# 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:** ![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 26, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1681 "2021-04-26T22:18:15Z")

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For that matter, why does Po have a land?

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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:** [April 27, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1682 "2021-04-27T02:10:20Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> I can think of football and boating; what’s the third?

Did you know that betting on sports events (especially horse racing) is sometimes known as “punting,” and those who do it are known as “punters”? And could you guess that the term is rarely used in North America, but is commonly used in places like the UK and Australia?

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1683 "2021-04-27T02:33:51Z")

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Po’s got a land because he’s the king of the Teletubies, haven’t you seen that show?

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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:** [April 27, 2021, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1684 "2021-04-27T06:11:21Z")

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And who’s Ing? And why does he spell his name “Eng?”

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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:** [April 27, 2021, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1685 "2021-04-27T12:42:41Z")

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Wasn’t Eng one of the original Siamese twins? And does that mean England’s adjoined to Changland?

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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:** [April 27, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1686 "2021-04-27T20:23:27Z")

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Am I the only one to wonder if things got a little awkward for their respective wives when either Chang and Eng was feeling amorous?

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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:** [April 27, 2021, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1687 "2021-04-27T21:32:26Z")

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Since they fathered 21 children, don’t you think they somehow got over 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:** [April 28, 2021, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1688 "2021-04-28T01:13:26Z")

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Well, sure, but how?

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**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 28, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1689 "2021-04-28T03:36:08Z")

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Do you really want to know?

Does [Rule 34](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleThirtyFour) imply that that there’s a detailed answer out there somewhere?

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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:** [April 28, 2021, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1690 "2021-04-28T05:13:27Z")

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When you say “how?”, do you mean physically or psychologically?

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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:** [April 28, 2021, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1691 "2021-04-28T06:29:59Z")

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Does it matter?

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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:** [April 28, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1692 "2021-04-28T13:15:03Z")

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It’s all a matter of opinion, innit?

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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:** [April 28, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1693 "2021-04-28T15:06:09Z")

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Do those opinions matter?

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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:** [April 28, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1694 "2021-04-28T17:19:58Z")

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Do they even have to?

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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:** [April 28, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1695 "2021-04-28T23:12:09Z")

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Do they _ever_ have to?

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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:** [April 29, 2021, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1696 "2021-04-29T04:23:52Z")

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What’s that thing that opinions are like?

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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:** [April 29, 2021, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1697 "2021-04-29T06:02:49Z")

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Is it “other opinions?”

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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:** [April 29, 2021, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1698 "2021-04-29T14:05:48Z")

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Doesn’t _everyone_ have one (or more), especially here?

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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:** [April 30, 2021, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1699 "2021-04-30T03:13:58Z")

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Are there no other message boards where people post opinions?

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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:** [April 30, 2021, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1700 "2021-04-30T04:24:39Z")

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But those opinions aren’t OURS, are they?

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