# 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:** 265
**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, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5282 "2023-03-10T15:32:17Z")
How would we know? What’s the point to a rat wearing a stoat costume if people can tell it’s a costume? ---
**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, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5283 "2023-03-10T22:00:31Z")
Well, you’d want it to be convincing, wouldn’t you? ---
**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 12, 2023, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5284 "2023-03-12T21:19:35Z")
Where is the best place to see a convincing stoat costume worn? ---
**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 12, 2023, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5285 "2023-03-12T21:29:42Z")
The annual Halloween Ball in Blawnox, maybe? ---
**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 12, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5286 "2023-03-12T21:34:37Z")
Don’t you have to reserve tickets for that something like ten years in advance? ---
**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 12, 2023, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5287 "2023-03-12T21:41:21Z")
As it happens, I know a guy, so would you like me to get you in sooner? ---
**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 12, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5288 "2023-03-12T21:44:01Z")
Are we talking a portrait of Andrew Jackson or Benjamin Franklin for the privilege? ---
**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 13, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5289 "2023-03-13T16:31:30Z")
Whaddya got against George Washington, Alexander Hamilton or U.S. Grant? Or Woodrow Wilson, for that matter? ---
**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 13, 2023, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5290 "2023-03-13T21:33:18Z")
Nothing, but which portrait do we need to provide to secure the tickets? And do you really think you’ll get many takers if it’s Woodrow Wilson? ---
**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 13, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5291 "2023-03-13T22:16:29Z")
Are you saying Woodrow Wilson was ugly? ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5292 "2023-03-14T17:13:31Z")
No, but might he not be considered too rich for some people’s blood? ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5293 "2023-03-14T17:26:04Z")
Would you believe that once you get above the Lincolns, it’s pretty much all the same to my broke ass? ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5294 "2023-03-14T17:36:24Z")
Broke? Do you want to try earning money by scalping Blawnox Halloween ball tickets? Isn’t that how **Elendil** is making bank? ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5295 "2023-03-14T17:48:36Z")
Well, how would I go about getting started? ---
**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 14, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5296 "2023-03-14T19:00:38Z")
Wouldn’t Elendil be the best source to answer that question? ---
**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 16, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5297 "2023-03-16T02:53:52Z")
How about some counterfeit tickets? I mean, it’s upper crust Blawnox, isn’t it? ---
**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 16, 2023, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5298 "2023-03-16T03:00:14Z")
If we’re talking about crust, would they be like those Super Bowl tickets Homer Simpson bought that were printed on some kind of cracker? ---
**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 16, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5299 "2023-03-16T13:49:42Z")
What are the advantages of edible tickets? ---
**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 16, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5300 "2023-03-16T13:51:45Z")
If the ticket taker doesn’t let you in because it’s fake, wouldn’t you at least want to get lunch out of the deal? ---
**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 16, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5301 "2023-03-16T14:14:29Z")
Yeah, but who’d want to eat something other people have been handling with their grimy fingers before handing it to you? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=264) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=266)