# 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:** 263
**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 27, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5242 "2023-02-27T21:16:55Z")
Must we? ---
**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 28, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5243 "2023-02-28T20:52:41Z")
Do you have a better idea? ---
**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 28, 2023, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5244 "2023-02-28T22:46:48Z")
How about I change the subject entirely? ---
**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:** [March 1, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5245 "2023-03-01T02:50:04Z")
Change the subject? In this economy? ---
**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:** [March 1, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5246 "2023-03-01T16:54:46Z")
Does it really cost that much to change a subject? ---
**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:** [March 1, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5247 "2023-03-01T17:36:17Z")
Do you think there might be some kind of. . . ah, call it a rubric, maybe, that would allow us to compare the value of different subjects? ---
**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:** [March 1, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5248 "2023-03-01T17:40:42Z")
Rubric? Like the guy with the cube? ---
**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:** [March 1, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5249 "2023-03-01T17:42:34Z")
Doesn’t it have something to do with the movie guy? ---
**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:** [March 1, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5250 "2023-03-01T18:16:07Z")
He wasn’t the oddball prince in _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_, was he? ---
**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:** [March 2, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5251 "2023-03-02T03:23:37Z")
Naw, wasn’t he the guy who made 2001, A Space Odyssey? ---
**Author:** ![Amikejo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/amikejo/32/13637_2.png) [@Amikejo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amikejo)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5252 "2023-03-03T11:17:07Z")
Isn’t that a David Bowie song? ---
**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:** [March 3, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5253 "2023-03-03T17:06:23Z")
The knife guy who died at the Alamo? ---
**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:** [March 3, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5254 "2023-03-03T17:09:49Z")
Hey, did you know Phil Collins is a big fan of the Alamo? > **[Phil Collins’s Collection of Alamo Artifacts Will Head to Texas Museum, Even...](https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/phil-collins-alamo-artifacts-scrutiny-1234652856/)** > > Some claim that his collection may include inauthentic objects. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5255 "2023-03-03T19:47:36Z")
Who gave you permission to change the subject? ---
**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:** [March 3, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5256 "2023-03-03T20:08:28Z")
Don’t all subjects, in one way or another, relate to Phil Collins? ---
**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:** [March 4, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5257 "2023-03-04T19:44:52Z")
Can I have a Tom Collins instead? ---
**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:** [March 5, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5258 "2023-03-05T01:18:11Z")
Why am I feeling like I’m getting a contact high? ---
**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:** [March 5, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5259 "2023-03-05T03:09:31Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > Who gave you permission to change the subject? Didn’t **Wheelz** mention the Alamo? ---
**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:** [March 5, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5260 "2023-03-05T03:17:38Z")
But then again on the other hand, wasn’t Ozzy Osbourne the one who peed on the Alamo? ---
**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:** [March 5, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5261 "2023-03-05T03:20:31Z")
Really? He did that? How did he make it out of Texas, hell, _San Antonio_ alive? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=262) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=264)