# 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:** 126
**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 4, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2503 "2022-07-04T15:09:40Z")
Well, okay, if you’re ready. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2504 "2022-07-04T20:08:10Z")
I can’t say I’m surprised, he pretty much deserved it. ---
**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 4, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2505 "2022-07-04T22:08:48Z")
Yes, sir. ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2506 "2022-07-05T00:14:13Z")
No way I’m paying that much. ---
**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 5, 2022, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2507 "2022-07-05T02:11:51Z")
To port… That’s on the left… the _left_. Yes. ---
**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 5, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2508 "2022-07-05T04:52:54Z")
I saw it years ago. It was okay, but I have no need to see it again. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2022, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2509 "2022-07-05T06:14:56Z")
Yes, I have to leave home by 8:30. ---
**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 5, 2022, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2510 "2022-07-05T14:31:18Z")
Yeah, I’m good, thanks. ---
**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 5, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2511 "2022-07-05T14:34:48Z")
Sure, my number is 555-6714. ---
**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 5, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2512 "2022-07-05T14:38:06Z")
Thanks, but that’s obviously a fake number. ---
**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 5, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2513 "2022-07-05T15:10:42Z")
I was hoping you wouldn’t notice. ---
**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 5, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2514 "2022-07-05T16:42:01Z")
The “555” is hard to ignore. ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2515 "2022-07-06T04:00:44Z")
You are looking at me as though I have seen a ghost. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2516 "2022-07-06T08:31:21Z")
No, I couldn’t make it. I had to reschedule the appointment. ---
**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 6, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2517 "2022-07-06T12:58:51Z")
I don’t know, really. But it’ll be okay. ---
**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 6, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2518 "2022-07-06T13:01:38Z")
Only five months after the buyout, I was asked to retire. ---
**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 6, 2022, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2519 "2022-07-06T13:13:12Z")
I know, right? _Unbelievable._ ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2520 "2022-07-07T01:53:36Z")
It was the IRS. I think they’re bluffing. ---
**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 7, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2521 "2022-07-07T02:00:25Z")
About eight minutes, at this rate. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2022, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2522 "2022-07-07T07:28:35Z")
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