# 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:** 113
**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 31, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2241 "2021-08-31T15:25:35Z")
Who cares? Doesn’t everyone know that stoats are better and more meme-worthy than quokkas? ---
**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 31, 2021, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2242 "2021-08-31T15:28:39Z")
Is a quokka just a duck with an accent? ---
**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 31, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2243 "2021-08-31T15:35:59Z")
Did you ever meet a Cockney quokka? Or a Valley Girl quokka? Or a Brooklyn quokka? ---
**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 31, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2244 "2021-08-31T23:45:42Z")
[Have you ever heard a Scot try to say “purple burglar alarm”?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC__o1UxDl8) ---
**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:** [September 1, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2245 "2021-09-01T01:45:59Z")
Wouldn’t that make a great band name? ---
**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:** [September 12, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2246 "2021-09-12T20:42:32Z")
So I’ve won the thread again? ---
**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:** [September 13, 2021, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2247 "2021-09-13T04:00:26Z")
So who would be the thread loser? ---
**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:** [September 13, 2021, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2248 "2021-09-13T07:33:55Z")
If I’m the winner, aren’t you all just a bunch of losers? ---
**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:** [September 13, 2021, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2249 "2021-09-13T11:58:49Z")
Can’t there be more than one winner or loser? ---
**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:** [September 13, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2250 "2021-09-13T13:27:39Z")
Yeah, does it _have_ to be all-or-nothing? We’re more mature than that, aren’t we? ---
**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:** [September 13, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2251 "2021-09-13T16:06:13Z")
Maybe I alone can fix this? ---
**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:** [September 13, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2252 "2021-09-13T17:52:28Z")
How do you intend to do that? ---
**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:** [September 13, 2021, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2253 "2021-09-13T19:56:45Z")
Do you maybe wanna talk it through beforehand, you know, maybe just spitball it a little…? ---
**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:** [September 14, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2254 "2021-09-14T01:59:54Z")
Should we run it up the flagpole and see if anybody salutes? ---
**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:** [September 14, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2255 "2021-09-14T13:17:25Z")
Is that still a 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:** [September 14, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2256 "2021-09-14T15:18:14Z")
Wasn’t that a thing back in the '50s? ---
**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:** [September 14, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2257 "2021-09-14T15:39:52Z")
Did anyone ever really run up a pair of pants, and if so, did anyone salute them? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2258 "2021-09-14T15:54:00Z")
Are you saluting your pants or are you just happy to see me? ---
**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:** [September 14, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2259 "2021-09-14T17:50:53Z")
Can I run up a bill and see who pays it, instead? ---
**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:** [September 15, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2260 "2021-09-15T22:27:28Z")
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