# 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:** 285
**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:** [January 14, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5682 "2024-01-14T20:26:11Z")
You’re not the one who’s been cashing my money orders? ---
**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:** [January 14, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5683 "2024-01-14T20:42:09Z")
Don’t you have yours on a PayPal subscription? ---
**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:** [January 15, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5684 "2024-01-15T14:48:07Z")
What is this, the twenty-first century? ---
**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:** [January 15, 2024, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5685 "2024-01-15T16:02:42Z")
Can you wait for an answer while I look for my calendar? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2024, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5686 "2024-01-16T19:40:37Z")
It’s not on a cuneiform tablet, is 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:** [January 16, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5687 "2024-01-16T20:01:37Z")
What, do you think I’m some kind of high-tech gadget guy? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5688 "2024-01-16T20:04:16Z")
Well, you’re _here_, aren’t you? Doesn’t that suggest at least a certain minimal level of competence with computers? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5689 "2024-01-16T20:06:38Z")
Don’t you just hate the pretentiousness of the people on the thread who choose to show off by attempting to communicate via the written word? What, is good old-fashioned _talking_ not good enough for 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:** [January 16, 2024, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5690 "2024-01-16T20:11:54Z")
Is this just your roundabout way of asking for my phone number? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5691 "2024-01-16T20:15:21Z")
How on earth did you come to that conclusion based on my inquiry? ---
**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:** [January 16, 2024, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5692 "2024-01-16T21:09:20Z")
Was I reading too much into 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:** [February 28, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5693 "2024-02-28T21:46:32Z")
So, seeing that the last post here was Jan. 16, does anyone have any February questions while there’s still time for them? ---
**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:** [February 29, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5694 "2024-02-29T17:06:16Z")
Did you know it’s Frederic’s birthday from G&S’s _The Pirates of Penzance_? ---
**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:** [February 29, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5695 "2024-02-29T17:08:21Z")
Will that be on the quiz? ---
**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:** [February 29, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5696 "2024-02-29T17:08:58Z")
Is there going to be a party? ---
**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:** [February 29, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5697 "2024-02-29T17:27:41Z")
Why not? What kind of cake do you think Frederic would like? ---
**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:** [February 29, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5698 "2024-02-29T17:28:42Z")
Isn’t it obvious that he would prefer my favorite, which is German chocolate? ---
**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:** [February 29, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5699 "2024-02-29T17:29:26Z")
I like it, too, but why would that be obvious about him? ---
**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:** [February 29, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5700 "2024-02-29T17:30:05Z")
Why wouldn’t he like what I want him to like? ---
**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:** [February 29, 2024, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5701 "2024-02-29T17:31:35Z")
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