title: they said what find out what paula hawkins sheryl sandberg and neil gaiman have to say
text: their table their rules thats just how it was  check off all the rules your friend insisted on playing by if the ball touches the floor youve got to throw away the floor if you lost by more than five you had to eat your paddle but you could use sauce if you lost by more than  you had to eat your paddle with no sauce a twin is only allowed to play against their twin if the ball bounces off of the table but the dog picks it up runs outside trades it for another ball with the dog next door and spits it back on the table thats inbounds if your opponent accidentally hits it wrong because hes focusing too hard on being a good host the point is a redo youre not allowed to mention anything more fun than pingpong if the ball gets too close to you youre allowed to swat it away with your paddle if you win the point in pingpong you win the point for real whoever gets to point  first gets to crack the ball a little and peek inside it serves only if one player falls asleep during the point they lose but if both players fall asleep the point continues in the dream you have to win by one more point than the rules say you do if the president knows about the game both players lose get results results for how many of these unofficial pingpong rules did your best friend insist on using growing up your best friend insisted on a lot of unofficial pingpong rules your best friend was an uncompromising tyrant of the pingpong table insisting on a full array of rules every time you went over to their house to play it didnt matter if you just wanted to play normally your best friend was going to have a whole list of rules to abide by and if you didnt like them you could get out eventually the two of you drifted apart sometimes you wonder if your best friend still insists on all those rules all these years later share your results