# 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:** 45
**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 14, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/881 "2020-10-14T02:23:26Z")
How would I know? ---
**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 14, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/882 "2020-10-14T03:51:12Z")
Didn’t she play Klugman’s ex-wife, Blanche, on _The Odd Couple_? ---
**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 14, 2020, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/883 "2020-10-14T04:20:33Z")
Did she? How long has it been since I’ve seen an episode of _The Odd Couple_? ---
**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 14, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/884 "2020-10-14T14:08:11Z")
I’ll have to guess, but… a long, long time? ---
**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:** [October 14, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/885 "2020-10-14T16:17:34Z")
Was it in a galaxy far, far away? ---
**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 15, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/886 "2020-10-15T00:05:08Z")
Wouldn’t that have been _The Alien Couple_? ---
**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 15, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/887 "2020-10-15T01:09:36Z")
And wouldn’t that be an interesting film concept? ---
**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 15, 2020, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/888 "2020-10-15T03:27:11Z")
So can anyone here write a screenplay? ---
**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 15, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/889 "2020-10-15T03:49:00Z")
Has anyone here ever written a screenplay? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/890 "2020-10-15T06:13:29Z")
Does typing a screenplay count? ---
**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 15, 2020, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/891 "2020-10-15T06:30:03Z")
Why wouldn’t it? ---
**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 15, 2020, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/892 "2020-10-15T12:41:51Z")
Were you kind of hinting at that Dorothy Parker quote? ---
**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 15, 2020, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/893 "2020-10-15T21:19:21Z")
Which Dorothy Parker quote? ---
**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 16, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/894 "2020-10-16T03:03:33Z")
You know, when she criticized an untalented author’s (at least, _she_ thought he was untalented) work by saying, ‘That’s not writing, that’s typing’"? ---
**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 16, 2020, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/895 "2020-10-16T03:28:27Z")
Didn’t she also say, when as “Constant Reader,” reviewing A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh books, “Tonstant Weader fwowed up”? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/896 "2020-10-16T04:11:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Were you kind of hinting at that Dorothy Parker quote? You think I’m that clever? ---
**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 16, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/897 "2020-10-16T13:23:10Z")
Haven’t you proven time and time again that you are? ---
**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 17, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/898 "2020-10-17T00:38:45Z")
Aren’t we all, in this thread? ---
**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:** [October 17, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/899 "2020-10-17T03:46:14Z")
You are, but what am I? ---
**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 17, 2020, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/900 "2020-10-17T07:14:33Z")
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