# Questions Only thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667 "2020-06-22T15:07:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 105
**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 5, 2021, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2081 "2021-08-05T02:22:21Z")
Are you mixing up horses and dirigibles _again_? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2082 "2021-08-05T03:13:08Z")
Wasn’t there a horse balloon in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? ---
**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 5, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2083 "2021-08-05T03:46:25Z")
Aren’t those balloons usually based upon popular cartoon characters? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2084 "2021-08-05T08:21:05Z")
Isn’t there a “My Little Pony” balloon in the parade? ---
**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:** [August 5, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2085 "2021-08-05T14:21:07Z")
And aren’t balloons distinctly different from dirigible airships with their rigid structures? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2021, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2086 "2021-08-05T21:30:20Z")
Do we need to be finicky? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2087 "2021-08-06T00:16:32Z")
Have you ever known us _not_ to be finicky? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2088 "2021-08-06T01:44:23Z")
Could an adult store sponsor a big blow-up doll in the parade? ---
**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 6, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2089 "2021-08-06T03:57:13Z")
Wouldn’t that be rather tasteless? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2090 "2021-08-06T08:06:13Z")
Are you supposed to taste them? ---
**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 6, 2021, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2091 "2021-08-06T13:07:45Z")
And if so, are they available in butterscotch? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2092 "2021-08-06T16:17:18Z")
If you don’t blow them up good enough, might they not go down on you? ---
**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:** [August 6, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2093 "2021-08-06T17:13:40Z")
Is it just me or was that a double entendre? ---
**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 6, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2094 "2021-08-06T18:21:42Z")
Is that a serious question? ---
**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:** [August 6, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2095 "2021-08-06T19:21:23Z")
Are we to infer that the answer is that obvious? ---
**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 7, 2021, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2096 "2021-08-07T05:01:45Z")
As obvious as a blow-up doll’s artificiality, don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2097 "2021-08-08T05:53:31Z")
Do the Arabian ones blow themselves up? ---
**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 9, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2098 "2021-08-09T17:58:20Z")
That’d be a real buzzkill, wouldn’t it? ---
**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 9, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2099 "2021-08-09T19:31:49Z")
Are there Arabian ones? ---
**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 9, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2100 "2021-08-09T19:52:16Z")
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