http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/sadism tag posts with sadism Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:53:30 -0800 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:53:30 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/60271/What-is-this-grotesque-possibly-German-short-story Help me remember the name and author of this short story. The pathetic male main character is abused and humiliated by an abusive female character (his wife, I think). The culmination involves some sort of grotesque and humiliating performance by the main character at a party, arranged by the wife. I vaguely remember the author being German (though I could be wrong), and I read it in an anthology, so it's probably by someone pretty well known. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.60271 Mon, 09 Apr 2007 17:53:30 -0800 books unanswered sadism grotesque shortstories shortstory bookidentification authorship thomasmann bubukaba http://ask.metafilter.com/30141/Sadistic-kids-card-game My niece is trying to remember the rules of a card game that involves inflicting various acts of sadism on whoever ends up holding a black Jack. Said sadistic acts are determined by the suits of cards somewhere in play - for example, a Diamond results in a punch, a Club results in a pinch, and so on. The only other thing that she can remember is that one of the black Jacks is removed from the deck before play commences, leaving just one. Any ideas what the game is called, and how it's played? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.30141 Tue, 03 Jan 2006 21:18:47 -0800 cards games cardgames kids sadism obiwanwasabi