# 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:** 259
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5162 "2023-02-10T20:06:41Z")
Why is that pagoda smoking a cigarette? ---
**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 10, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5163 "2023-02-10T20:33:05Z")
Uh, _what?_ ---
**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 10, 2023, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5164 "2023-02-10T21:26:36Z")
Why am I getting more confused than yours truly? ---
**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 10, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5165 "2023-02-10T21:34:28Z")
But you _are_ “yours truly” for purposes of your own posts, aren’t you? ---
**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 10, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5166 "2023-02-10T21:37:30Z")
Is this really the place to quibble over insignificant details like 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:** [February 10, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5167 "2023-02-10T21:43:06Z")
Where better? ---
**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 10, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5168 "2023-02-10T22:04:09Z")
Don’t you think Paddy’s Pub would be a good place to deal with such matters? ---
**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 10, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5169 "2023-02-10T22:57:51Z")
What time shall we meet at Paddy’s, then? ---
**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 10, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5170 "2023-02-10T23:31:06Z")
Well, should we call ahead for reservations, just in case they’re not expecting customers? ---
**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 11, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5171 "2023-02-11T02:27:57Z")
Do pubs usually take reservations? ---
**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 11, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5172 "2023-02-11T03:58:20Z")
They do at the Smoking Pagoda, don’t they? ---
**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 11, 2023, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5173 "2023-02-11T08:29:28Z")
Is it agreed, then, that we’ll convene at the Smoking Pagoda? Who’s going to have the invitations printed up? ---
**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 11, 2023, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5174 "2023-02-11T08:42:37Z")
Am I not already there waiting on you all? ---
**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 11, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5175 "2023-02-11T13:56:33Z")
What the… how’d you get there so fast? ---
**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 11, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5176 "2023-02-11T13:58:15Z")
Can you have them hold a table for me? ---
**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 11, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5177 "2023-02-11T13:59:31Z")
A whole table? How many people are you bringing with you? ---
**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 11, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5178 "2023-02-11T14:54:28Z")
Which location is this? ---
**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 11, 2023, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5179 "2023-02-11T15:46:48Z")
Isn’t that the one next to the Thai place across from where that good record store used to be? ---
**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 11, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5180 "2023-02-11T15:51:37Z")
So I shouldn’t have gone to the one next to the landfill? ---
**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 11, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5181 "2023-02-11T17:10:20Z")
Is that why I’m still all alone? Will you wait for me next to the landfill? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=258) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=260)