# 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:** 276
**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 24, 2023, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5502 "2023-05-24T18:40:02Z")
I think it’s a great idea, don’t you? Why didn’t Austen, Melville, Fitzgerald or Faulkner think of that, anyway? ---
**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 24, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5503 "2023-05-24T18:44:54Z")
Are you kidding? Why would you want to read one question after another after another after another? What’s the point? How could anyone possibly be interested in such a thing? Isn’t it too ridiculous to even consider? ---
**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 24, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5504 "2023-05-24T19:23:18Z")
Wasn’t there an actual novel where the author [never once used the letter ‘e’](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsby_(novel)#:~:text=Gadsby%20is%20a%201939%20novel,is%20known%20as%20a%20lipogram.)? Wouldn’t a novel that was nothing but a series of questions fall into the same category? ---
**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:** [May 24, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5505 "2023-05-24T19:33:11Z")
Has anyone written a novel that’s all questions _and_ doesn’t use the letter e? ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5506 "2023-05-24T20:35:55Z")
I was skeptical at first, but would you believe that I really enjoyed the book? Who would have thought that a novel written this way could be so engaging? ---
**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 24, 2023, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5507 "2023-05-24T21:31:51Z")
Uh… me? ---
**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:** [May 29, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5508 "2023-05-29T21:42:14Z")
Is it always about you? ---
**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 30, 2023, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5509 "2023-05-30T13:52:56Z")
You know better than to ask that, don’t you? ---
**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:** [July 16, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5510 "2023-07-16T14:32:34Z")
What happened to all the questioners? Have we learned everything there is to know? Is there no more need to ask questions? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5511 "2023-07-16T16:27:13Z")
Haven’t you seen the news today ? ---
**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:** [July 16, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5512 "2023-07-16T17:11:26Z")
The news? Before my second cup of coffee? Are you kidding? ---
**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:** [July 18, 2023, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5513 "2023-07-18T21:03:47Z")
Did everyone go off to post in the Exclamations Only! thread? ---
**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:** [July 18, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5514 "2023-07-18T21:04:39Z")
What do you think? ---
**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:** [July 18, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5515 "2023-07-18T21:10:13Z")
Not an unreasonable theory, innit? ---
**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 3, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5516 "2023-08-03T17:23:48Z")
And can you believe it’s August already? ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5517 "2023-08-03T17:34:37Z")
Why is that so surprising? ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5518 "2023-08-03T17:37:10Z")
Well, isn’t there a mere one-in-twelve chance that any given day will be in August? ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5519 "2023-08-03T17:39:06Z")
Sure, but were we so busy that we completely missed the passing of July? ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5520 "2023-08-03T17:46:07Z")
Don’t you think that noting that it’s now August is, in an indirect way, also noting the passing of July? ---
**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:** [August 3, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5521 "2023-08-03T18:15:17Z")
Do you honestly expect me to dignify that with a response? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=275) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=277)