# 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:** 121

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [October 10, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2401 "2021-10-10T02:00:56Z")

</div>

Well, you wouldn’t want to have a duel in a blizzard or hurricane, would you?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [October 10, 2021, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2402 "2021-10-10T03:43:54Z")

</div>

Wouldn’t that make things more interesting?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [October 10, 2021, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2403 "2021-10-10T04:03:28Z")

</div>

It could be pretty dramatic, right?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [October 10, 2021, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2404 "2021-10-10T04:09:55Z")

</div>

What would it do to the odds on the bets?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [October 10, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2405 "2021-10-10T21:38:48Z")

</div>

Or the bets on the odds?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [October 11, 2021, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2406 "2021-10-11T03:06:30Z")

</div>

Are any of you Odd Fellows?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [October 11, 2021, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2407 "2021-10-11T09:14:14Z")

</div>

Who here is NOT an Odd Fellow?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [October 11, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2408 "2021-10-11T16:49:42Z")

</div>

You mean like Felix Unger or Oscar Madison?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [October 11, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2409 "2021-10-11T17:24:32Z")

</div>

Or even Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [October 12, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2410 "2021-10-12T01:25:47Z")

</div>

Did anybody watch the Thomas Lennon and Matthew Perry version?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [October 12, 2021, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2411 "2021-10-12T07:07:06Z")

</div>

Matthew Perry I’ve vaguely heard of, but who’s that other guy?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [October 12, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2412 "2021-10-12T14:11:36Z")

</div>

They were an Odd Couple, not Odd _Fellows_, as such, weren’t they?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [October 12, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2413 "2021-10-12T16:28:27Z")

</div>

But wouldn’t you have to be an Odd Fellow to be part of an Odd Couple?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [October 12, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2414 "2021-10-12T16:31:30Z")

</div>

Do you think so? Couldn’t you be an Eagle, a Moose, a Kiwanis or a Rotarian?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [October 12, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2415 "2021-10-12T16:32:07Z")

</div>

How odd would that be?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [October 12, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2416 "2021-10-12T16:32:29Z")

</div>

Have you _met_ any Rotarians?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [October 12, 2021, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2417 "2021-10-12T16:35:46Z")

</div>

Why don’t they just get push-button phones like everyone else?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [October 12, 2021, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2418 "2021-10-12T17:41:38Z")

</div>

Is what we have here a failure to (slightly more conveniently) communicate?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [October 12, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2419 "2021-10-12T20:31:13Z")

</div>

Are we texting each other here, in a way?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [October 13, 2021, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2420 "2021-10-13T06:26:19Z")

</div>

Did you know that In Britain, when you turn 100 you get a letter from the queen, and when you turn 16 you get a text from Prince Andrew?

[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=120)

[Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=122)
