# 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:** 40
**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:** [September 28, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/781 "2020-09-28T02:38:03Z")
[Uh, not a question, **Spoons**.] Is it a bar sinister? ---
**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:** [September 28, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/782 "2020-09-28T03:57:50Z")
Would that mean you have to do left-handed drinking? ---
**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:** [September 28, 2020, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/783 "2020-09-28T06:33:32Z")
Damn! Did I do it again? Can I rephrase? “Don’t you think the second two would see the first walk into a bar, so they could duck and avoid it?” How’s that? ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/784 "2020-09-28T11:16:45Z")
Is it okay if I compliment everyone equally? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2020, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/785 "2020-09-28T13:12:59Z")
Would they be heartfelt compliments? ---
**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:** [September 28, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/786 "2020-09-28T15:04:37Z")
How heartfelt could they be if everybody got one? Aren’t the best compliments exclusive, or customized, or unique? ---
**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:** [September 28, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/787 "2020-09-28T19:45:33Z")
Do we get participation trophies? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/788 "2020-09-29T03:55:50Z")
Doesn’t that devalue the whole concept of trophies? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2020, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/789 "2020-09-29T04:48:25Z")
Isn’t that like everybody getting a compliment, though? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/790 "2020-09-29T10:10:09Z")
Or like everybody getting a sticker on their forehead? ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/791 "2020-09-29T11:08:05Z")
Aren’t gold stars the best? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2020, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/792 "2020-09-29T13:04:41Z")
Would you agree with the sentiment, I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/793 "2020-09-29T18:53:26Z")
Why don’t you ask the Ramones? ---
**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:** [September 30, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/794 "2020-09-30T13:08:43Z")
Are any of them still around, or did they all choke on someone else’s vomit in seedy hotel rooms 30 years or so ago? ---
**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:** [September 30, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/795 "2020-09-30T20:10:24Z")
Wasn’t that something Sid Vicious did? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/796 "2020-10-01T05:38:51Z")
Is that like sitting on someone else’s balls? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/797 "2020-10-01T06:22:36Z")
Maybe if the balls are out of their sack? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2020, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/798 "2020-10-01T07:22:48Z")
Doesn’t that sound kinda gross, not to mention painful? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/799 "2020-10-01T07:37:34Z")
Should we change the topic? ---
**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:** [October 1, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/800 "2020-10-01T13:01:34Z")
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