# 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:** 26
**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 8, 2020, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/501 "2020-08-08T03:16:39Z")
Has anybody seen a D? Did we lose it for good? ---
**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, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/502 "2020-08-08T03:17:49Z")
Well, it’s a pretty important letter, isn’t it? Wouldn’t losing it be for bad? ---
**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 8, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/503 "2020-08-08T03:20:46Z")
Without D, would there even be a “bad”? Wouldn’t it just be “ba”? ---
**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, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/504 "2020-08-08T03:39:29Z")
Are you implying we’re all sheep(le)? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/505 "2020-08-08T23:52:18Z")
Is this where **Billy Shears** comes in? ---
**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:** [August 9, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/506 "2020-08-09T05:16:41Z")
Isn’t he Edward Scissorhands’ cousin? ---
**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 9, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/507 "2020-08-09T18:13:15Z")
What would Edward do if Billy sang out of tune? Would he stand up and walk out on him? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/508 "2020-08-09T19:04:52Z")
If he had any time for her, would she sing him a song? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/509 "2020-08-10T07:39:47Z")
Is it blasphemy to say I prefer Joe Cocker’s version? ---
**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 10, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/510 "2020-08-10T13:58:10Z")
Wasn’t he even better singing “The Letter”?: [Joe Cocker The Letter with Leon Russell Live on Mad Dogs & Englishmen - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhlvQen4mWw) ---
**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 10, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/511 "2020-08-10T14:33:05Z")
Wasn’t “The Letter” best done by the Box Tops though? ---
**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 10, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/512 "2020-08-10T15:34:57Z")
Didn’t Bette Davis star in 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:** [August 10, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/513 "2020-08-10T15:56:49Z")
Is she the one who had those famous eyes in the song? You know, that song from the Eighties? ---
**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 10, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/514 "2020-08-10T16:31:17Z")
“Girls Just Want To Have Fun”? ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/515 "2020-08-10T16:37:54Z")
Isn’t the correct title “Girls Just Want to Have Lunch”, like Weird Al sang it? ---
**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 10, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/516 "2020-08-10T16:52:08Z")
Or is that “The Ladies Who Lunch” by Sondheim? ---
**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 10, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/517 "2020-08-10T19:44:30Z")
I always thought of “lunch” as a noun and not a verb, y’know? ---
**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 10, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/518 "2020-08-10T23:48:59Z")
Can’t it also be an adjective, as in “lunch meats”? ---
**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 11, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/519 "2020-08-11T00:32:07Z")
If you get together with others to eat a noon meal, would that be a “lunch meet”? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/520 "2020-08-11T01:50:03Z")
With the right language gymnastics, could you justify, “I’ll meat you tomorrow,” as a proper sentence? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=27)