# 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:** 69
**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:** [June 14, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/1361 "2021-06-14T16:26:46Z")
He’s onstage, on-and-off, throughout the entire performance, especially in Act 2. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/1362 "2021-06-14T17:09:59Z")
I don’t care if it’s “irrational behavior based on superstition.” Here, out of concern for others’ feelings, we refer to it as “The Scottish Play.” ---
**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:** [June 15, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/1363 "2021-06-15T16:38:32Z")
No, it’s spelled “Ernest,” not “Earnest.” That is, if you’re thinking of the famous American writer. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/1364 "2021-06-15T16:54:46Z")
Maybe it’s Earnest Hemingway the Orchid termite exterminator. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/1365 "2021-06-15T23:44:01Z")
Or maybe he was thinking of Earnest, the Importance of Being. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2021, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/1366 "2021-06-16T05:51:46Z")
I did. I was sad to hear of her passing. She was a good friend. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2021, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/1367 "2021-06-16T11:04:14Z")
Oh, I really don’t think they could have pulled that off. Too many people would have had to be in on 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:** [June 16, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/1368 "2021-06-16T19:46:33Z")
Well, you know, I think it was Ben Franklin who said that three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/1369 "2021-06-16T22:19:25Z")
Well, the door was ajar and the light was off, so I figured the room was empty. Imagine my surprise when I discovered him sitting there. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2021, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/1370 "2021-06-17T00:09:48Z")
Yeah, better call the Coroner. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2021, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/1371 "2021-06-17T03:56:50Z")
No, that’s not our trash. The guy next door has a habit of putting his trash on our tree lawn, don’t ask me why. this time, some animal got into it and tore it apart. So they never picked it up. The guy next door is gonna have to come over and clean up his mess. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/1372 "2021-06-17T04:47:13Z")
Let’s just go down to the corner pub, and get some dinner there. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2021, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/1373 "2021-06-17T10:45:50Z")
I really don’t know. I don’t have my phone on me, and I no longer wear a watch. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2021, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/1374 "2021-06-17T15:53:29Z")
Beats me. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/1375 "2021-06-17T15:56:58Z")
That’s above my pay grade. _Way_ above. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/1376 "2021-06-17T17:28:26Z")
Yes, I can come in an hour earlier. No problem. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2021, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/1377 "2021-06-18T05:17:09Z")
I told him to put it down before something got broken. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2021, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/1378 "2021-06-18T06:25:42Z")
I’ll have to ask Frank. He may have something planned for that 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:** [June 18, 2021, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/1379 "2021-06-18T19:41:19Z")
Sure. Do you take American Express? ---
**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:** [June 19, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065/1380 "2021-06-19T02:28:01Z")
I’m really surprised that you’d ask a question like that, considering your scientific background. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answers-only-thread/912065.md?page=70)