# 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:** 264
**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 5, 2023, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5262 "2023-03-05T04:23:36Z")
Didn’t he bite the head off a bat onstage too? ---
**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:** [March 6, 2023, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5263 "2023-03-06T02:27:22Z")
Didn’t lots of guys pee on the Alamo back in the day? ---
**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 6, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5264 "2023-03-06T03:12:10Z")
Isn’t that how Texans claimed territory back in the day? ---
**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 6, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5265 "2023-03-06T03:15:37Z")
But how many guys in Texas back in the day were drug-addled British rock stars? ---
**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 6, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5266 "2023-03-06T04:46:41Z")
Not to mention, who were not exactly known for their awesome self-defense skills? ---
**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 6, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5267 "2023-03-06T13:54:42Z")
What does this have to do with Phil Collins? ---
**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 6, 2023, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5268 "2023-03-06T13:59:50Z")
Wasn’t Phil Collins the guy who peed on the Alamo? ---
**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 6, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5269 "2023-03-06T15:29:15Z")
Given that so many folks have had to pee at the Alamo, do you think maybe there’s enough material for a book on the subject? Should we contact our publishers? Any suggestions for a working title? ---
**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 6, 2023, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5270 "2023-03-06T16:01:16Z")
How about “Rehydrate 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 6, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5271 "2023-03-06T17:02:12Z")
Do you think there might be an Orson Bean story to include in the book? ---
**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 6, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5272 "2023-03-06T17:48:53Z")
I dunno, did Orson Bean ever take a whiz at the Alamo? Wouldn’t a story about, say, Davy Crockett passing a kidney stone at the Alamo put a better historic spin on things? ---
**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 6, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5273 "2023-03-06T20:55:42Z")
I don’t suppose there’s a way we could plausibly work some stoats into the tail, er, tale? ---
**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 8, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5274 "2023-03-08T02:37:50Z")
Were there stoats at the Alamo in _Viva Max!_? ---
**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 8, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5275 "2023-03-08T21:56:50Z")
Didn’t I see one perched on Orson Bean’s shoulder? You know, in the scene set in Blawnox? ---
**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 9, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5276 "2023-03-09T02:25:40Z")
Wasn’t that a rat? ---
**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 9, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5277 "2023-03-09T21:55:23Z")
You don’t think I, of all people, can tell the difference between a stoat and a rat? ---
**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 10, 2023, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5278 "2023-03-10T02:59:42Z")
Have you ever seen a rat in a stoat costume? ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5279 "2023-03-10T03:01:51Z")
If it’s a good costume–and i mean _really good_–how would you know? ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5280 "2023-03-10T15:18:15Z")
Rats don’t wear costumes, do they? I mean, of course, _obviously_, other than at Halloween? ---
**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 10, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5281 "2023-03-10T15:19:48Z")
Who here has seen rats wearing costumes on Halloween? Are you just making this up as you go? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=263) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=265)