# 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:** 254
**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 23, 2023, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5062 "2023-01-23T20:23:26Z")
Right; do you mind? ---
**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 23, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5063 "2023-01-23T20:37:19Z")
Well, okay, but speaking only for myself, may I just say that I wouldn’t in the _least_ think that Cardigan had been living in a dirt bunker in Mexico, just because he hadn’t heard of the acclaimed University of Stoatsburg? ---
**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 23, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5064 "2023-01-23T20:39:25Z")
Well, did you notice that I only hinted at how I would answer but didn’t specify how you should? ---
**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 24, 2023, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5065 "2023-01-24T00:57:18Z")
I can answer however I want, can’t I? ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5066 "2023-01-24T01:03:56Z")
You surely don’t think I would have it any other way, 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 24, 2023, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5067 "2023-01-24T01:07:56Z")
Other than your username, just what is it that makes you so wonderful, **dirtball**? ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5068 "2023-01-24T01:11:20Z")
Would you believe that now I’m the one with coffee all over his computer monitor? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2023, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5069 "2023-01-24T04:36:42Z")
Yes, could you list three things that make you so wonderful? ---
**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 24, 2023, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5070 "2023-01-24T04:55:57Z")
Hey, how did my level of wonderfulness get to be part of this anyway? But if I must, did you know that when I watch _Modern Family_, I can sing along to the theme song without getting any of the words wrong? And did you know that I have a birthmark that not only looks like Bugs Bunny but sounds like him too? And did you know I’ve never been in Cliff Clavin’s kitchen? Can you top that? ---
**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 24, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5071 "2023-01-24T16:37:22Z")
We’d have to ask a certain freshman New York Congressman if we had _any_ chance of three more important claims to fame, wouldn’t we? ---
**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 24, 2023, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5072 "2023-01-24T16:55:18Z")
As much as it surprises me to find myself saying this, don’t you think he’s too far out of our league for us to even consider asking him anything? ---
**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 24, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5073 "2023-01-24T17:49:51Z")
Well, it’s not every former Pope, retired astronaut and winner of the _Croix de Guerre_ who would deign to respond to an inquiry even from such notable Dopers as us, is it? ---
**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 24, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5074 "2023-01-24T18:55:43Z")
True, but do you think we might have a better chance if we were to appeal to him in his capacity as a Kentucky Derby winning jockey, former sumo wrestling champion, and Civil War veteran? ---
**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 24, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5075 "2023-01-24T21:23:34Z")
For that matter, how about as a Nobel-winning astrophysicist, noted gossip-column writer and part-time lumberjack? ---
**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 26, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5076 "2023-01-26T03:58:29Z")
What have I missed, why is George Santos the most amazing human being on the planet, and why is there coffee on my damned screen? ---
**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 26, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5077 "2023-01-26T21:04:37Z")
As to the first and second, haven’t you been following the national news? And as to the third, would it surprise you to learn that I have a theory but no proof? ---
**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 27, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5078 "2023-01-27T12:07:23Z")
Am I the only one who thinks a lot of coffee is getting wasted around 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:** [January 27, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5079 "2023-01-27T14:20:34Z")
It _is_ better to drink it than to spew it, isn’t it? ---
**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 27, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5080 "2023-01-27T22:01:25Z")
Would it be all right if I feel the need to stipulate that we are indeed still talking specifically about coffee before I agree? ---
**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 27, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5081 "2023-01-27T23:24:00Z")
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