The Oldest Game:

[ShadowTiger]

This is a fun little game. You each must say something which "Defeats" or "Stalls" the thing in the post above. Here's an example.

"I am a snail on the ground."
<NEXT POSTER>
"I am salt, which is sprinkled on the snail."
<NEXT POSTER>
"I am a grocer, which takes the salt and puts it into the food shelves, instead of allowing it to be used on the snail."
<NEXT POSTER>
"I am inflation, which causes the price of salt to increase dramatically, so no one can purchase it. It will stay on the shelf."
<NEXT POSTER>
.... Etc!

Get the idea? Get going. :) I guess you guys can continue with my trend. I'll help start you off by giving you some ideas:

1) I am the Federal Reserve, which lowers its required reserve ratio, which pumps more money into the economy. (Just roll with me here..)
2) I am the income of families everywhere increasing, so people can buy salt again.

Good luck. :)

[Zelda]

im a murderer that kills the family, so they wont buy salt

[ShadowTiger]

I'm the policeman that catches the murderer.

No. Wait. Here, I'll show you something even more clever.

"I am the scarf he left behind in the crime scene which led forensic trackers right to his doorstep."

That would be much more difficult to counter, so I'll let you pick either the policeman, or the scarf. Your call.

[Yoshiman]

I am the disturbed pyromaniacal child that burned the scarf.

[death2004]

I am the obsessive parent that grounded the disturbed pyromaniacal child that burned the scarf

[ShadowTiger]

I am the social service people taking away the parents from the child for being bad parents.

[Yoshiman]

I am the car that was out of gas, preventing the social service people from getting anywhere.

[ShadowTiger]

I am the gas can kept in the trunk, potentially capable of refilling the gas tank!

[Yoshiman]

I am the hole in the gas can, which caused all the gas to leak out.

[ShadowTiger]

I am Triple A, which tows me to safety despite the leak in the gas can.