# 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:** 65
**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 12, 2021, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1281 "2021-01-12T06:43:54Z")
Wasn’t Prohibition itself a joke? ---
**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 12, 2021, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1282 "2021-01-12T19:20:54Z")
So what was the punch line? ---
**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 12, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1283 "2021-01-12T20:55:59Z")
You do remember that they couldn’t really have punch then, right? ---
**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 12, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1284 "2021-01-12T22:12:39Z")
Couldn’t they have had Hawaiian Punch? ---
**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 13, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1285 "2021-01-13T16:17:45Z")
Am I the only one who just looked around nervously, half-expecting a giant red pitcher to come crashing through the wall with a hearty “Oh, yeah”? ---
**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 13, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1286 "2021-01-13T21:04:23Z")
Would that be a Cincinnati Reds pitcher? ---
**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 14, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1287 "2021-01-14T14:13:45Z")
Since I remember Pete Rose appearing in a Kool-Aid ad, I guess it could’ve been, couldn’t it? ---
**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 15, 2021, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1288 "2021-01-15T23:42:01Z")
Was Rose a pitcher? ---
**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 16, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1289 "2021-01-16T03:14:30Z")
Does pitching Kool-Aid count? ---
**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 16, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1290 "2021-01-16T04:22:12Z")
How about pitching woo? ---
**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 16, 2021, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1291 "2021-01-16T05:06:30Z")
Would that be of the healing crystal and homeopathy kind? ---
**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 16, 2021, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1292 "2021-01-16T05:18:20Z")
Is there another kind? ---
**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 16, 2021, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1293 "2021-01-16T16:22:51Z")
If there is, would you tell us, please? ---
**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 16, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1294 "2021-01-16T17:01:48Z")
How many definitions of the word to you want? ---
**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 17, 2021, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1295 "2021-01-17T06:24:18Z")
How many ya got? ---
**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 17, 2021, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1296 "2021-01-17T07:24:06Z")
Do you want a specific number? ---
**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 17, 2021, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1297 "2021-01-17T07:26:16Z")
That reminds me, what is the etymology of “ballpark figure”? ---
**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 17, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1298 "2021-01-17T14:10:19Z")
Could it be from commentators estimating the number of people in the stands? ---
**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 17, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1299 "2021-01-17T14:35:46Z")
Could it come from the expression “in the ballpark,” meaning in the vicinity of the exact answer? ---
**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 17, 2021, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1300 "2021-01-17T22:48:42Z")
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