# I wonder ...? (This is a thread game) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 20, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016 "2022-08-20T23:34:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016/1 "2022-08-20T23:34:06Z")
I wonder…why do Sherpa guides at Everest not have high altitude sickness? (No need to answer, what do you wonder about?) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016/2 "2022-08-20T23:37:00Z")
Do Twinkies have a shelf life, or a half life? ---
**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 21, 2022, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016/3 "2022-08-21T00:54:25Z")
Who wrote **The Book of Love**? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016/4 "2022-08-21T00:58:20Z")
What, exactly, is the Pompatus of Love? ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016/5 "2022-08-21T00:58:53Z")
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? ---
**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:** [August 21, 2022, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016/6 "2022-08-21T01:18:41Z")
…why do we drive on the parkway and park in the driveway? …why do we park in the driveway and not on the driveway? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016/7 "2022-08-21T02:56:56Z")
Where do they keep the oft mentioned, permanent record of every human being? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016/8 "2022-08-21T02:59:44Z")
The saying goes, “a penny for your thoughts.” But, then, you give someone your two cents’ worth. Who’s profiting on your thoughts, one cent at a time? ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016/9 "2022-08-21T03:12:34Z")
Why do I not go to bed when I’m this tired, instead of clicking on internet links? ---
**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:** [August 21, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016/10 "2022-08-21T03:18:56Z")
I wonder what this button does… ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016/11 "2022-08-21T03:20:00Z")
I wonder why the lights in my living room suddenly turned off? Hey, @snfaulkner , cut it out! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016/12 "2022-08-21T04:40:14Z")
What is Spam, really? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016/13 "2022-08-21T04:41:16Z")
And who invented that wonky-shaped key opening can? ---
**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:** [August 21, 2022, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016/14 "2022-08-21T05:09:29Z")
🎶 _As I walk along, I wonder_ _What went wrong with our love_ _A love that was so strong …_ _And I wonder, I wa wa wa wa wonder_ _Why a why why why why why_ _She ran away_ _And I wonder where she will stay_ _My little runaway …_ 🎶 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016/15 "2022-08-21T06:08:53Z")
Why do some people have a song for every occasion. Nice. @Spoons 🎶😀 ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016/16 "2022-08-21T16:16:20Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > …why do we park in the driveway and not on the driveway? We do ! I mean, we don’t ! I wonder why i bother. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2022, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016/17 "2022-08-21T16:28:42Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > And who invented that wonky-shaped key opening can? I wonder how I’m going to open my can of soda that’s missing its wonky-shaped key thing without making a mess. ---
**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 21, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016/18 "2022-08-21T18:19:16Z")
I wonder how, _I Wonder As I Wander,_ became a Christmas choir staple? > [@snfaulkner](#): > > I wonder what this button does… Not the _ **wed** _ one! Don’t ever push the _ **wed** _ one!! ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016/19 "2022-08-21T19:44:14Z")
We used to laugh We used to cry We used to bow our heads then Wonder why ---
**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:** [August 21, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016/20 "2022-08-21T19:47:30Z")
I wonder what she’s doing tonight? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wonder-this-is-a-thread-game/970016.md?page=2)