Game / activity
A Decent Proposal
Each host pitches a proposal to one or both others. The intended recipient must accept for the proposer to win. If an uninvited person also wants in, the proposer loses. A proposal addressed to both requires both to say yes. Curtis facilitates; four proposal turns follow.
What was recorded
What everyone brought to the table · 1 recorded contribution
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
An unused idea: more waterfalls
After the scored proposals, Ryan says he had considered proposing more waterfalls and asks how the others would have reacted. Curtis says it would have needed more explanation and ends with a hypothetical no. This is an abandoned alternative discussed afterward, not a fifth completed proposal or an added loss.
The rest of the round record
12 primary recorded exchanges · 0 retained source actions. 0 additional round events; 0 overlapping source alternatives. A source action may be a clue, reply, reaction or interruption—not necessarily a participant answer.
Brad → Ryan: a sports-comfort app
Ryan rejects the proposal, so Brad loses. Curtis separately declines interest, but that cannot rescue a proposal rejected by its intended recipient.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Brad’s pitch
Brad reports getting down on one knee and addresses Ryan Joel Sansone. He proposes an app that senses anxiety after a team loses and automatically plays videos of that team succeeding, without being asked.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Ryan: “No, absolutely not”
Ryan wants to feel and dwell on the pain of a loss for a while. Old success highlights would feel hollow, so he declines.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Curtis is not joining
Curtis says the sports-specific pitch was so effectively targeted away from him that he completely blacked out.
Curtis → Ryan: Brad should move to New York
Ryan accepts. Brad explores a partial arrangement but ultimately declines moving, so Curtis wins under the rule against an uninvited person joining.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
A change of pace for Brad
Curtis proposes to Ryan that Brad move to New York City, where a change of pace might improve his chances of finding a partner.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Ryan accepts with reservations
Ryan worries New York might overwhelm Brad or that he might become comfortable too quickly, but accepts the proposal.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Brad’s counteroffer becomes a no
Brad asks about half-accepting: working and staying in the city during the week, with train travel on Mondays and Fridays. After clarification, he says no because he would never live in New York.
Ryan → Curtis: ban khaki pants
Curtis accepts, but Brad also wants in. Because Ryan addressed only Curtis, Ryan loses. The later consolation that he still wins by getting rid of khakis does not reverse that game ruling.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
A ban with safari and zookeeper exceptions
Ryan proposes banning khaki pants, except for middle-aged men on safari and zookeepers wearing the appropriate hat. Ryan supplies the color clarification, “That one color.” The discussion briefly broadens to “no more khaki,” then settles on banning khaki pants only, as confirmed in the recording.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Curtis accepts after two clothing stories
Curtis recalls khakis seeming sad and an embarrassing cargo-pants experience after which women took him to Old Navy for new clothes. He accepts: without those pants, both embarrassing moments could have been avoided.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Brad also accepts
Asked whether he is on board, Brad says absolutely. He prefers darker pants and dislikes khaki. His agreement is precisely what makes Ryan lose this round.
Curtis → Brad: Cool Slaw
Brad accepts and Ryan stays out, so Curtis wins a second proposal. Curtis announces, “I’m two for two.”
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Ordinary coleslaw, a better name
Curtis pitches Cool Slaw: the same as other coleslaw, just better named. Brad asks about both ingredients and packaging. Curtis answers whatever goes into coleslaw, then a cool container, refined to used Cool Whip containers.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Brad is in
Brad accepts once used Cool Whip containers are specified.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Ryan is out
Ryan dislikes coleslaw, with sandwiches its only acceptable use in his view. He declines, leaving Curtis’s proposal successful.