# 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:** 27
**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 11, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/521 "2020-08-11T04:23:09Z")
Wouldn’t that be a little perverse and sexually aggressive? ---
**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 11, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/522 "2020-08-11T13:09:57Z")
Not to mention possibly criminal? ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/523 "2020-08-11T14:42:44Z")
What, are there laws against meat now? ---
**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, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/524 "2020-08-11T20:09:27Z")
Wouldn’t there be such laws in a vegetarian society? ---
**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 11, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/525 "2020-08-11T21:03:50Z")
Don’t vegetables also have rights? ---
**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 12, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/526 "2020-08-12T14:53:39Z")
Where should I look in the law books for that? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/527 "2020-08-12T22:12:52Z")
And while you’re at it, would you mind looking up fruit rights as well? ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/528 "2020-08-13T01:38:46Z")
Now that they have rights, are you still allowed to call them “fruits?” ---
**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 13, 2020, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/529 "2020-08-13T04:59:12Z")
Would “Produce-Americans” be better? ---
**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 13, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/530 "2020-08-13T13:46:56Z")
Does that mean they’re productive citizens? ---
**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 13, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/531 "2020-08-13T20:10:53Z")
What would they produce? ---
**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 13, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/532 "2020-08-13T20:16:03Z")
Uh… littler versions of themselves? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/533 "2020-08-14T02:43:59Z")
Is littler a word? ---
**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 14, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/534 "2020-08-14T03:34:13Z")
Is this a good enough cite for you? Does it help if Gertrude Stein used the word?: [Littler Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/littler) ---
**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 14, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/535 "2020-08-14T03:53:30Z")
So does that mean that “embiggen” is a word too? ---
**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 14, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/536 "2020-08-14T03:59:12Z")
Can you believe they didn’t credit _The Simpsons_ here?: [Embiggen Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/embiggen). But did Gertrude Stein ever use it? ---
**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 14, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/537 "2020-08-14T04:08:53Z")
Wasn’t it coined after her death? ---
**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 14, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/538 "2020-08-14T04:15:39Z")
When does a little detail like that ever stop a great writer? ---
**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 14, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/539 "2020-08-14T04:26:05Z")
So does that make Gertrude Stein a ghost writer? ---
**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 14, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/540 "2020-08-14T07:17:02Z")
Would that apply to the _Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=28)