# 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\
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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:** [January 2, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1261 "2021-01-02T04:20:42Z")

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Do cats eat toast?

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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:** [January 2, 2021, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1262 "2021-01-02T04:28:27Z")

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what would happen if the cat licked the butter off the toast on the way down?

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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:** [January 2, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1263 "2021-01-02T04:29:43Z")

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If he licked off just enough butter to ruin the experiment, and then landed on a beach (paws down, of course), would he have sandy claws?

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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:** [January 2, 2021, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1264 "2021-01-02T04:37:14Z")

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Are we back to dad jokes now?

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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:** [January 2, 2021, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1265 "2021-01-02T04:40:36Z")

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Did we ever really leave?

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**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:** [January 10, 2021, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1266 "2021-01-10T06:20:34Z")

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As in make like a tree?

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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:** [January 10, 2021, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1267 "2021-01-10T06:45:46Z")

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Should we leave?

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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:** [January 10, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1268 "2021-01-10T12:15:03Z")

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I’m gonna go out on a limb here.

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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:** [January 10, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1269 "2021-01-10T14:26:42Z")

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That’s not a question, is it? Have you considered making like around a bush, and beat it?

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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:** [January 10, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1270 "2021-01-10T16:07:43Z")

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Why are dad jokes so poplar? Should I quit birching about alder it?

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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:** [January 10, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1271 "2021-01-10T20:09:16Z")

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Maple we should just forget about elm?

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**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:** [January 10, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1272 "2021-01-10T20:36:37Z")

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When you see a couple’s name carved into a tree, don’t you think it strange how so many people carry a knife on a date?

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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:** [January 10, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1273 "2021-01-10T20:59:18Z")

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Young guys almost always used to carry pocketknives, didn’t they? Maybe not quite as much a thing, though, since 9-11, do you think?

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**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:** [January 10, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1274 "2021-01-10T21:08:07Z")

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When Melania Trump greeted the White House Christmas tree, was that the first natural wood she’d seen in years?

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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:** [January 10, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1275 "2021-01-10T21:17:13Z")

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And did you hear about the black guy and the Jew walking into a redneck bar in Georgia, and the bartender asked, “What’ll you have, Senators?”

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**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:** [January 11, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1276 "2021-01-11T03:09:56Z")

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No, would you tell me about it?

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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:** [January 11, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1277 "2021-01-11T05:52:12Z")

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Didn’t he just do exactly that?

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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:** [January 11, 2021, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1278 "2021-01-11T11:39:55Z")

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How did they do “two guys walk into a bar” jokes during Prohibition?

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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:** [January 12, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1279 "2021-01-12T05:16:40Z")

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Did they maybe change the word “bar” to “speakeasy” or “blind pig,” or preface the joke by saying, “Once upon a time, before Prohibition…”? Or, as I think most likely, did they just not bother, since shorter jokes tend to be better jokes?

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2021, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1280 "2021-01-12T05:39:54Z")

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Did they have time to tell jokes whilst rushing about trying to find something to drink?

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