# 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:** 256
**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:** [January 31, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5102 "2023-01-31T15:22:13Z")
How can you tell when someone needs defenestrating? ---
**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 31, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5103 "2023-01-31T15:25:50Z")
Well, if someone is located inside a building, and they need to be relocated outside the building as quickly as possible, what else would you do? ---
**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 31, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5104 "2023-01-31T15:28:58Z")
Come to think of it, can anyone ever recall someone stating they really _needed_ to be defenestrated? ---
**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 31, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5105 "2023-01-31T15:44:49Z")
Isn’t that the kind of thing where you recognize the need for something to happen and just take the initiative? ---
**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 31, 2023, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5106 "2023-01-31T15:47:01Z")
Yeah usually, but shouldn’t we be prepared nonetheless just in case someone approaches you and says “excuse me, but could you please shove me out this window?” ---
**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 31, 2023, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5107 "2023-01-31T15:48:00Z")
It would be ungracious not to comply, don’t you think? ---
**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:** [February 1, 2023, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5108 "2023-02-01T18:45:38Z")
Dopers are nothing if not helpful, aren’t we? ---
**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:** [February 2, 2023, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5109 "2023-02-02T04:37:51Z")
May I make it clear here and now that if an individual were to ask me, I could be counted on to defenestrate them without hesitation? ---
**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:** [February 2, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5110 "2023-02-02T16:01:38Z")
There’s no reason I should doubt you, is there? ---
**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:** [February 2, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5111 "2023-02-02T16:15:33Z")
I dunno, couldn’t he be one of those half-hearted lamers that hesitates in the face of silly things, like, you know, potential criminal prosecution? ---
**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:** [February 2, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5112 "2023-02-02T22:28:33Z")
Oh, c’mon, who would worry about _that_? ---
**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:** [February 2, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5113 "2023-02-02T23:03:29Z")
If they ask you to do it, what could possibly be criminal about it? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5114 "2023-02-03T01:48:26Z")
Is that really how that works? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5115 "2023-02-03T01:51:07Z")
Should we ask the intern to research it, just to make sure? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5116 "2023-02-03T05:18:04Z")
Why bother a stoner, I mean doper intern? Aren’t we willing to learn the legal system as we go? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5117 "2023-02-03T10:23:10Z")
Are you suggesting learning the law through trial and error? I see the appeal of that method, but don’t we just want a brief answer? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5118 "2023-02-03T14:05:14Z")
Besides, we never did get a useful response from the intern about Don Henley, did we? Why should we expect a more satisfactory response to this inquiry? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5119 "2023-02-03T14:06:10Z")
Don Henley? Who’s he? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5120 "2023-02-03T14:10:12Z")
Are you serious? ---
**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:** [February 3, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5121 "2023-02-03T14:16:25Z")
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