# 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:** 28
**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:** [October 20, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/541 "2020-10-20T14:09:47Z")
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/542 "2020-10-20T15:22:51Z")
I wish you wouldn’t ask questions nobody can answer. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/543 "2020-10-20T15:40:08Z")
I know it’s not what you wanted, but it’s the best I could do under the circumstances. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/544 "2020-10-21T01:08:23Z")
I think I may of heard of it, but I had no idea what it was. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/545 "2020-10-21T02:20:51Z")
No, it was Dorothy Parker who wrote that. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/546 "2020-10-21T04:41:43Z")
Each one takes about 6-8 weeks, give or take. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/547 "2020-10-21T05:50:13Z")
Aw, sure, why not? ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/548 "2020-10-21T05:55:21Z")
No, they’re both recovering alcoholics, so please don’t serve wine at the dinner. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/549 "2020-10-21T07:01:40Z")
Sure! And make it a double! ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/550 "2020-10-21T12:54:29Z")
No, I don’t think eating an egg that fell onto the kitchen floor is a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/551 "2020-10-21T15:04:17Z")
I had to, it was the only way I could get him to leave me alone. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/552 "2020-10-21T15:27:37Z")
Oh shit, I forgot again. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/553 "2020-10-21T23:02:01Z")
Uh, no, I don’t remember where I was from 4 to 6pm yesterday…oh wait, I was, um, I was out for a walk, by myself. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/554 "2020-10-22T00:00:47Z")
Why would that make any damn difference? I wasn’t there at the time. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/555 "2020-10-22T00:15:40Z")
On advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/556 "2020-10-22T06:45:19Z")
No, I personally have never done that. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/557 "2020-10-22T06:49:33Z")
It’ll be ready at seven. We’ve got time for cocktails. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2020, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/558 "2020-10-22T06:51:31Z")
How the heck would I know? As I told the police, I wasn’t even in country at the time. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/559 "2020-10-22T07:02:26Z")
You should know better than to ask me something that personal. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2020, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/560 "2020-10-22T07:55:06Z")
Yes, Bill, and I made sure that you got cole slaw with that. Sam, here’s yours, Ellen, here’s yours. Now, let’s get to work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065.md?page=29)