# Questions Only thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667>\
**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:** 261

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**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 15, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5202 "2023-02-15T01:16:35Z")

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Don’t you think we should be proud of breaking new ground?

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5203 "2023-02-15T03:20:34Z")

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What did Delaware, boys? What did Delaware?  
I ask you now as a personal friend, what did Delaware?

What did Ioweigh, boys? What did Ioweigh?  
I ask you now as a personal friend, what did Ioweigh?

What did Tennessee, boys, what did Tennessee?  
I ask you now as a personal friend, what did Tennessee?

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**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 15, 2023, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5204 "2023-02-15T04:47:09Z")

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Where did Kent\_Clark go boys? Where did Kent\_Clark go?  
Or is he/she making more sense that the rest of us?

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**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 15, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5205 "2023-02-15T17:01:46Z")

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Is it true that Superman is a mean drunk?

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**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 17, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5206 "2023-02-17T21:36:00Z")

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Don’t you think he’d get too high? Speeding?

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**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:** [February 18, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5207 "2023-02-18T02:49:18Z")

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You mean “high on speed”?

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**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 19, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5208 "2023-02-19T02:18:41Z")

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Would Earth drugs like that have any effect on Superman?

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**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 19, 2023, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5209 "2023-02-19T05:48:16Z")

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Have you ever seen him asleep?

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**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 19, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5210 "2023-02-19T18:49:03Z")

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No, have you?

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**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:** [February 19, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5211 "2023-02-19T21:13:58Z")

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How can I see anything while I’m asleep?

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**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 19, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5212 "2023-02-19T22:09:27Z")

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Wouldn’t the more common understanding of **boson** ’s post have it refer to Superman sleeping and not you?

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**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 19, 2023, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5213 "2023-02-19T22:24:37Z")

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So, if Superman has x-ray vision, how does he go to sleep? Wouldn’t it be pointless for him to close his eyes?

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**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 19, 2023, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5214 "2023-02-19T22:27:10Z")

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You didn’t answer my question, did you?

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**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 19, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5215 "2023-02-19T22:38:16Z")

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Am I not allowed to have questions of my own? I mean, isn’t having questions the eternal condition of mankind?

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**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 19, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5216 "2023-02-19T23:22:21Z")

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Well, it certainly is in this thread, innit?

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**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 19, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5217 "2023-02-19T23:36:10Z")

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Wait . . . are you saying this thread is eternal? Wouldn’t that be freakin’ _ **awesome** _???

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**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 20, 2023, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5218 "2023-02-20T18:10:16Z")

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Well, I’m not saying it’ll run until, I dunno, the heat death of the _universe_ or something, okay?

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**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 20, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5219 "2023-02-20T19:40:31Z")

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So…this is the End of the thread? We’ve officially run out of things to ask?

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**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 20, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5220 "2023-02-20T19:42:54Z")

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Why do we have to lurch between the equally-implausible extremes of it going on forever and ending right now?

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**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 20, 2023, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5221 "2023-02-20T19:49:01Z")

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Wouldn’t the swinging of a pendulum be a better way to put it than…lurching between implausibles?

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