# 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:** 126
**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 26, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2501 "2021-10-26T19:21:49Z")
You mean like The Monkees? ---
**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 26, 2021, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2502 "2021-10-26T19:51:22Z")
Sure, why not? ---
**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:** [October 27, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2503 "2021-10-27T14:34:51Z")
Well, for one thing, wouldn’t the band then have call themselves the Meta-Monkees? And more importantly, will anyone remember to post that band name the next time we get to M in the made up band names thread? ---
**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 27, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2504 "2021-10-27T14:37:08Z")
Will you make a note of it, please? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2505 "2021-10-27T17:34:02Z")
Huh ! Is this thread still going ? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2506 "2021-10-27T17:46:07Z")
Or is it staying right here? ---
**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 27, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2507 "2021-10-27T18:07:26Z")
Well, it’s one post longer now, innit? ---
**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:** [October 27, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2508 "2021-10-27T18:17:30Z")
Much as one can never step into the same river twice, is it ever truly the ‘same thread’ if there’s at least another new post since the last time? ---
**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 27, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2509 "2021-10-27T18:27:36Z")
On a related topic, has everyone here checked out this thread, which I thought was a lot of fun?: ["Japanese" proverb: Floating enemies, river sitting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-proverb-floating-enemies-river-sitting/547602) ---
**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 27, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2510 "2021-10-27T20:45:13Z")
Can you even step into the same river _once_ (first you step into the river, then you step into the same river, once)? ---
**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 27, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2511 "2021-10-27T21:32:59Z")
What if you’re walking in the river, thus taking many steps? ---
**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 28, 2021, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2512 "2021-10-28T05:40:13Z")
But those wouldn’t be stepping INTO the river, would they (unless it’s a very shallow river or you have very long legs)? At any rate, it’s still not the same river, is it? ---
**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 28, 2021, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2513 "2021-10-28T06:35:41Z")
Why did the chicken cross the river? ---
**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 28, 2021, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2514 "2021-10-28T06:58:28Z")
Why does anything cross a river? ---
**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 28, 2021, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2515 "2021-10-28T07:02:48Z")
Why would anyone want to piss off a body of water? ---
**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 28, 2021, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2516 "2021-10-28T11:37:20Z")
Are you referring to Mad River in S.W. Ohio? ---
**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:** [October 28, 2021, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2517 "2021-10-28T13:08:03Z")
What was it that pissed that river off so badly? ---
**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 28, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2518 "2021-10-28T13:38:08Z")
Maybe a chicken pooped in it while crossing? ---
**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 28, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2519 "2021-10-28T20:27:19Z")
Can chickens swim? ---
**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:** [October 28, 2021, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/2520 "2021-10-28T21:50:43Z")
To poop? Is that also why the chicken crossed the road? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=125) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=127)