# Answers Only Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065 "2020-06-22T21:18:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/221 "2020-07-16T20:40:46Z")
Funny you should ask, I’ve injured my back on three separate occasions while skydiving, but this is the first time it’s ever happened in bed. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/222 "2020-07-17T00:11:58Z")
We’re open until six o’clock today. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/223 "2020-07-17T01:38:26Z")
Our new management likes nothing better than doing things on the cheap. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/224 "2020-07-17T04:51:24Z")
Actually, she sends me a card every Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/225 "2020-07-17T07:06:31Z")
It was first posed in 2018. We haven’t made any progress since. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/226 "2020-07-17T12:52:40Z")
If I told you I’d have to kill you. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/227 "2020-07-17T15:14:28Z")
Only if my wife doesn’t mind. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/228 "2020-07-17T17:44:38Z")
In the grand scheme of things, no. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/229 "2020-07-17T20:54:55Z")
I found it between the cushions on the couch. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/230 "2020-07-17T22:35:44Z")
It was in about 1975 or so. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/231 "2020-07-18T00:06:10Z")
Well, he did say “thanks”, but he didn’t seem to know why… ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/232 "2020-07-18T04:08:44Z")
Yes, they have so much in common. It’s a shame they will never meet. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/233 "2020-07-18T04:38:13Z")
Not this year, no; but likely early next year. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/234 "2020-07-18T06:36:56Z")
I only read them at random. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/235 "2020-07-19T15:05:55Z")
Because I hate to wake you up to say good-bye. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/236 "2020-07-19T15:08:50Z")
On the peg as usual. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/237 "2020-07-20T03:14:53Z")
Over to Bill’s house. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/238 "2020-07-20T03:17:58Z")
Okay. I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that question. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/239 "2020-07-20T15:02:31Z")
I do wish you’d listen, Wymer, it’s perfectly simple. If you’re not getting your hair cut, you don’t have to move your brother’s clothes down to the lower peg, you simply collect his note before lunch after you’ve done your scripture prep when you’ve written your letter home before rest, move your own clothes on to the lower peg, greet the visitors, and report to Mr Viney that you’ve had your chit signed. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/240 "2020-07-20T15:09:46Z")
He only brought up two memories from his childhood. He remembered that when he was lying outside in his cradle a large bird flew from the sky and hovered over him while its tail feathers brushed his face. Then he mentioned how he found a cave during a hike in the mountains. He was afraid that some great monster might be hiding there, but he was also very excited and wanted to find out what was inside. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065.md?page=13)