# Ask me a Question and I will tell you no lies **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 6, 2000, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707 "2000-07-06T03:39:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707/1 "2000-07-06T03:39:41Z")
Ok ask away. Anything at all, I will not lie. I will give you an honest answer. ---
**Author:** ![Tisme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Tisme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tisme)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707/2 "2000-07-06T03:54:06Z")
OK I’ll bite. Why is it that so many of us spend so much time on this board rather than doing something useful with our lives? Are we really all antisocial and can’t speak to people face to face? I await with anticipation of your wisdom. ---
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707/3 "2000-07-06T04:02:45Z")
I do not know, hey its the truth. I really dont know. but I can tell you, why I post, its because I am anti social. ---
**Author:** ![Tisme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Tisme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tisme)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707/4 "2000-07-06T04:13:34Z")
And I thought you were going to reveal all the secrets of the universe including the big one:- The endless pusuit of happiness. Oh well :- POO HAPPENS. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707/5 "2000-07-06T04:20:00Z")
The following, lest it be perceived as anything but a joke, is a joke. You were warned. The line, friend, is “Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies.” I do not remember its origin. And if I’m wrong, please someone do correct me so I don’t make any more of an ass of myself. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707/6 "2000-07-06T04:22:08Z")
Oh your right, but if I had said that, nobody would ask me anyhting. This way I get people to ask me stuff ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707/7 "2000-07-06T04:25:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\* The line, friend, is “Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies.” I do not remember its origin. > > And if I’m wrong, please someone do correct me so I don’t make any more of an ass of myself. Thanks. \*\* You are correct, and what we need here is DRY with his extensive recall of “Bartlett’s Quotations.” He should be able to tell us the origin. Scotti ---
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707/8 "2000-07-06T04:27:15Z")
I personally liked Metallicas version of the saying. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707/9 "2000-07-06T04:27:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fnord1966 \* > \*\*Oh your right, but if I had said that, nobody would ask me anyhting. This way I get people to ask me stuff \*\* Oops, you beat me to it. Well, okay then-what is the origin of the correct quotation? (Bet I gotcha, there, cutestuff!) Scotti ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707/10 "2000-07-06T04:46:45Z")
Scotticher: Only if it’s from Shakespeare! LOL! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707/11 "2000-07-06T04:48:15Z")
1. who is cutestuff? 2. I originally heard the line "SO . … ask me no more questions, I’ll tell you no more lies. The boys are in the bathroom zipping up their flies are in the meadow, the bees are in the park . . . " ---
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707/12 "2000-07-06T04:55:59Z")
I Belive I am cutestuff. Could be wrong tho. ---
**Author:** ![DVous\_Means](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@DVous\_Means](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DVous_Means)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707/13 "2000-07-06T08:15:51Z")
OK, I’ve got a question for you. It’s hardly original, but here it is anyway: What is the question? We know the answer: it’s 42. But what is the question to Life the universe and everything? ---
**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707/14 "2000-07-06T11:18:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > \*\*Scotticher: > > Only if it’s from Shakespeare! LOL! \*\* This is actually close enough to the truth where we can accept it as the truth. I don’t know where the derivation of the quote came from. I do know many quotes aside from Shakespearean ones, but it’s true that my “batting average” for Shakespearean quotes is far higher. How did I get mentioned in this thread, anyway? (Not that I’m complaining, but it has nothing to do with Sports, History, Shakespeare or Flirting.) ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707/15 "2000-07-06T11:21:25Z")
What came first, the chicken or the egg? ---
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2000, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707/16 "2000-07-06T23:01:08Z")
Ultress: The egg, of course. Dinosaurs were laying eggs long before chickens even existed. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2000, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707/17 "2000-07-07T00:14:41Z")
Ultress: the chicken, since eggs can’t come. Think about it. ::dodges beer bottles:: ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2000, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707/18 "2000-07-07T01:27:13Z")
Okay, fnordie baby. Answer yes or no. Is the answer to this question “no”? ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2000, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707/19 "2000-07-07T02:17:40Z")
So what is your completion percentage in Gran Turismo 2? And what is your overall grade? ---
**Author:** ![fnord1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ad7895/32.png) [@fnord1966](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fnord1966)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2000, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707/20 "2000-07-07T04:38:58Z")
GT2? never played it And NTG, What are you trying to do to me? You’r makin me look bad. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-me-a-question-and-i-will-tell-you-no-lies/24707.md?page=2)