# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/81 "2016-06-27T22:30:30Z")
If God made a rock so big he couldn’t lift it, what color would it be? ---
**Author:** ![TipTapTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@TipTapTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TipTapTwo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/82 "2016-07-14T03:30:41Z")
Are you pondering what I am pondering? ---
**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:** [July 14, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/83 "2016-07-14T03:32:23Z")
Do you hear what I hear? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/84 "2016-07-14T03:43:54Z")
A song? A song, high above the tree? ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/85 "2016-07-14T03:55:03Z")
How dull is this knife? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/86 "2016-07-17T01:58:10Z")
Does asking about a knife make it a pointed question? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/87 "2016-07-17T16:34:10Z")
What’s the answer to the question I’m asking right now? ---
**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:** [July 17, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/88 "2016-07-17T16:47:13Z")
Is it “Yes, you’re asking right now”? ---
**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 17, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/89 "2016-07-17T19:13:29Z")
Do you hear what I hear, even though it’s not Christmas? ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/90 "2016-07-17T20:38:21Z")
Did Michael ever row that boat ashore, as he was endlessly exhorted to do? ---
**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 18, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/91 "2016-07-18T16:48:25Z")
Do you really have to keep telling me that we’re climbing Jacob’s ladder? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/92 "2016-07-18T17:27:30Z")
Do I have to? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/93 "2016-07-18T17:41:47Z")
> [@CCitizen](#): > > My unpaid internship adviser complimented me a lot during 6 years. Did the internship involve maths? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/94 "2016-07-18T18:21:20Z")
Can they be replaced in the womb, or is a man always born with his original shin? ---
**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 18, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/95 "2016-07-18T18:28:08Z")
Did the folks at Publishers Clearinghouse receive my response to their ‘request for verification of eligibility’ before sending me the ‘final notice to confirm verification for preliminary prizewinner selection’? ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/96 "2016-07-23T00:06:26Z")
Is the answer “blowing in the wind”? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/97 "2016-07-23T00:52:00Z")
Could the wind blow your mind, hypothetically, if it were high enough? ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/98 "2016-08-10T03:00:05Z")
How high does it need to be? (My mind is only 6’ off the ground.) ---
**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 10, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/99 "2016-08-10T03:27:57Z")
Can you see me from 'way down there? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-pointless-questions/753219/100 "2016-08-11T01:37:10Z")
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