# 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:** 236
**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 25, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4702 "2022-11-25T19:20:11Z")
It’s always a good time to talk about Orson Bean; haven’t you been here long enough to figure that out? ---
**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 25, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4703 "2022-11-25T21:43:21Z")
Maybe so, but isn’t it best to make sure beforehand? Do we really want to leave ourselves open to possible accusations that we’re not taking Orson Bean seriously enough? ---
**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 25, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4704 "2022-11-25T21:56:28Z")
That would certainly be a shocking offense, wouldn’t it? ---
**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 26, 2022, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4705 "2022-11-26T05:18:16Z")
Wasn’t Nietzche a more serious fellow than Orson Bean? ---
**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 26, 2022, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4706 "2022-11-26T05:45:29Z")
Did you know either of them personally? ---
**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 26, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4707 "2022-11-26T20:40:17Z")
Bean would be a much nicer Thanksgiving guest, don’t you think? ---
**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 26, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4708 "2022-11-26T20:53:56Z")
Is that a food joke? ---
**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 26, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4709 "2022-11-26T20:59:01Z")
Want to start a string of them? ---
**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 26, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4710 "2022-11-26T21:03:44Z")
Doesn’t that strike you as a bit corny? ---
**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 26, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4711 "2022-11-26T21:07:03Z")
You’re not from Lima (either Ohio or Peru), are you? ---
**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 26, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4712 "2022-11-26T21:17:29Z")
Is it good enough if I can find Turkey on a map? (See what you’ve reduced me to posting?) ---
**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 26, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4713 "2022-11-26T21:27:43Z")
“Reduced”? ---
**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 26, 2022, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4714 "2022-11-26T21:41:53Z")
Was that too saucy for your taste? ---
**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 26, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4715 "2022-11-26T21:46:32Z")
What is this, some kind of celebrity roast? ---
**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 26, 2022, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4716 "2022-11-26T21:50:26Z")
Don’t you think it would be a half-baked one at best? ---
**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 26, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4717 "2022-11-26T21:52:05Z")
Can you just roll with the punches? ---
**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 26, 2022, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4718 "2022-11-26T21:54:15Z")
Wouldn’t you agree that that’s a piece of cake? ---
**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 27, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4719 "2022-11-27T22:14:50Z")
You’re not trying to butter me up, are you? ---
**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 27, 2022, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4720 "2022-11-27T22:36:23Z")
That doesn’t leave much of a margarine for error, does it? ---
**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 28, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4721 "2022-11-28T15:20:18Z")
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