# 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:** 130
**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 29, 2022, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2583 "2022-07-29T12:18:33Z")
At 6:30 I was having dinner with my date at the restaurant. There are at least a dozen people that can confirm my alibi. ---
**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 29, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2584 "2022-07-29T18:38:42Z")
Specimen containers of some kind, I’d say. ---
**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 30, 2022, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2585 "2022-07-30T05:50:55Z")
Hard to say, but if I had to guess, I’d say green. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2586 "2022-08-01T14:40:13Z")
My mother’s sister’s daughter’s friend was over for tea when she said that. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2587 "2022-08-01T20:03:07Z")
Maybe… let me see that report. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2588 "2022-08-02T05:14:50Z")
I share it on a need-to-see basis. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2589 "2022-08-02T22:06:28Z")
I’d stay clear of that, if I were you. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2590 "2022-08-03T13:38:23Z")
When she finishes the turn, it’ll be her fifth circuit. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2591 "2022-08-03T16:52:59Z")
Sure, I’ve seen enough here. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2592 "2022-08-03T18:12:03Z")
The plan was to have dinner around 7:00 but if you’re that hungry we can go right now. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2593 "2022-08-04T02:44:23Z")
I’ll have the duck, with grilled asparagus. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2594 "2022-08-04T02:47:51Z")
I dunno … ten pounds maybe. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2595 "2022-08-04T02:54:09Z")
Because Rhode Island isn’t really an island. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2596 "2022-08-04T04:56:11Z")
Rhode Island is because it is. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2597 "2022-08-04T16:03:32Z")
An anchor in gold on a white field. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2598 "2022-08-04T21:01:32Z")
Etminois, a fess cotised gules. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2022, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2599 "2022-08-05T07:47:27Z")
I tried a few studies, and I think an uncial hand would work best for this project. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2600 "2022-08-05T12:52:07Z")
Jawohl, mein führer! ---
**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:** [August 7, 2022, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2601 "2022-08-07T03:11:17Z")
It is what it is and it ain’t what it ain’t. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/2602 "2022-08-08T14:36:16Z")
As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don’t know we don’t know. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065.md?page=129) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065.md?page=131)