# 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\
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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:** [November 9, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4602 "2022-11-09T20:40:41Z")

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Very well, will **Elendil** yield the floor for a question?

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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:** [November 9, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4603 "2022-11-09T20:43:19Z")

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Is your question anything to do with the price of kumquats in Madagascar?

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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:** [November 9, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4604 "2022-11-09T20:44:11Z")

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Shouldn’t you simply wait to find out? Besides, did the chair recognize you to speak?

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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:** [November 9, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4605 "2022-11-09T20:44:17Z")

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I will gladly yield, but is a discussion of the price of kumquats in Madagascar at all relevant to these proceedings?

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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:** [November 9, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4606 "2022-11-09T20:44:43Z")

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Are we to understand you are making a motion for cloture?

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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:** [November 9, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4607 "2022-11-09T20:51:23Z")

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Does the flag in this room have a fringe?

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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:** [November 9, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4608 "2022-11-09T20:54:50Z")

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Oh, one of _those_ questions, eh?

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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:** [November 9, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4609 "2022-11-09T20:56:20Z")

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Don’t admiralty courts have jurisdiction over dry land as well?

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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:** [November 9, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4610 "2022-11-09T21:04:49Z")

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You just had to go there, did you?

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**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:** [November 10, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4611 "2022-11-10T05:07:05Z")

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Do you really dare to steer these questions away from Parliamentary Procedure in Madagascar?

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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:** [November 10, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4612 "2022-11-10T13:28:20Z")

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Who’s daring?

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**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:** [November 10, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4613 "2022-11-10T16:46:39Z")

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Anyone got any questions ?

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**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4614 "2022-11-10T16:57:14Z")

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Where would we ask them?

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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:** [November 10, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4615 "2022-11-10T17:50:37Z")

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How about over here, by the mulcher?

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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:** [November 10, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4616 "2022-11-10T17:58:18Z")

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Why by the mulcher?

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**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4617 "2022-11-10T18:00:38Z")

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To dispose of the questions, maybe?

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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:** [November 10, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4618 "2022-11-10T18:14:39Z")

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Well… I’ve got an industrial loom over _here_; would you rather meet there?

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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:** [November 10, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4619 "2022-11-10T18:16:08Z")

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Couldn’t we meet somewhere, well, farther away from power tools?

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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:** [November 10, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4620 "2022-11-10T18:19:44Z")

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Over here right next to this large, deep, open pit with crumbling edges, maybe?

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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:** [November 10, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4621 "2022-11-10T18:26:03Z")

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Why not on that tuffet over there where Little Miss Muffet once sat?

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