# Ask pointless questions. **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [April 26, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219 "2016-04-26T21:25:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [May 3, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/41 "2016-05-03T15:45:28Z")
Hot enough for ya? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/42 "2016-05-03T15:48:33Z")
Is that a come on or a threat? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/43 "2016-05-03T22:21:46Z")
Where HAVE all the flowers gone? ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/44 "2016-05-03T22:49:44Z")
Where is Algernon these days? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/45 "2016-05-03T22:52:50Z")
> [@CheshireKat](#): > > Where is Algernon these days? Didn’t he get stupid and fry himself chewing through a power cord? ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/46 "2016-05-03T23:17:50Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > We’re never going to know anyway. We can not know what the future generations will learn and how. ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/47 "2016-05-03T23:19:23Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > If jellyfish had brains, do you think they’d be as smart as us? No – just like any fish. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/48 "2016-05-03T23:35:59Z")
Sooo, we can answer questions as sentences that are not in and of themselves questions? ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/49 "2016-05-04T00:08:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Sooo, we can answer questions as sentences that are not in and of themselves questions? Being a professor, did you have any unpaid interns? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/50 "2016-05-04T00:10:04Z")
Does paying them in compliments count? ---
**Author:** ![CCitizen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/51 "2016-05-04T00:13:30Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Does paying them in compliments count? My unpaid internship adviser complimented me a lot during 6 years. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/52 "2016-05-04T00:23:09Z")
Are you aware of who Prof. Pepperwinkle was? [http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0056750/bio](http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0056750/bio) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/53 "2016-05-04T00:23:45Z")
How does one win this so-called “game”? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/54 "2016-05-04T00:58:26Z")
To find out send a certified money order in the sum of $489.27 to the Prof. Pepperwinkle Association for Painful Realizations, Pepperwinkle Chateau, Pepperwinkleville, IN 46#%2. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/55 "2016-05-04T01:09:58Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > To find out send a certified money order in the sum of $489.27 to the Prof. Pepperwinkle Association for Painful Realizations, Pepperwinkle Chateau, Pepperwinkleville, IN 46#%2. If I act now, can I get TWO sets of instructions for the price of one? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/56 "2016-05-04T01:40:59Z")
Don’t y’know, we’ll even throw in a self-addressed sealed envelope for the second payment? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/57 "2016-05-04T03:06:43Z")
How many roads must a man walk down? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/58 "2016-05-04T12:15:04Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > No – just like any fish. Why not as smart as any invertebrate? ---
**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:** [May 4, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/59 "2016-05-04T13:38:40Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > How many roads must a man walk down? And should he ask one tin soldier for directions? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/60 "2016-05-04T13:40:29Z")
Would asking multiple tin soldiers work better than asking a single tin soldier? Would the outcome be influenced by whether all the soldiers are of equal rank or not? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219.md?page=4)