# Either tell us the whole story, or keep your mouth shut! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 26, 2006, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-tell-us-the-whole-story-or-keep-your-mouth-shut/366099 "2006-07-26T15:59:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-tell-us-the-whole-story-or-keep-your-mouth-shut/366099/41 "2006-07-27T00:01:15Z")
“Can _I_ do a Monica on you?” ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-tell-us-the-whole-story-or-keep-your-mouth-shut/366099/42 "2006-07-27T02:50:07Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] I just think it’s cute that he thinks he could ask a former president a question, in public, and NOT have the secret service or anyone else know what it is. [/QUOTE] Exactly, I have no idea how that “made a statement, then asked a question” thing was supposed to accomplish the intended outcome. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-tell-us-the-whole-story-or-keep-your-mouth-shut/366099/43 "2006-07-27T03:00:31Z")
“Did Saddam hide the weapons of mass destruction at your house?” ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-tell-us-the-whole-story-or-keep-your-mouth-shut/366099/44 "2006-07-27T03:07:12Z")
After reading the post, I think he asked if there were aliens at Area 51. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-tell-us-the-whole-story-or-keep-your-mouth-shut/366099/45 "2006-07-27T16:24:33Z")
[QUOTE=Duke of Rat] After reading the post, I think he asked if there were aliens at Area 51. [/QUOTE] And the person he thought was Bill Clinton was actually a homeless man on the street. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-tell-us-the-whole-story-or-keep-your-mouth-shut/366099/46 "2006-07-27T16:54:46Z")
[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons] And the person he thought was Bill Clinton was actually a homeless man on the street. [/QUOTE] Hey, from what I hear from them, it’s the homeless people on the street who all know the truth about Area 51… (…and the JFK assassination and Bigfoot and the Trilateral Commission…) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-tell-us-the-whole-story-or-keep-your-mouth-shut/366099/47 "2006-07-27T17:16:46Z")
I have to agree with the OP. It reminds me of this one time, in 1987 – well, let’s just say I’ll never eat one of _those_ again! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-tell-us-the-whole-story-or-keep-your-mouth-shut/366099/48 "2006-07-27T19:43:38Z")
Ooh, ooh, can we include people who drop the apparently unrelated punchline in a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=381425), but don’t give the rest of the joke? ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-tell-us-the-whole-story-or-keep-your-mouth-shut/366099/49 "2006-07-27T20:42:02Z")
[QUOTE=Troy McClure SF] Ooh, ooh, can we include people who drop the apparently unrelated punchline in a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=381425), but don’t give the rest of the joke? [/QUOTE] Ok, ok, just gimme a friggin minute! Sheesh! ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-tell-us-the-whole-story-or-keep-your-mouth-shut/366099/50 "2006-07-27T21:01:54Z")
Sorry for singling you out, but I would’ve mentioned this before had I not fogotten… yours was unfortunately just the post that reminded me. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-tell-us-the-whole-story-or-keep-your-mouth-shut/366099/51 "2006-07-28T00:37:46Z")
[QUOTE=Troy McClure SF] Sorry for singling you out, but I would’ve mentioned this before had I not fogotten… yours was unfortunately just the post that reminded me. [/QUOTE] Actually, I thought it was such an old joke most people would know it by the punchline. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-tell-us-the-whole-story-or-keep-your-mouth-shut/366099.md?page=2)