# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/421 "2020-07-27T11:21:19Z")
Something like that? ---
**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 27, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/422 "2020-07-27T14:03:31Z")
Is that some kind of linguistic double-negative thingie? ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/423 "2020-07-27T14:56:23Z")
Is that a thread or a promise? ---
**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 27, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/424 "2020-07-27T14:57:40Z")
I could promise you _this_ is a thread, couldn’t I? ---
**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 27, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/425 "2020-07-27T23:13:09Z")
Are you making promises again? ---
**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 28, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/426 "2020-07-28T00:29:42Z")
Did I ever promise you a rose garden? ---
**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 28, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/427 "2020-07-28T03:05:24Z")
Did Lynn Anderson promise you a rose garden? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/428 "2020-07-28T03:15:27Z")
What if Louie Anderson promised you a rose garden? Would you take 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 28, 2020, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/429 "2020-07-28T09:32:48Z")
What if Pamela Anderson promised you a rose garden? Or anything else? ---
**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 28, 2020, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/430 "2020-07-28T09:53:50Z")
Do I get to demand the kind of roses Pamela Anderson might grow in that rose garden? ---
**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 28, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/431 "2020-07-28T14:52:32Z")
Is the former _Baywatch_ star known for horticulture? ---
**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 28, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/432 "2020-07-28T19:33:36Z")
Well, you know, you can lead a whore to culture…? ---
**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 28, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/433 "2020-07-28T19:34:48Z")
Isn’t that a little too obvious a pun? ---
**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 28, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/434 "2020-07-28T19:48:33Z")
Did that ever stop anyone 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:** [July 28, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/435 "2020-07-28T19:50:57Z")
Y’know, you’ve got a point there? ---
**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 28, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/436 "2020-07-28T21:41:49Z")
If there was no point there, wouldn’t it be the plot of an old animated movie? ---
**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 28, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/437 "2020-07-28T21:52:27Z")
If there was no point _where_? ---
**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 29, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/438 "2020-07-29T00:49:52Z")
Like in Oakland? ---
**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 29, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/439 "2020-07-29T01:28:44Z")
So now you’re channeling Gertrude Stein? ---
**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 29, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/440 "2020-07-29T14:14:01Z")
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