I'm still dubious. Could you explain more the bit about the monkeys?

Purpose: to see exactly how much a story can change in the retelling.
Rules: I will write a very short story and PM it to a volunteer.
That person will send it to the next volunteer down on the list that I will post on this thread.
HOWEVER, EACH VOLUNTEER MAY ONLY READ THE STORY ONCE (I'll make it interesting), and then (s)he must wait two days and then write it from memory and send THAT to the next volunteer.
At the end of the list will be me.
I will post the original version and the final version, and we can compare.

If there are any other questions about procedure when writing it down from memory (what if im not sure whether a detail was there or not, how much can I embellish, etc.), do what you think best.

For future reference you should type out your post before starting a thread.

Sounds like fun. Count me in.

@tt612:
>P

list so far:

abgemacht
baumhaeuer

yeah, I'll give it a go

abge
tt
baum

That sounds interesting.

Has there been a thread where the first poster writes one sentence starting a story and every subsequent poster continues the story with a following sentence?

@ Miyazaki: so, you want to join?
Yes there has and it turned into a battle between a zombie and a piece of undead steak that sometimes wasn't a steak.

It sounds like you are trusting the subjects of your experiment far too much. It's one huge honor roll system.

A better version of this experiment would be to send the riddle to the first person, who sends the answer that they think works to the next person, who formulates a riddle for the answer they received, and sends it on to the next person, and the process repeats itself.

We're talking about riddles now?
Sounds like your making it more convoluted.

@ava: I think I'll stick with the "honor roll" system, as no one governs the propagation of urban legends, greek myths, etc. Besides, couldn't someone just come up with a completely diferent riddle/answer anyway?

It depends on whether this is an 'experiment' or an 'experament'. In my opinion, all experiments must be double blind.

Social experiments can't be double blind, ava. This isn't a scientific one any more than Facebook is.

Don't forget Zombie Chuck Norris and Ghoula Riddick and gay Bill Clinton.

me

Count me in.

I want in if possible.

Me please

Mr. Yuck wants in as well please...

"Social experiments can't be double blind, ava. This isn't a scientific one any more than Facebook is."

i'm not sure, i've actually seen experiments, which have ethical approval, which avoid telling the subject what the experimenter is actually looking for.

A bit of sleigth of hand and they're good, though it may not be double blind (i'm not sure, the computer terminal doesn't know what the experimenter is looking for either, but they experiment has no control so it's really a moot point... or maybe the control is built into the computer programme, and i don't know what it is because i've avoided looking at the debreif - which states what the experimenter was looking for)

Count me in.

Me too. seems like it would be quite enjoyable.

so, the list is now:

abgemacht
tt612
Thucydides
Conservative Man
largeham
acmac10
Mr. Yuck
SpeakerToAliens
jman777
baumhaeuer

A few more people and we should be all set!

First line: It was a dark and stormy night.

Wait, what do you mean first line? Has the game changed?

@abge:
That was a joke. The experiment has not changed. It is still just like in the rules I posted.

Pick me!

haha OK. If we're transferring every 2 days, we probably have enough people to start now. We won't get through the list for 2 weeks. We can tack people onto the end as we go.