# 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:** 109
**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 18, 2021, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2161 "2021-08-18T22:45:37Z")
Or a board game? ---
**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 19, 2021, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2162 "2021-08-19T00:06:41Z")
Or a magazine? ---
**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 19, 2021, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2163 "2021-08-19T09:11:22Z")
Or a sentence, with or without parole? ---
**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 19, 2021, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2164 "2021-08-19T09:18:32Z")
Doesn’t Frank Sinatra have the answer? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TnlPtaPxXfc/maxresdefault.jpg "That's Life (Remastered 2008)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnlPtaPxXfc) ---
**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 19, 2021, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2165 "2021-08-19T12:28:34Z")
Didn’t Sinatra provide the answer on to how to do anything right when he sang “My Way”? ---
**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 19, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2166 "2021-08-19T18:31:59Z")
Wasn’t Sinatra’s way (much as I enjoy his music) not always the right way, applying (to the extent one can be determined) an objective moral standard? ---
**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 19, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2167 "2021-08-19T21:01:22Z")
Does Little Miss Muffet sing “My Whey”? ---
**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 19, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2168 "2021-08-19T21:49:58Z")
Does Little Miss Muffet even sing? Doesn’t she only ever eat? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2169 "2021-08-19T22:08:54Z")
Wouldn’t being frightened away imply at least some form of motion? ---
**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 20, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2170 "2021-08-20T12:15:17Z")
In fairness, shouldn’t we point out that Miss Muffet not only ate but also had something of a reputation for doing a lot of sitting, most notably on tuffets? ---
**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 20, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2171 "2021-08-20T13:48:39Z")
Do you ever wonder what Miss Muffit’s first name was? ---
**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 20, 2021, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2172 "2021-08-20T13:56:49Z")
Given the age of the rhyme, wouldn’t one safely assume it’d be something like Dorothea, Audra, Hattie or Agnes? ---
**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 21, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2173 "2021-08-21T00:05:14Z")
You mean it’s not Little? ---
**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 22, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2174 "2021-08-22T02:57:38Z")
That’s more often a last name, isn’t it, except for people like Little John in the Robin Hood stories, in which case it was a nickname, anyway? ---
**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 22, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2175 "2021-08-22T04:19:35Z")
What about Little Red Riding Hood? What exactly was her name? ---
**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 22, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2176 "2021-08-22T04:21:28Z")
I don’t think anybody knows, do they? ---
**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 22, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2177 "2021-08-22T04:21:30Z")
You mean that sultry wench, with fire in her eyes? ---
**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 22, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2178 "2021-08-22T04:22:13Z")
Did you say sultry or slutty? ---
**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 22, 2021, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2179 "2021-08-22T04:23:49Z")
Isn’t it bonus points if she’s both? ---
**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 22, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2180 "2021-08-22T16:59:43Z")
If she worked in a Chinese restaurant, could she be a wonton hussy? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=108) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=110)