Slippery Slope Game
This game is based on the slippery slope argument and works sort of like the Direct TV commercials that some of you have doubtless seen. It goes something like this: If you don't brush your teeth, you will get a toothache. If you get a toothache, you will go to the dentist. If you go to the dentist, you will owe a lot of money to him. If you owe a lot of money to him, you will take a loan from a loan shark. If you take a loan from a loan shark, he will break your knees. If he breaks your knees . . . .
Let's see how long we can keep one of these slippery slope avalanches going. Post in English and Spanish. I'll correct any glaring English errors I spot. I don't have a corrector for Spanish, so if you can help with that, please do.
I'll start.
If you curse at your boss, he will fire you.
Si maldices a tu jefe, él te despedirá.
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if you make friends with a paid assassin, he will teach you how to kill chickens for money
Si te haces amigo con un asesino a sueldo, te enseñará cómo matar gallinas por dinero
Para empeña el anillo ,tiene que quitar del dedo.In order to pawn the ring ,you have to get it off her finger.
Si tú pides prestado dinero de tu vecino, tú tendrás que empeñar el anillo de tu esposa.
If you borrow money from your neighbor, you will have to pawn your wife's ring.
Si maldices a tu jefe, él te despedirá.(If you curse at your boss, he will fire you.)
Si tu jefe te despidió, tendrás que encontrar otro trabajo (If your boss fired you, you will have to find another job)
Para empeñar el anillo , tienes que quitártelo de su dedo.
(In order to pawn the ring , you have to get it off her finger.)
In order to get it off her finger, you'll need to use soap
(Para quitarlo de su dedo, tendrás que utilizar jabón)
(If your boss fired you, you will have to find another job)
Si tu jefe te despidió, tendrás que encontrar otro trabajo
If you have to get another job, you will need more training.
Si tienes que conseguir otro trabajo, usted necesitará más formación.
Si hubieras utilizado jabón y tu novia habría sufrido una reacción alérgica la llevarías al médico de urgencias sin pensar en el precio de gasolina.
If you were to have used soap, she would have suffered an allergic reaction and you would have taken her to the Accident and Emergency department without giving a thoughtbto the price of petrol.
This is an experimental demonstration sentence and corrections would bd much appreciated, Pablo, or other competent reader.
If you go to the hospital, you'll sit in the waiting room forever with sick people and crying children.
Si vas al hospital, esperás en la sala de espera para siempre con la gente enferma y con niños llorando.
If you use soap, she will get a bad allergic rash.
Si utilizas jabón, ella va a sufrir una erupción alérgica mal.
In order to get another job you will have to buy a new suit for the interviews.
Para buscar otro trabajo vas a nesecitar un traje nuevo para las entrevistas.
Your training costs a lot of money, so you won't have money enough for your living.
Tu entrenamiento cuesta mucho dinero, por lo tanto no tendrá el dinero suficiente para tu vida.
If you kill chickens for money, you may get rich selling fried chicken.
Si matas gallinas por dinero, quizás se pongas rico vendiendo pollo frito.
When you loose your temper, you are likely to go postal and end up in jail.
Cuando pierdes tu temperamento, que es probable que te vuelvas loco y termines en la cárcel.
Si vas postal y terminas en la cárcel, harás amigos con un asesino a sueldo.
If you go postal and end up in jail, you will make friends with a paid assassin.
Si tienes que esperar en la sala de espera para siempre con la gente enferma y con niños llorando, su presión sanguínea se elevará junto con su temperamento.
If you have to wait forever in the waiting room with sick people and crying children, your blood pressure will rise along with your temper.
