# 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:** 25
**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 5, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/481 "2020-08-05T15:37:58Z")
Well, I wasn’t talking about the Blawnox Chess Club, was I? ---
**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:** [August 5, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/482 "2020-08-05T15:41:11Z")
Do you really need a club to play chess? ---
**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 5, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/483 "2020-08-05T15:48:19Z")
I don’t think it’s a prerequisite, but some people wish to socialize and find like-minded friends by joining clubs, don’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/484 "2020-08-05T22:43:17Z")
How many clubs would a chess club club if a chess club could club clubs? ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/485 "2020-08-06T00:59:33Z")
And what if they could also club hearts and diamonds? ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/486 "2020-08-06T02:08:17Z")
Would that make them a lonely hearts club? ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/487 "2020-08-06T02:50:17Z")
Wasn’t the Lonely Hearts Club banned? ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/488 "2020-08-06T03:34:52Z")
Were they actually ever even a poster here? ---
**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 6, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/489 "2020-08-06T13:42:32Z")
Isn’t **Billy Shears** still around? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/490 "2020-08-06T17:38:28Z")
William Scissors? ---
**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 6, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/491 "2020-08-06T19:32:22Z")
William “Buffalo Bill” Cody? William H. Seward? William Howard Taft? William Lloyd Garrison? William the Conqueror? Or some other notable William? ---
**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 6, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/492 "2020-08-06T20:03:26Z")
How about Will I. Am? ---
**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 6, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/493 "2020-08-06T20:22:00Z")
Sure, why not? Did you know his birthname was William James Adams Jr.? ---
**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:** [August 6, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/494 "2020-08-06T23:02:44Z")
Did he have a brother named Samuel, who was a brewer? ---
**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 7, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/495 "2020-08-07T03:36:55Z")
That was a different bunch of Adamses and a _lot_ earlier, wasn’t it? ---
**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:** [August 7, 2020, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/496 "2020-08-07T04:48:09Z")
After a few of Samuel’s beers, does it matter? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/497 "2020-08-07T07:33:31Z")
Are his beers creepy and kooky, mysterious and spooky, and all together ooky? ---
**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 7, 2020, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/498 "2020-08-07T13:36:35Z")
You’re missing a D in the last name there, aren’t you, sportsfans? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/499 "2020-08-07T22:30:48Z")
How can I miss it unless it goes away? ---
**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 8, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/500 "2020-08-08T02:57:47Z")
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