# 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:** 242
**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:** [December 15, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4822 "2022-12-15T13:20:21Z")
And order a burger? ---
**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:** [December 15, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4823 "2022-12-15T13:30:46Z")
Well, if the animals have been making fun of humans, don’t you think _two_ burgers would be appropriate? ---
**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:** [December 15, 2022, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4824 "2022-12-15T20:01:03Z")
Serve 'em right, wouldn’t it? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4825 "2022-12-19T04:27:22Z")
Am I …um,hearing crickets? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2022, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4826 "2022-12-19T05:46:52Z")
Are the crickets making fun of us, too? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4827 "2022-12-19T18:34:30Z")
Again?!? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4828 "2022-12-19T18:36:59Z")
Should we file a complaint with their supervisor? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4829 "2022-12-19T19:21:12Z")
Do crickets have supervisors, by jiminy? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4830 "2022-12-19T19:51:14Z")
Don’t they need someone to be in charge of their cricking? If not a supervisor, maybe a manager? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2022, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4831 "2022-12-19T20:06:35Z")
Or a coach? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2022, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4832 "2022-12-19T20:20:43Z")
Why not? Or a foreman? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4833 "2022-12-19T20:23:49Z")
Wouldn’t that be a foreperson, or even a forecricket? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4834 "2022-12-19T20:30:42Z")
Point taken, but wouldn’t they just avoid the question altogether and have a lead cricket? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4835 "2022-12-19T20:39:08Z")
A cricket made of lead? What good would that do? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2022, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4836 "2022-12-19T20:40:53Z")
Wouldn’t that depend on what your cricket needs are? ---
**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:** [December 19, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4837 "2022-12-19T20:48:28Z")
Are we getting into some homonym issues here? ---
**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:** [December 21, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4838 "2022-12-21T01:26:52Z")
Shouldn’t we avoid feeding the crickets hominy grits? ---
**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:** [December 21, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4839 "2022-12-21T19:07:14Z")
Why? Does it make them gassy? ---
**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:** [December 21, 2022, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4840 "2022-12-21T22:30:51Z")
But as small as they are, how much of a problem could gas be, really? ---
**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:** [December 21, 2022, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/4841 "2022-12-21T23:31:56Z")
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