# Questions Only thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667>\
**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:** 116

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**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 21, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2301 "2021-09-21T02:20:03Z")

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Isn’t there an app for everything now?

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**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 21, 2021, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2302 "2021-09-21T03:03:24Z")

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Is there an app for answering that question?

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**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 21, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2303 "2021-09-21T03:05:13Z")

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Should I consult my “Answering Questions” app?

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**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 21, 2021, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2304 "2021-09-21T03:06:55Z")

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It wouldn’t hurt, would it?

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**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 21, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2305 "2021-09-21T13:43:15Z")

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It’d be a helluva thing if it _did_, wouldn’t it?

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**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 21, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2306 "2021-09-21T16:30:47Z")

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Is it true what they say about no pain, no gain?

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**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 21, 2021, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2307 "2021-09-21T19:46:27Z")

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It certainly seems so, doesn’t it?

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**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 21, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2308 "2021-09-21T20:00:39Z")

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But isn’t it also possible to have pain _without_ gain?

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**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 21, 2021, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2309 "2021-09-21T20:04:06Z")

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Do you even have to ask? Haven’t you ever known someone who was terminally ill?

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**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 21, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2310 "2021-09-21T21:31:10Z")

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Can’t we find something more cheerful to talk about?

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**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 21, 2021, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2311 "2021-09-21T22:25:07Z")

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Is it too much of a hijack to wish **Spoons** a happy 21st anniversary?

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**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 22, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2312 "2021-09-22T00:00:58Z")

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Do you know, **Panache** , that I’d like to thank you for that?

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**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2313 "2021-09-22T03:12:53Z")

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Who among you will brief me on what I’ve missed in this thread for the last several months?

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**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 22, 2021, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2314 "2021-09-22T04:40:07Z")

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That’d be one hell of a long brief, wouldn’t it?

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**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 22, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2315 "2021-09-22T05:03:11Z")

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Isn’t that something of an oxymoron?

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**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 22, 2021, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2316 "2021-09-22T06:44:37Z")

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Nine months? Where do we begin?

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**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 22, 2021, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2317 "2021-09-22T06:55:28Z")

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At the start?

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**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 22, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2318 "2021-09-22T20:48:17Z")

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How many questions ago was the start?

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**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 22, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2319 "2021-09-22T21:59:12Z")

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Maybe somewhere in the neighborhood of 2,318?

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**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 23, 2021, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2320 "2021-09-23T02:17:44Z")

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Did you actually count them?

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