# 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:** 55
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1081 "2020-11-25T06:35:51Z")
Perhaps the Shadow? ---
**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:** [November 25, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1082 "2020-11-25T11:08:00Z")
Does the Shadow ALWAYS know? ---
**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:** [November 25, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1083 "2020-11-25T15:21:11Z")
Does he just know what evil lurks in the hearts of men, or does he know other stuff too? ---
**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:** [November 25, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1084 "2020-11-25T16:20:26Z")
He probably knows his mom’s name, don’t you think? ---
**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:** [November 25, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1085 "2020-11-25T17:43:44Z")
Question is, did she come up with the name “Lamont?” ---
**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:** [November 25, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1086 "2020-11-25T17:54:12Z")
What’s wrong with “Lamont”? ---
**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:** [November 25, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1087 "2020-11-25T19:11:03Z")
Do you personally know anybody whose first name is “Lamont?” ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1088 "2020-11-25T19:14:22Z")
Isn’t that the name of the huge knight from Game of Thrones? ---
**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:** [November 25, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1089 "2020-11-25T20:37:16Z")
But isn’t “Lamont” a better name than “Lament”? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1090 "2020-11-26T05:40:45Z")
And isn’t “Lament” a much better name than “Laminate” ---
**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:** [November 26, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1091 "2020-11-26T20:07:57Z")
Didja forget your question mark at the end, there, Sparky? ---
**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:** [November 26, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1092 "2020-11-26T21:38:40Z")
What would happen if everybody forgot the question mark? ---
**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:** [November 27, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1093 "2020-11-27T02:03:58Z")
Then wouldn’t we have to rename the thread to “Statements Only”? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1094 "2020-11-27T02:27:48Z")
How could you read my post and see it as anything but a question, even without the mark? ---
**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:** [November 27, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1095 "2020-11-27T03:29:31Z")
Can’t the wording indicate a question? ---
**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:** [November 27, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1096 "2020-11-27T05:18:02Z")
Is there anything that wording cannot indicate? ---
**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:** [November 28, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1097 "2020-11-28T03:56:59Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > How could you read my post and see it as anything but a question, even without the mark? An exclamation point could transform it entirely, don’t you think? And isn’t it best, in a thread like this, to always include a question mark anyway? ---
**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:** [November 28, 2020, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1098 "2020-11-28T04:20:13Z")
Isn’t it no more effort than using an exclamation point? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2020, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1099 "2020-11-28T08:00:11Z")
So none of you have ever forgot to press a key before? ---
**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:** [November 28, 2020, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1100 "2020-11-28T08:26:53Z")
How did typewriter keys get the name “keys,” anyhow? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=56)