# 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:** 107
**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 13, 2021, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2121 "2021-08-13T12:12:34Z")
C’mon guys, are you intentionally avoiding naming that Japanese pinball-style game? And is Plinko really the same thing? ---
**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 13, 2021, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2122 "2021-08-13T15:20:41Z")
Are you implying that _anything_ in this thread is intentional? ---
**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 13, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2123 "2021-08-13T23:03:50Z")
Should I be the one to say it then? Hasn’t anybody else heard of pachinko? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2124 "2021-08-13T23:12:41Z")
How many people heard “pachinko” for the first time and thought it sounded kinda racist? ---
**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 14, 2021, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2125 "2021-08-14T02:34:30Z")
Winko wouldn’t, would he? ---
**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 14, 2021, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2126 "2021-08-14T12:18:54Z")
And how many people thought it was Al Pacino’s nickname? ---
**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 15, 2021, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2127 "2021-08-15T01:31:43Z")
What if it is? ---
**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 15, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2128 "2021-08-15T02:09:09Z")
Anyone else find that kind cute? ---
**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 15, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2129 "2021-08-15T13:16:06Z")
Are we talking “frolicking puppies and kittens” cute? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2130 "2021-08-15T16:07:20Z")
Why is it raining cats and dogs when the weatherman predicted a sunny day? ---
**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 15, 2021, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2131 "2021-08-15T23:40:28Z")
Are you implying that it should be raining some other animals? ---
**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 16, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2132 "2021-08-16T00:42:38Z")
If it’s raining dogs, should you wear rainboots in case you step in a poodle? ---
**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 16, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2133 "2021-08-16T13:12:08Z")
Why cats and dogs? Why not raining stoats and ocelots? ---
**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 16, 2021, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2134 "2021-08-16T17:28:13Z")
Is there anyone who wouldn’t, in those circumstances, float a stoat? ---
**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 16, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2135 "2021-08-16T22:07:41Z")
Why not raining pangolins and quokkas? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2021, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2136 "2021-08-17T00:13:21Z")
Why did pangolins initially take the rap for COVID-19? ---
**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 17, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2137 "2021-08-17T02:20:12Z")
Do you know, and if so, will you tell us? ---
**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 17, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2138 "2021-08-17T13:15:41Z")
Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist party? ---
**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 17, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2139 "2021-08-17T13:35:26Z")
Where the hell did _that_ come from? ---
**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 17, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2140 "2021-08-17T15:02:12Z")
Don’t you ever throw in an oddball remark every so often just to shake things up and see if folks are paying attention? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=106) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=108)