# 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:** 273
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5442 "2023-05-08T19:51:04Z")
How would I know if I’ve never seen you in person? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5443 "2023-05-08T19:51:31Z")
Have you met _other_ road atlases, pray? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5444 "2023-05-08T19:52:04Z")
Should I rule it out as a possibility? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5445 "2023-05-08T19:54:52Z")
Do you think you can? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5446 "2023-05-08T20:01:37Z")
Would you believe I still haven’t ruled out the possibility of meeting a sentient bowl of pudding? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5447 "2023-05-08T20:03:20Z")
Pudding? _Really?_ Rice, tapioca, chocolate, butterscotch… or some other flavor? Can you tell that I like pudding? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5448 "2023-05-08T20:06:44Z")
Even if I favor chocolate, wouldn’t any flavor do if I wanted to get a sense of pudding’s worldview? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5449 "2023-05-08T20:09:35Z")
Are you suggesting a pudding’s flavor has something to do with its IQ? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5450 "2023-05-08T20:13:04Z")
Aren’t pudding IQ tests notoriously unreliable? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5451 "2023-05-08T20:15:20Z")
Has anyone here ever taken or administered a pudding IQ test? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5452 "2023-05-08T20:18:02Z")
Do you really think we’d admit it if we had? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5453 "2023-05-08T20:21:07Z")
Why would there be an issue if one had administered a pudding IQ test? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5454 "2023-05-08T20:22:23Z")
Wouldn’t a person be reluctant to claim association with something that’s notoriously unreliable? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5455 "2023-05-08T20:28:37Z")
Have you been following national politics since 2016? ---
**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:** [May 8, 2023, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5456 "2023-05-08T20:29:55Z")
Do you really think that would have been a good idea in regard to the tenuous grasp on sanity that I have? ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5457 "2023-05-09T17:50:50Z")
How tenuous are we talkin’ about here? ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5458 "2023-05-09T18:07:03Z")
Would you believe that for a four-year period, I actually thought Donald Trump was president of the United States? ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5459 "2023-05-09T18:17:02Z")
You’ve sought professional help, surely? ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5460 "2023-05-09T18:26:50Z")
Can you recommend someone who would be up to the task? ---
**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:** [May 9, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5461 "2023-05-09T18:29:49Z")
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