time and for the occasional impulse buy I'll let her know I bought something the next time we see each other and we're talking about our day.

This might also explain why my collection is "only" in the double digits.

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 6:31 pm
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Bart Elison

(bartimus95)

United States
Lindon
Utah

yosz wrote:

If my wife will buy "New Game Detector" I'll install "New shoes detector"

This is EXACTLY what I said out loud before I started to scroll.

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 6:32 pm
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Key Locks

(Leezer)

United States
Indianapolis
Indiana

Sometimes it's nice to be unmarried... whistle

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 7:10 pm
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Bernd Caspers

(The Jakster)

Germany
Mönchengladbach
Unspecified

"Go for the backdoor, you can make it!"

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 7:11 pm
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Sarge in charge!

(Engoduun)

Germany
Bremen

Ash nazg durbatulûk

Speak "thriend" and enter!

Sometimes it's good to be single... I only have a "Cannot afford that new game right now" detector: my bank account!

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 7:14 pm
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Jason Bostick

(Solelron)

United States
Hillsboro
Oregon

I just made it easier on myself. I got a geek wife who buys as many new games as I do

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 7:15 pm
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Chris Schenck

(cbs42)

United States
Dayton
Ohio

GO BUCKS!

Stop touching me!

TR0LL wrote:

Yikes this hits a little too close to home.. glad my wife hasn't though of it yet... "no honey, I bought this MONTHS ago" ninja

Ha!

The key is not to name a specific unit of time though, as that would be outright lying versus merely deception by omission and misdirection. You have to channel your inner-politician.
laugh

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Harvey Wasserman

(CrocWrestler)

United States
Alexandria
Virginia

But...she looks so happy to see him, and can hardly wait to open the box, and learn a new game with the love of her life. My stars, it's better than a dozen red roses!

No?

Edited Fri Mar 5, 2010 7:32 pm
Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 7:21 pm
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(Siddy)

United States

Minnesota

BRILLIANT!

Posted Fri Mar 5, 2010 7:28 pm
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D. G.

(Fuliggine)

Italy
Rome

That's me, next year.
You only forgot my beard.

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Chris Hill

(ChrisHill)

United States

Ohio

aquarian wrote:

I have always wondered the idea of (main) doors opening inwards...

Doors open inwards because this puts the hinges of the door on the inside of the building. If the door opened outwards, the hinges would be on the outside, and it would be trivial for a potential burglar to pull the pins out of the hinges, remove your door, and steal your games

Chris

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Peter Fisla

(JG53_Jaguar)

Canada
Mississauga
Ontario

I don't have this problem as I don't buy that often and over the years and I never heard of single complaint. I don't comment on her new shoes either, except "yeah you look sexy in those shoes"

. Bigger problem is when on Sunday I play VASSAL with my buddy on-line and my fiancee wants to do something else...though so far there are no casualties

PS: Now when I used to live with my parents when I was teenager and i bought a new PC game home....well...that's another story altogether. One tactic from me was to leave the game box (in the 90s those PC game boxes were big) in the car and put the game manual with the game CD under my jacket. Mom was always watching me like a hawk...

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David Ogea

(dogea)

Switzerland
Pully
Vaud

Cenovis Rulez

He He

I use to unwrap the boxes in the shop and put the smallest ones inside of the biggest if they fit, to avoid this situation whistle

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Matt R

(Noonespecial)

United States
Keller
Texas

That's going to me tonight - no way of avoiding it as the package was delivered to my house... blush

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Raul Evangelista

(zolarasec)

Brazil
Araraquara
SP

Very very very good!
The best cartoon I've ever seen here!

It is part of a calendar from Days of Wonder, as is stated on top of the image.

I buy regularly from Days of Wonder, but never heard of a calendar of them. Does anyone have any information about it?

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Gideon Marcus

(Neopeius)

United States
Vista
California

Seriously? Is this the 1950s?

When I buy games, my wife helps me pick them out.

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Glenn Ironhat

(gironha)

United States
Syracuse
Utah

First one to make me LOL in a long time.

Upon further inspection it looks like it would not be too difficult to reach in and unplug it, then enter the house with the new game. Then plug it back in.

Depending on the technology used, it should also be possible to open the game box in the car and if need be to punch it out in the car (or at the store). Then the game would no longer be new and the detector would not go off. Again if necessary, you could even "play test" the game at the store before bringing it home.

Now if this device were to access BGG and scan the guy's collection and detect new games that way, this would be very bad indeed. Aldie, we would need a new "super secret" database to store our real collection information.

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Marc Puig

(mapiu2001)

China
Tarragona

I would even have more problems than the man in the picture because
when I get a new game my hands use to sweat. This way my wife doesn´t
need a detector device because she can read my face and touch my
hands.

Anyway, I thought that I was the only one in the world who had to hide
the games. It helps me to know that there is more people (men) hidden
the games from their wives.

By the way, very very funny. It makes me think about myself.

THANKS

:

Posted Sat Mar 6, 2010 2:51 am
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Vernon Evenhuis

(White Knight)

United States

Illinois

yosz wrote:

If my wife will buy "New Game Detector" I'll install "New shoes detector"

I'll second that! My wife would argue that shoes are infinitely more practical than games though. I "practically" get buried in an avalanche of shoes ever time I open our closet!

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Marty Jackson

(MartyJackson)

United States
La Center
Washington

Love it. I'm using it as my wallpaper on my computer & showed my wife. She loved it! She can identify with it. Good one!

Posted Sat Mar 6, 2010 4:17 am
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Jon Gray

(SPARTAN VI)

United States
Walnut
California

I'll take my chances with airport security. surprise

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Mark Waenink

(kanoe)

New Zealand
Whangarei
Northland

Sadly, my wife has seen this comic and approved. It will soon hang on the wall below "No New Rules".

Posted Sat Mar 6, 2010 4:42 am
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Jasmin Meeple

(Mousaka)

Canada
Gatineau

HAHA ! This is real life !

Posted Sat Mar 6, 2010 5:36 am
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fer moros

(fmoros)

Korea
Kwang-Ju

Really true.

I have got my lots posted to the school...
then have to sneak them in one at a time in the house.. or leave them a the school

Posted Sat Mar 6, 2010 5:54 am
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Justin Bost

(DraperyFalls)

United States
Quakertown
Pennsylvania

True story:

I recently ordered two copies of Chang Cheng from Tanga, but accidently left my default shipping address as my girlfriend's... She thought I had gotten her a gift, and it was not one, but two OF THE SAME board game...

Totally busted...

Edited Sat Mar 6, 2010 6:45 am
Posted Sat Mar 6, 2010 6:43 am
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Matt K

(bigchief)

United States
Overland Park
Kansas

You nailed it.

The only thing worse than, "Really, another new game?" is "there is another brown box waiting on the front porch for you" then, the evil stare waiting for the reaction although she knows exactly what is in the box.

Posted Sat Mar 6, 2010 7:14 am
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Johannes Spicker

(Teppich)

Germany
Moers
Nordrhein-Westfahlen

yosz wrote:

If my wife will buy "New Game Detector" I'll install "New shoes detector"

by "install" you mean you already built it?

Posted Sat Mar 6, 2010 10:18 am
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Matt Mattlokk

(Doombellow)

United States
Minneapolis
Minnesota

Love the cartoon but the wife / girlfriend's reaction is not quite accurate.

[size=18]There... that's more like it.

Posted Sat Mar 6, 2010 1:19 pm
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Pat Wells

(Chops)

United States
Lemon Grove
California

grouchysmurf wrote:

carlwhite wrote:

Best cartoon I've seen on the Geek, nice job sir! Mailed this one straight to the wife

Exactly what I did as well!

Same here. Here response was I WANT one,NOW!

Posted Sat Mar 6, 2010 3:58 pm
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Andrew MacLeod

(amacleod)

Canada
London
Ontario

Am I the only one who has noticed that the lower picture on the wall looks like a portrait of Cthulu? Odd family pictures, to say the least....

Posted Sat Mar 6, 2010 9:21 pm
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Al Moreno

(Mentat)

United States

Illinois

This Avatar OverText is under construction.

I am sooo busted.

Posted Sat Mar 6, 2010 9:27 pm
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Arden Nelson Jr.

(Xanthos)

United States
Novelty
Ohio

dcell wrote:

USED games are the solution

I'm going to guess that "new to you" would probably still qualify. Now, if he would trade instead it might go over better.

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Skip Franklin

(Darksan)

United States
Oklahoma City
OK

I gave up trying to hide them and just plop them in my wife's lap. It's better than asking permission.

Posted Sun Mar 7, 2010 4:05 am
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Regional Man of Mystery

(SamNzed)

New Zealand
Christchurch

The game is nearly afoot

last week February!

I've still got Cuba hidden under the bed from January. I'm hoping when I do bring it out I can pretend it's Havana. Same artwork. Red box.

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Daniel Scott

(Dannoo)

Sweden

haha nice one!

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Mechajunkie One

(ChakaDon)

Lessee now, this will be reason #666,339,458,402,349,532,893,666,230,943,540,782,921,821,666,409,348,509,387,835,749,666 as to why I will never, ever get married yuk

Posted Sun Mar 7, 2010 8:13 pm
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Patxo Sans Sampietro

(txapo)

Spain
01009 VITORIA

A fellow gamer from spain only got new games by post, and he managed to convice his wife he was being paid and given all those game free for him to text and critisize them for a british magazine, so she let him time for his games blogg too!!! arrrh

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Jack

(senorcoo)

United States
Cumberland
Rhode Island

wolfzell wrote:

The BEST! EVAR!

This is exactly how it feels, although this device usually seems to be perfectly invisible. Still I know it is there. Lurking for me to come through the door...

I think its because their uteri are designed to detect games. I know it! I JUST KNOW IT!!

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Magister Ludi

(Aussie550)

Australia
Fremantle
Western Australia

Too true!

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rasmus olofsson

(ragnvald)

Denmark
AArhus V
Unspecified

Great

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Nikos Parissos

(topaidi2002)

Greece
Glyfada
Attiki

Mine has one too in the main door. Thats why I smuggle them from the window without the shrinkwrap and its contents punched into my magic cupboard. So far I have fooled the detector more than 30 times.

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Sebastian

(TermiGator)

Germany
Merzig
Saarland

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My wife had a look at it and said:
"Oh, this is great - I need this! Well, actually I don't. I've got this already built in!"
cry

But on the other Hand I am a lucky man: My wife doesn't buy shoes (at least not more than obviously nessecary), but games instead.
Her latest aquisitions were:
Bridges of Shangrila (one she wanted)
Race for the Galaxy (as a gift for me (Note: Not Birthday or Christmasgift, just gift like other people give flowers as a thank you)
Agricola (a game we both wanted)

Edited Mon Mar 8, 2010 2:45 pm
Posted Mon Mar 8, 2010 2:42 pm
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Sergey Nikolenko

(snikolenko)

Russian Federation
St. Petersburg

Vistathon wrote:

Folterknecht wrote:

Is it just me or does the door look weird for some reason?

I thought exactly the same thing!
I've put it down to the fact that the door opens outwards rather than inwards? Which over here is quite unusual.

I think the door looks weird because it opens outwards, but the guy is holding the inside knob. It's rather unusual to open a door from the outside by grabbing the inside knob.

Posted Mon Mar 8, 2010 3:13 pm
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René Christensen

(Slotracer)

Denmark
Solroed Strand

LOL

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Jack

(senorcoo)

United States
Cumberland
Rhode Island

snikolenko wrote:

I think the door looks weird because it opens outwards, but the guy is holding the inside knob. It's rather unusual to open a door from the outside by grabbing the inside knob.

You are also assuming he isn't looking back in shock after she has thrown him out

Edited Mon Mar 8, 2010 5:37 pm
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Lol Margue

(lolmargue)

Luxembourg

that's how we are treated!

whistle

lol

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Tragik Nate

(tragik)

United States
Olympia
Washington

Another reason to not get married

Posted Mon Mar 8, 2010 10:56 pm
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Robert Huntley

(Tenburo)

United States
Wasilla
Alaska

I usually end up getting my vast majority of games either while my wife is at work or out of town. The problem is that she figured out that newer games have that 'new game smell' so that when she finds a game that she doesn't recognize, it gets a sniff test.

I've been airing out my new games ever since. shake

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Stef Pauwels

(NeonBlue)

Belgium

Unfortunately my wife has got one of these built in cry

Luckily she's tolerant

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Katja Heetland

(KatjaHeetland)

United States
Minneapolis
Minnesota

I need one of those every time this guy comes home... whistle

Colorcrayons

(LordHellfury)

United States
Maplewood
Minnesota

Posted Tue Mar 9, 2010 10:59 am
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Colorcrayons

(LordHellfury)

United States
Maplewood
Minnesota

KatjaHeetland wrote:

I need one of those every time this guy comes home... whistle

Colorcrayons

(LordHellfury)

United States
Maplewood
Minnesota

I had that game for a long time, just like those other ones. And this one too. Its just been in the closet, like, forever... I took this game to a buddies house to play it and its been there for years. I just now remembered to bring it home...

ninja

Blah! Who told you that wimmenz were allowed here on BGG? yuk

Posted Tue Mar 9, 2010 11:10 am
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Andreas Josefsson

(plysbjorn)

Sweden
Lund
Skane

Badges? We don' need no stinkin' badges!

I showed this to my wife and she just patted med on the head and said "Oh, is that how you feel darling." (in a hyper faux concerned voice) blush

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Pawel Kaluza

(sternikPK)

Poland

There must be one of those installed somewhere at home. It's one of those high tech, virtualy invisible ones though. Fortunately I have a large cupboard in the office. Otherwise, I'd probably need a bed in the office.

Posted Tue Mar 9, 2010 2:28 pm
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GREGORY bigboss

(croustibar)

France
lyon

this is exactly the kind of device that my Girlfriend would like to install

Posted Tue Mar 9, 2010 11:37 pm
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Glenn G

(GlennG)

Canada
Oakville
Ontario

Priceless.

We need more cartoons of this caliber.

My wife was exactly like this. The solution was to get rid of her.

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Olka Kobyłecka

(oopsiak)

Poland
Warszawa

Haven't you try estimating, that a game is borrowed? ^^ It realy works!

"what's that?"
"Umm... I... Well, i borrowed it to try, 'couse... oh, you know, i didn't want to waste money..."

***

"Hey, we must buy a copy for ourselves!"
"Actualy, we don't have to..."
"No, we must, i like it and want to have my own copy"
"but you do..."

thereafter there's a little argument, but who cares, if you finally succeeded? : P

Posted Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:51 am
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Michael Henkell

(androidlove)

United States
Enid
Oklahoma

I laughed out loud.

I love the way this site handles the differences. "I even playtest with my wife (in a limited way of course)"

My girlfriend has been a great sport about my game buying. She even plays when I can drag her away from her reality TV blog.

Posted Wed Mar 10, 2010 4:30 pm
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Scott Davis

(JackCrap66)

United States
Tri-Cities
Washington

I can totally relate to this one!! I've gone as far as having the game(s) shipped to my work, unwrapping it, "fixing" the inside of the box ( in case of a close inspection ) and take a couple other games to blend it in with.

Posted Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:12 pm
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ozgur ozubek

(wintermute)

Turkey
Istanbul

wolfzell wrote:

The BEST! EVAR!

This is exactly how it feels, although this device usually seems to be perfectly invisible. Still I know it is there. Lurking for me to come through the door...

+1

Posted Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:40 am
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Ari Heino

(aquarian)

Finland

ChrisHill wrote:

aquarian wrote:

I have always wondered the idea of (main) doors opening inwards...

Doors open inwards because this puts the hinges of the door on the inside of the building. If the door opened outwards, the hinges would be on the outside, and it would be trivial for a potential burglar to pull the pins out of the hinges, remove your door, and steal your games

Chris

But doors opening inwards are easier to smash in - like in the tv series...

And modern doors are equipped against burglars with these metal thingies (my vocabulary ends here) also on the hinge side (just like in a safe door).

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Caleb Frazier

(gogoapoxy)

United States
Glendale
Arizona

LordHellfury wrote:

KatjaHeetland wrote:

I need one of those every time this guy comes home... whistle

Colorcrayons

(LordHellfury)

United States
Maplewood
Minnesota

I had that game for a long time, just like those other ones. And this one too. Its just been in the closet, like, forever... I took this game to a buddies house to play it and its been there for years. I just now remembered to bring it home...

ninja

That's quite a nice bribe you gave to her

I use that technique as well, though I think she is secretly keeping tabs of which games I have now so that she can claim, "That was not in your collection 22.6 days ago".

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Mark Slater

(Liggur)

United Kingdom
Newport
Newport, South Wales

DrGrayrock wrote:

mine already pre-order two (just in case)...

Ah, clever your wife, one for the front door, one for the back!

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Colorcrayons

(LordHellfury)

United States
Maplewood
Minnesota

gogoapoxy wrote:

LordHellfury wrote:

KatjaHeetland wrote:

I need one of those every time this guy comes home... whistle

Colorcrayons

(LordHellfury)

United States
Maplewood
Minnesota

I had that game for a long time, just like those other ones. And this one too. Its just been in the closet, like, forever... I took this game to a buddies house to play it and its been there for years. I just now remembered to bring it home...

ninja

That's quite a nice bribe you gave to her

I use that technique as well, though I think she is secretly keeping tabs of which games I have now so that she can claim, "That was not in your collection 22.6 days ago".

Heh. It was more of a funny inside joke but I will share.

I just so happened to buy $163 worth of games the day she saw this cartoon. So I told her I would give her $163 in gold for the games I bought.

It just happened to be in Geek Gold...

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George Husted

(Coldwarrior1984)

United States

Connecticut

My wife just saw this cartoon. Her reaction?

"The detector would never shut off!"

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Terry Bailey Sr.

(Skyjack)

United States
Jonesborough
Tennessee

mach1na wrote:

My Fiancee has a small version of this embedded into her cranium. She just knows.

Fiancee? Then it is not too late.

Posted Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:38 pm
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J K

(Zuxi)

Finland
Joensuu

yosz wrote:

If my wife will buy "New Game Detector" I'll install "New shoes detector"

My thoughts exactly, and actually we had a "conversation" about this matter earlier.. =P (except wife=fiance)

Just showed this pic to her and she approved with laughter. My opinion is that this is one of the best pic among this site, in top 10 by far.

GJ Aldie, and (double) thanks for laughs!

-J

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Steve Duke

(sduke)

United States
Georgetown
Texas

Bingo!
The time when a grown man with his own income needs to answer to his wife about bringing home a new game (with a closet full of her shoes, clothes, etc), it's time to get a 'new wife detector'.

Posted Mon Mar 15, 2010 3:54 am
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Jason Hurd

(reverendvader)

United States
Gordon
Nebraska

I don't think the problem is so much that one-half of the couple wants to buy a game and the other doesn't...

Both of them need to agree that it can be afforded at the time of purchase. No deception. No hiding like cowards...

My deal with my wife: If I splurge on something, then she can splurge on something of equal value. And vice versa. If we can't afford to splurge on two things, then we wait.

Edited Tue Mar 16, 2010 8:33 pm
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Susie Q T Pie

(susieqtpie)

United States

Illinois

I need to buy this for our home.[user=Malacandra] goo

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Gregorio Morales Ordoñez

(gmoralesor)

Spain
Alicante

The hinges of the door look weirdly misplaced

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Ketty

(ArtEmiSa64)

Chile
Santiago
RM

If BGG allows tag, then more than 80% of its (active) users will be taged.
I really love it thumbsup

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Klaus Nehren

(knehren)

Italy

I can relate! Totally!

Posted Fri Mar 26, 2010 5:00 pm
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rat.tatouille rat.tatouille

(rattatouille0)

I agree... Except that at home roles are not the same... My guy is the one watching against new games

Posted Sat Mar 27, 2010 9:42 pm
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Geir Aalberg

(geira)

Norway
Oslo

A very familiar situation. My main strategy was to hide the game under the bed for a week before stating "no, it's not a new game, I've had it for quite some time".

Posted Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:51 pm
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Jim Wilde

(Teloric)

Canada
Edmonton
Alberta

It's so funny, because it's true.

Posted Thu Apr 1, 2010 5:24 pm
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Tom Not

(kody)

Great!

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Guido Gloor

(haslo)

Switzerland
Ostermundigen

The statement below is false.

The statement above is correct.

I laughed out loud in my office

This is awesome!

geira wrote:

A very familiar situation. My main strategy was to hide the game under the bed for a week before stating "no, it's not a new game, I've had it for quite some time".

That's what I'm doing right now with this one game I got last week

- she sees right through me though, no clue why I even try cry

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All your base are belong to us

(Carcagarbage)

Canada
Montreal

"Honey, you know we don't have money for another detector!"

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David McCallum

(foofire)

United States
Blythe
California

Kerbster76 wrote:

I think I'd be okay. I usually come home through the back door.

Ummmmmmm..... WOW! blush

Posted Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:40 pm
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Simon Andersen

(simombo)

Denmark
Copenhagen V

You poor husbands and boyfriends.

I don't have this issue. I'm 33, single, my rent low, I have a decent income and I buy any game I like. Yeah!

Downside is, I'm single.

Edited Wed Apr 14, 2010 7:43 pm
Posted Wed Apr 14, 2010 7:42 pm
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EDWARD MAXWELL

(enditen)

United States
LAWRENCEVILLE
Georgia

well i must be living in the best of both worlds! i am married and buy any game i want!! am i bragging? YES.

Posted Wed Apr 14, 2010 10:43 pm
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