# Question Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2000, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711 "2000-06-17T17:30:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/201 "2000-06-18T22:46:34Z")
**"Aren’t all the dopers here civilised?"** Have you never visited The Pit? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/202 "2000-06-18T22:53:22Z")
Shayna said: “Have you never visited The Pit?” Would you think I were uncivilised if I said I had never been to The Pit? ---
**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/203 "2000-06-18T23:01:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Would you think I were uncivilised if I said I had never been to The Pit? Wouldn’t the opposite be a more reasonable conclusion? ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2000, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/204 "2000-06-18T23:18:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > Does profanity affect your sensibilities? > > Doesn’t profanity affect your sensibilities at all? > > \*\* Doesn’t your question break rule #2? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/205 "2000-06-19T00:45:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Doesn’t your question break rule #2? Do you think I meant to break rule #2? ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/206 "2000-06-19T01:45:53Z")
Anyone miss me while I was gone? ---
**Author:** ![jjjfishe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/46a35a/32.png) [@jjjfishe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjjfishe)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/207 "2000-06-19T01:49:00Z")
Were you gone? ---
**Author:** ![2nd\_Law](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f475e1/32.png) [@2nd\_Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2nd_Law)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/208 "2000-06-19T02:02:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Were you gone? > \*\* Are you still here? ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/209 "2000-06-19T02:17:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Anyone miss me while I was gone? > \*\* Do you need to ask? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/210 "2000-06-19T02:25:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Were you gone? > \*\* Where did you come from? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/211 "2000-06-19T02:31:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Where did you come from? Don’t you know where babies come from? ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/212 "2000-06-19T02:36:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Don’t you know where babies come from? > \*\* Is that the story about the stork…or the pelican? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/213 "2000-06-19T02:37:49Z")
> [@](#): > > ``` > Is that the story about the stork....or the pelican? > > ``` There’s a story about a pelican? ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/214 "2000-06-19T02:42:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > ``` > > Is that the story about the stork....or the pelican? > > > > ``` > > There’s a story about a pelican? > > \*\* Could it have been a chicken? ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/215 "2000-06-19T02:46:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Do you think I meant to break rule #2? > \*\* Did you know you may have broken it? ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/216 "2000-06-19T03:18:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*\* > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > ``` > > > Is that the story about the stork....or the pelican? > > > > > > ``` > > > > There’s a story about a pelican? > > > > \*\* > > Could it have been a chicken? > \*\* What about the story about the mouse, the chicken, and the cat? Wasn’t that a better story than the pelican story? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/217 "2000-06-19T04:55:15Z")
> [@](#): > > What about the story about the mouse, the chicken, and the cat? Wasn’t that a better story than the > pelican story? Is there really such a thing as a better story than the Pelican Story? ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/218 "2000-06-19T05:48:13Z")
Can I just jump right in here without having read the entire thread? ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/219 "2000-06-19T05:51:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Can I just jump right in here without having read the entire thread? Have you at least read the rules of the game, dpr? ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2000, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/220 "2000-06-19T06:25:24Z")
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