# 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:** 23

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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 29, 2020, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/441 "2020-07-29T17:17:29Z")

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Do you really think Dorothy Parker said of Oakland, “There’s no there there”?

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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 29, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/442 "2020-07-29T20:38:09Z")

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She said all kinds of funny stuff, didn’t she? Do you have a favorite? Would you believe mine is, when she said of a British actress who broke her leg, “She must have done it sliding down a barrister”?

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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 29, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/443 "2020-07-29T20:53:26Z")

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What, no love for “If all the girls at Yale were laid end-to-end–well, I wouldn’t be at all surprised”?

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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 30, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/444 "2020-07-30T13:18:32Z")

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That’s a good one, or how about her suggested epitaph, “Pardon my dust”?

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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 30, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/445 "2020-07-30T23:35:46Z")

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She had a lot of good ones, didn’t she?

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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 31, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/446 "2020-07-31T00:16:04Z")

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So let’s not again confuse her with Gertrude Stein, ok?

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**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 31, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/447 "2020-07-31T11:01:06Z")

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Did anyone see Win Ben Steins Money?

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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 31, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/448 "2020-07-31T12:01:06Z")

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Would you believe that I enjoyed it? Why was it cancelled?

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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 31, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/449 "2020-07-31T13:11:37Z")

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Not enough people watching it, maybe? Or just network suits’ idiocy?

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**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:** [July 31, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/450 "2020-07-31T19:11:38Z")

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Did Ben Stein run out of money?

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**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/451 "2020-07-31T19:22:47Z")

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> [@SoToasty](#):
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> How long do I have to scroll on the new board if there are 10,000 posts in a topic.

Five days! LOL

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**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:** [July 31, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/452 "2020-07-31T19:30:05Z")

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Isn’t it just my luck that when I finally decide to post on this thread, somebody comes along right after me with a non-question?

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**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/453 "2020-07-31T19:35:53Z")

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I don’t know; five days?

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**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:** [July 31, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/454 "2020-07-31T19:37:54Z")

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That’s much better, isn’t it?

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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:** [August 1, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/455 "2020-08-01T01:00:43Z")

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Better than what? Four days?

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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:** [August 1, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/456 "2020-08-01T01:05:33Z")

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Which four days do you have in mind?

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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:** [August 1, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/457 "2020-08-01T16:08:13Z")

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How about October 32-35?

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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:** [August 1, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/458 "2020-08-01T23:28:03Z")

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How about foredays, like those in July?

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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:** [August 1, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/459 "2020-08-01T23:37:32Z")

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Independence Day in the U.S. is a four day in July, isn’t it?

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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:** [August 1, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/460 "2020-08-01T23:45:15Z")

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Isn’t Star Wars Day a four day?

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