# 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:** 18
**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 20, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/341 "2020-07-20T16:34:20Z")
Did you expect that Prince Andrew should escort Princess Beatrice down the aisle? ---
**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 20, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/342 "2020-07-20T16:35:47Z")
Didn’t you, since he’s still her father despite this appalling Epstein scandal, after all? ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/343 "2020-07-20T18:14:57Z")
Wasn’t he on Welcome Back Kotter? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/344 "2020-07-20T21:03:20Z")
Ooh, ooh, ooh, are we starting a new round of puns? ---
**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 20, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/345 "2020-07-20T21:31:50Z")
It’s not so much a pun as a Seventies pop culture reference, is it? ---
**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 20, 2020, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/346 "2020-07-20T22:23:27Z")
Did my cat Horshack something on the living room rug? ---
**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 20, 2020, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/347 "2020-07-20T23:14:23Z")
If it did, did you get it quickly enough that it won’t leave an Ep-stain? ---
**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 21, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/348 "2020-07-21T03:02:47Z")
Can we go high when they go low? ---
**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 21, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/349 "2020-07-21T03:22:14Z")
Does anybody remember the episode where Gabe saved his wife, Julie’s, life? Or am I the only one who remembers when Julie was sitting on their apartment windowsill, and accidentally leaned back the wrong way, but Gabe Kotter? ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/350 "2020-07-21T11:55:54Z")
Did I really fall for that? ---
**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 21, 2020, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/351 "2020-07-21T13:35:15Z")
Why do people fall for fake political news? ---
**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 21, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/352 "2020-07-21T14:43:09Z")
Gullibility, maybe? Lack of critical-thinking skills? ---
**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 21, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/353 "2020-07-21T16:16:06Z")
Or could it merely be stupidity? ---
**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 21, 2020, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/354 "2020-07-21T20:20:36Z")
Could it be that it fits the narrative they want to hear? ---
**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 21, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/355 "2020-07-21T22:51:32Z")
But why do they want to hear it in the first place? ---
**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 22, 2020, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/356 "2020-07-22T00:39:42Z")
I know, right? ---
**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 22, 2020, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/357 "2020-07-22T03:09:02Z")
Who knows why people want to hear what they want to hear? ---
**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 22, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/358 "2020-07-22T03:28:33Z")
Isn’t that why the president of Ukraine spoke to Bad Maxim on the phone yesterday? ---
**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 22, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/359 "2020-07-22T13:21:57Z")
I heard it was because Good Maxim was busy water-skiing, didn’t you? ---
**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 22, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/360 "2020-07-22T14:33:46Z")
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