# 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:** 58
**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 4, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1141 "2020-12-04T05:38:26Z")
Shouldn’t that be “Jolly Olde England,” for full effect? ---
**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 4, 2020, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1142 "2020-12-04T11:30:44Z")
Or how about “Jollye Olde Englande”? ---
**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, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1143 "2020-12-04T14:47:18Z")
That’s a bit twee, innit? ---
**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 4, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1144 "2020-12-04T18:43:31Z")
Wasn’t that the point? Or the pointe? ---
**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 4, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1145 "2020-12-04T22:54:40Z")
Isn’t “pointe” how a ballerina dances? ---
**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 5, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1146 "2020-12-05T02:58:00Z")
Was that a tutu pointed question? ---
**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 5, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1147 "2020-12-05T03:59:17Z")
Isn’t it better than a three-three pointed question? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1148 "2020-12-05T06:27:03Z")
Does such a thing exist? ---
**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 5, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1149 "2020-12-05T20:12:33Z")
Since when does a question about something imply its existence? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1150 "2020-12-06T05:00:00Z")
Was that last question a hypothetical? ---
**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:** [December 6, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1151 "2020-12-06T05:52:11Z")
A hypothetical what? ---
**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 6, 2020, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1152 "2020-12-06T07:07:59Z")
A hypothetical as opposed to what? ---
**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:** [December 6, 2020, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1153 "2020-12-06T07:12:38Z")
What if there were no hypothetical questions? ---
**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 6, 2020, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1154 "2020-12-06T09:08:03Z")
Wouldn’t that be an example of “I ask, therefore I am”? ---
**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 6, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1155 "2020-12-06T16:17:09Z")
Well, ain’t we all philosophical 'n shit? ---
**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 6, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1156 "2020-12-06T22:35:25Z")
Philosophical perhaps, but shit? ---
**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 6, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1157 "2020-12-06T23:27:44Z")
Are those mutually exclusive? ---
**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 7, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1158 "2020-12-07T01:48:33Z")
Indeed – can you even be philosophical without being “and shit?” ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1159 "2020-12-07T03:37:32Z")
To be, “and shit,” or not to be, “and shit,” is that the question? ---
**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 7, 2020, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1160 "2020-12-07T06:05:56Z")
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