# Questions Only thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667>\
**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:** 57

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**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:** [December 1, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1121 "2020-12-01T14:13:02Z")

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What flavor of cupcake?

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**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:** [December 1, 2020, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1122 "2020-12-01T17:20:34Z")

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Does it matter what flavor it is?

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**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:** [December 1, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1123 "2020-12-01T20:06:43Z")

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Can it have a lot of sprinkles?

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**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:** [December 1, 2020, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1124 "2020-12-01T20:18:56Z")

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What do you consider a lot?

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**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:** [December 1, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1125 "2020-12-01T20:59:46Z")

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Well, can you see the cupcake icing beneath the sprinkles?

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**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:** [December 1, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1126 "2020-12-01T23:34:11Z")

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If you can, does that mean that there are not enough sprinkles?

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**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:** [December 1, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1127 "2020-12-01T23:36:25Z")

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But how can you tell what flavor the icing is if you can’t see it under all the sprinkles?

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**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:** [December 2, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1128 "2020-12-02T03:05:10Z")

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How about being surprised when you bite into it?

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**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:** [December 2, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1129 "2020-12-02T03:47:00Z")

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Do we call it “Cupcake Surprise,” then?

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**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:** [December 2, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1130 "2020-12-02T05:09:26Z")

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Which is more important - the cupcake or the frosting?

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**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:** [December 2, 2020, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1131 "2020-12-02T13:46:38Z")

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Or even the sprinkles?

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**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:** [December 2, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1132 "2020-12-02T14:08:08Z")

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Did you know that some in New England call sprinkles “jimmies”?

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2020, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1133 "2020-12-02T16:14:46Z")

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So [Jimmy John’s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_John%27s) means sprinkled toilet?

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**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:** [December 2, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1134 "2020-12-02T19:31:00Z")

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Did you _really_ have to post that?

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**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:** [December 2, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1135 "2020-12-02T20:24:38Z")

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Do any of us _really_ have to post anything?

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**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:** [December 2, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1136 "2020-12-02T20:39:59Z")

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Why do we post anything?

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**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:** [December 3, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1137 "2020-12-03T02:00:55Z")

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Then why did we call them jimmies when I was a kid, with nobody from New England?

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**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:** [December 3, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1138 "2020-12-03T23:40:42Z")

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How close were you to New England?

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**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:** [December 4, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1139 "2020-12-04T00:34:02Z")

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Or Old England, for that matter?

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1140 "2020-12-04T04:48:01Z")

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Don’t you mean Jolly Old England?

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