# 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:** 251
**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:** [January 14, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5002 "2023-01-14T03:58:06Z")
Well, if i haven’t seen the movie yet, shouldn’t I avoid spoilers as if they were band names starting with R? ---
**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:** [January 14, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5003 "2023-01-14T20:15:32Z")
What do you have against the Ramones? ---
**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:** [January 14, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5004 "2023-01-14T20:28:21Z")
Don’t you think that as a brat, I should be afraid of them and their baseball bats? ---
**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:** [January 14, 2023, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5005 "2023-01-14T23:55:40Z")
Weren’t they all cricketers, Bruce? ---
**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:** [January 15, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5006 "2023-01-15T02:17:05Z")
Are you saying I shouldn’t take them at their word when they say “baseball”? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/unvFK9I3vgc/maxresdefault.jpg "Beat on the Brat (40th Anniversary Mono Mix)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unvFK9I3vgc) ---
**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:** [January 15, 2023, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5007 "2023-01-15T05:25:30Z")
Shouldn’t I take them for their word when they say gabba gabba hey? ---
**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:** [January 15, 2023, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5008 "2023-01-15T05:43:58Z")
Why wouldn’t you? ---
**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:** [January 15, 2023, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5009 "2023-01-15T21:30:11Z")
Would you be interested in some prime swampland I just happen to have for sale? ---
**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:** [January 15, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5010 "2023-01-15T23:25:51Z")
Would you believe I put all my assets into Tesla stock Friday afternoon? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2023, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5011 "2023-01-16T04:00:10Z")
Does that mean you can’t afford to buy the freakin’ Brooklyn Bridge from me, despite the great price I’m offering? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5012 "2023-01-16T04:06:25Z")
_You’re_ selling the Brooklyn Bridge??? But what about that guy I bought it from last week? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2023, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5013 "2023-01-16T04:11:37Z")
He’s obviously a scam artist, right? But you can trust _me,_ right, can’t ya? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2023, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5014 "2023-01-16T04:16:31Z")
If I can’t trust a fellow Questions-Only-er, who _can_ I trust? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2023, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5015 "2023-01-16T22:13:47Z")
So… when would you like to sign the bill of sale? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5016 "2023-01-16T22:23:21Z")
Can it wait until I’ve had a chance to check out the oceanfront property I bought in Arizona? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2023, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5017 "2023-01-16T22:25:19Z")
Didn’t I mention the many other people clamoring to close a deal with me, and my very tight timetable? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5018 "2023-01-16T22:27:39Z")
But what if I first want to make sure I’ll be able to move the bridge there? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5019 "2023-01-16T22:43:31Z")
Well, okay, but could you hurry it up, maybe? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5020 "2023-01-16T23:13:16Z")
Surely you don’t think I want undue delays any more than you do, do you? ---
**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:** [January 17, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5021 "2023-01-17T00:11:47Z")
Of course not, but could you please stop calling me Shirley? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=250) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=252)