# 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:** 31
**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 23, 2020, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/601 "2020-08-23T12:54:31Z")
What’s going on here? What are you all looking at? Am I the only one who doesn’t see anything? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/602 "2020-08-24T21:28:44Z")
What did I miss? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/603 "2020-08-25T00:26:20Z")
Why are you assuming you missed anything? ---
**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 25, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/604 "2020-08-25T12:55:17Z")
Well, it’s not an unreasonable assumption, is it? ---
**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:** [August 26, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/605 "2020-08-26T04:08:09Z")
Is a miss truly as good as a mile? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/606 "2020-08-26T04:09:07Z")
Do you mean a country mile or a regular mile? ---
**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:** [August 26, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/607 "2020-08-26T04:10:44Z")
How about as the crow flies? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/608 "2020-08-26T04:21:04Z")
Won’t somebody think of the nautical miles? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/609 "2020-08-26T07:27:58Z")
How about Miles O’Brien (either one)? ---
**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 26, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/610 "2020-08-26T15:25:16Z")
Did you know the Starfleet one’s middle name was Edward? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/611 "2020-08-26T17:19:10Z")
Yes, and did you know that the journalist one doesn’t have a middle name? ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/612 "2020-08-26T20:30:58Z")
What do people do for names in metric countries – Kilometers O’Brien? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/613 "2020-08-26T22:05:21Z")
Wouldn’t that just get shortened to “K”? ---
**Author:** ![Quondam\_Mechanic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quondam_mechanic/32/3404_2.png) [@Quondam\_Mechanic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quondam_Mechanic)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/614 "2020-08-27T01:12:23Z")
But wouldn’t people assume it meant “kilograms” instead of “kilometers” – especially if O’Brien had some extra heft to him? ---
**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 27, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/615 "2020-08-27T14:44:54Z")
Would he have to be refitted for a spacesuit? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/616 "2020-08-27T22:04:26Z")
Aren’t spacesuits custom-made anyway? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/617 "2020-08-27T23:20:56Z")
Wouldn’t they have to be? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/618 "2020-08-27T23:29:49Z")
So couldn’t they make a new one, if Kilograms O’Brien gains some weight? ---
**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:** [August 28, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/619 "2020-08-28T01:01:30Z")
In space, how would they know if he gained weight? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/620 "2020-08-28T01:41:17Z")
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