# 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:** 281
**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:** [November 3, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5602 "2023-11-03T14:25:06Z")
Well, they’re really into red silk and white lace, aren’t they? [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/John_Paul_II_funeral_long_shot.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/John_Paul_II_funeral_long_shot.jpg) ---
**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:** [November 3, 2023, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5603 "2023-11-03T14:34:44Z")
Isn’t that just for holidays and special occasions, though? I mean aren’t most popes and cardinals wearing bathrobes, or hanging out in their undies, drinking beer when they’re watching Perry Mason reruns on tv at home? ---
**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:** [November 3, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5604 "2023-11-03T14:38:39Z")
Well, do you think that College of Cardinals might be fans of University of Louisville athletics, what with the whole college and red and cardinal stuff going on? ---
**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:** [November 3, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5605 "2023-11-03T16:37:01Z")
Stands to reason, don’t it? ---
**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:** [November 4, 2023, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5606 "2023-11-04T04:58:20Z")
Do you think it is reason that I stand for? ---
**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:** [November 4, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5607 "2023-11-04T19:05:15Z")
Well, that and annexing Blawnox, right? ---
**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:** [November 6, 2023, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5608 "2023-11-06T05:47:03Z")
And how much will the bribe be? ---
**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:** [November 6, 2023, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5609 "2023-11-06T13:12:13Z")
He has more integrity than that, doesn’t he? ---
**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:** [November 6, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5610 "2023-11-06T13:18:17Z")
Doesn’t integrity just mean that if you’re bought, you stay bought? Or am I misunderstanding that? ---
**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:** [November 6, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5611 "2023-11-06T13:31:52Z")
Couldn’t it be similarly argued that Trump displays integrity every time he lies? Isn’t he consistently true to himself in that way? ---
**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:** [November 6, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5612 "2023-11-06T18:09:12Z")
Shouldn’t we have a higher standard than that for an elected official, and for those who hope to (once again) become one? ---
**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:** [November 8, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5613 "2023-11-08T20:00:22Z")
Don’t we perennially complain about the people we elect and how is that any different with the unfortunately maligned Mr. Trump (sniff-sniff)? ---
**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:** [November 8, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5614 "2023-11-08T22:08:29Z")
Who says it is? ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5615 "2023-11-10T13:28:06Z")
Didn’t **boson** just suggest that was the case? ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5616 "2023-11-10T16:50:00Z")
Is that how you interpreted his post? ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5617 "2023-11-10T17:12:40Z")
So, are we supposed to _interpret_ stuff here? ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5618 "2023-11-10T17:29:20Z")
That’s not asking too much, 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:** [November 10, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5619 "2023-11-10T17:31:40Z")
Well, why didn’t someone tell me? ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5620 "2023-11-10T18:01:07Z")
Whose responsibility should that be? ---
**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:** [November 10, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5621 "2023-11-10T19:18:58Z")
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