# 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:** 15

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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:** [July 16, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/281 "2020-07-16T15:46:46Z")

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Didn’t you expect that… greatly?

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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:** [July 16, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/282 "2020-07-16T18:09:31Z")

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What the dickens are you talking about?

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**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/283 "2020-07-16T18:15:59Z")

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Isn’t Charles the sweetest, most amazing guy to ever walk the face of the earth?

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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:** [July 16, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/284 "2020-07-16T18:17:54Z")

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Didn’t I hear that awhile back in a Christmas carol?

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/285 "2020-07-16T18:33:53Z")

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Is Charles a Christmas Carl?

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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:** [July 16, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/286 "2020-07-16T18:53:40Z")

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Well, he’s not a Christmas Cat, Cheetah or Capybara, is he?

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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:** [July 16, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/287 "2020-07-16T23:55:48Z")

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If he was a comedian, would he be a Christmas card?

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**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/288 "2020-07-17T01:40:17Z")

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Are traditional Christmas cards becoming obsolete?

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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:** [July 17, 2020, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/289 "2020-07-17T04:56:22Z")

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Did you receive any last Christmas?

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/290 "2020-07-17T06:11:08Z")

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How is anybody supposed to answer yes or now in question form?

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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:** [July 17, 2020, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/291 "2020-07-17T06:58:36Z")

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“Would you believe that I did not receive one card last Christmas?”

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**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/292 "2020-07-17T06:59:58Z")

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What did you get for Christmas?

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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:** [July 17, 2020, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/293 "2020-07-17T07:06:49Z")

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Would you believe that it was a bottle of very expensive single-malt Scotch?

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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:** [July 17, 2020, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/294 "2020-07-17T08:47:16Z")

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Why does it seem like YEARS since last Christmas?

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**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/295 "2020-07-17T10:47:53Z")

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Is it because of the accelerated expansion of the universe?

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**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:** [July 17, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/296 "2020-07-17T12:47:51Z")

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Why would a cosmological question arise from the topic of Christmas?

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**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/297 "2020-07-17T13:16:53Z")

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Isn’t everything connected after all?

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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:** [July 17, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/298 "2020-07-17T14:04:26Z")

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Can I just say, this is another way to answer a question with a question?

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**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:** [July 17, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/299 "2020-07-17T15:10:45Z")

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Considering that by posing that question you already demonstrated the capacity to do so, wouldn’t the correct question be ‘MAY I just say, this is another way to answer a question with a question?’

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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:** [July 17, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/300 "2020-07-17T15:11:59Z")

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What are you, the Grammar Police?

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