# 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:** 286
**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, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5702 "2024-02-29T17:34:04Z")
But if he ages at leap year rate, doesn’t that make him 36.25 years old? Isn’t he now in the prime of his life? ---
**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, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5703 "2024-02-29T18:43:24Z")
Perhaps, but did you know that _The New York Times_ took note of his birthday in 1940? > **[LEAP YEAR PIRATE FREED (Published 1940)](https://www.nytimes.com/1940/02/25/archives/leap-year-pirate-freed.html)** ---
**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, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5704 "2024-02-29T18:49:56Z")
Do you think he had a party then? ---
**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, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5705 "2024-02-29T19:05:06Z")
Well, he was still fictional, and I suppose World War II might have been of some slight concern even in Cornwall, but sure, why not? ---
**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:** [March 1, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5706 "2024-03-01T14:26:34Z")
He was _still_ fictional back then? Was there, perhaps, a time when he was not? ---
**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:** [March 1, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5707 "2024-03-01T14:27:28Z")
Well, what do you think? Did G&S ever write about _real_ people? ---
**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:** [March 1, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5708 "2024-03-01T14:30:38Z")
Sir, do you bite your thumb at me? ---
**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:** [March 1, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5709 "2024-03-01T15:19:57Z")
Don’t you know by now that I respect you too much for 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:** [March 1, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5710 "2024-03-01T16:28:09Z")
So you do _not_ bite your thumb at me? ---
**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:** [March 1, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5711 "2024-03-01T17:21:07Z")
Whyever would I? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5712 "2024-04-02T18:51:50Z")
Because you read Romeo and Juliet too much? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5713 "2024-04-02T19:19:19Z")
Is that even possible (even though, of all Shakespeare’s plays, I prefer _Macbeth, Henry V_ and _A Midsummer Night’s Dream_ to _R&J_)? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5714 "2024-04-02T19:28:38Z")
Is it possible to watch _[What’s Opera, Doc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1aKRmLiwg4)_ too much? Or any other cultural pinnacle for that matter? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5715 "2024-04-02T19:49:10Z")
Did you know that YouTube video is missing some stuff, such as at 2:09? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5716 "2024-04-02T20:09:01Z")
Doesn’t the video title openly admit it’s just the opening and closing of that famous short? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5717 "2024-04-02T21:27:00Z")
Well, wouldn’t you rather see [the whole thing?](https://vimeo.com/444002896) ---
**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:** [April 3, 2024, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5718 "2024-04-03T12:15:23Z")
What if one had seen it too much? ---
**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:** [April 3, 2024, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5719 "2024-04-03T18:55:30Z")
Is that even _possible?_ ---
**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:** [April 3, 2024, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5720 "2024-04-03T19:03:22Z")
That is precisely the question we must address, isn’t 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:** [April 3, 2024, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/5721 "2024-04-03T19:12:39Z")
Could it be that the whole thing is simply too awesome for some people? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=285) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=287)