# 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:** 78
**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:** [March 23, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1541 "2021-03-23T16:12:19Z")
Didn’t Dorothy Parker write something like that once? ---
**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:** [March 24, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1542 "2021-03-24T04:58:52Z")
Or was it Mae West? ---
**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:** [March 24, 2021, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1543 "2021-03-24T08:43:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Didn’t Dorothy Parker write something like that once? If all the girls from Yale were laid from end to end, would she be surprised? ---
**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:** [March 25, 2021, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1544 "2021-03-25T15:03:22Z")
And would you agree with her observation, “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy”? ---
**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:** [March 25, 2021, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1545 "2021-03-25T18:22:30Z")
And do you agree that “You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think”? ---
**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:** [March 26, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1546 "2021-03-26T14:11:39Z")
Do men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses? ---
**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:** [March 26, 2021, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1547 "2021-03-26T15:11:55Z")
If you heard that a slutty British actress broke her leg, would you, like Parker, speculate that she did it sliding down a barrister? ---
**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:** [March 26, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1548 "2021-03-26T15:25:37Z")
Do you have any particular actress in mind? ---
**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:** [March 26, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1549 "2021-03-26T15:29:00Z")
I can’t say I do; do you? ---
**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:** [April 5, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1550 "2021-04-05T04:08:07Z")
Do you really think I would admit it if I did? ---
**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:** [April 5, 2021, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1551 "2021-04-05T04:17:56Z")
What, you mean sliding down a barrister? ---
**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:** [April 5, 2021, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1552 "2021-04-05T07:09:19Z")
Do you have any particular barrister in mind? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1553 "2021-04-05T15:27:17Z")
Wait, isn’t a barrister someone who makes drinks at Starbucks? ---
**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:** [April 5, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1554 "2021-04-05T16:19:50Z")
Do you think you might aim for a little more accuracy in word choice there, Sparky? ---
**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:** [April 5, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1555 "2021-04-05T22:01:10Z")
See why it’s risky to make puns in a non-pun thread, **Thudlow**? ---
**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:** [April 6, 2021, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1556 "2021-04-06T03:46:45Z")
This is a non-pun thread? ---
**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:** [April 6, 2021, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1557 "2021-04-06T03:54:58Z")
Wasn’t it a bad dad joke thread? ---
**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:** [April 6, 2021, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1558 "2021-04-06T04:13:44Z")
Hasn’t it been a little bit of everything over its life? ---
**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:** [April 7, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1559 "2021-04-07T17:06:15Z")
It _has_ been pretty varied, hasn’t it? ---
**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:** [April 7, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1560 "2021-04-07T20:51:44Z")
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