# 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:** ![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 11, 2022, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4642 "2022-11-11T22:46:20Z")

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What? Are you saying that all those stories I’ve heard are just unfounded rumors? Have I said too much? Should I not answer the door if someone knocks???

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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 11, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4643 "2022-11-11T22:50:13Z")

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Huh? You mean rumors about Al Haig?

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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 11, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4644 "2022-11-11T22:51:42Z")

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No, of course not; what would make you think such a thing?

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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 12, 2022, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4645 "2022-11-12T05:02:15Z")

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Is it all that unreasonable, given the other recent posts in this thread?

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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 12, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4646 "2022-11-12T13:12:44Z")

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Do you think I’m the best person here to speak to the question of what could be considered reasonable?

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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 12, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4647 "2022-11-12T13:47:06Z")

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How 'bout them Bears?

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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 12, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4648 "2022-11-12T14:12:59Z")

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How do you think they stack up against the Lions this Sunday?

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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:** [November 12, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4649 "2022-11-12T16:02:16Z")

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Depends, are we stacking them vertically or horizontally?

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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 12, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4650 "2022-11-12T17:04:13Z")

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And upright or inverted?

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4651 "2022-11-12T21:17:58Z")

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Can you even stack lions, or is that too much like herding cats?

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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 12, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4652 "2022-11-12T21:23:30Z")

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“Herding”? Have I been mistaken all these years thinking the expression was “hurting cats”?

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4653 "2022-11-12T21:25:15Z")

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Like when you swing them around by their tails in a crowded room?

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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 12, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4654 "2022-11-12T21:26:53Z")

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Or put long-tailed ones in a room full of rocking chairs?

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4655 "2022-11-12T21:33:38Z")

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Or even kill them with curiosity?

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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 12, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4656 "2022-11-12T21:40:20Z")

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So, like, if a moderator felt the need to drop a note in here re this recent turn, would he or she be obligated to do do it in the form of 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:** [November 13, 2022, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4657 "2022-11-13T03:37:35Z")

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Well, sure, don’t you think, given the thread rules?

And what about skinning cats, by the way?

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4658 "2022-11-13T03:54:31Z")

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Would they be worth any less than fat cats? And should we be body-shaming cats anyway?

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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 13, 2022, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4659 "2022-11-13T03:56:24Z")

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Does this jeweled collar make Lord Fuzzy look fat?

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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 14, 2022, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4660 "2022-11-14T06:08:53Z")

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Can you cease and desist as I am allergic to cats and get sinus pains at the mere mention?

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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 14, 2022, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4661 "2022-11-14T12:01:16Z")

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Have you tried scrubbing the cats down thoroughly with a good, high-end hypoallergenic shampoo?

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