# 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\
**Page:** 93

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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:** [June 2, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1841 "2021-06-02T18:51:26Z")

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Does everything have to be about sex?

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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:** [June 2, 2021, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1842 "2021-06-02T19:02:50Z")

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Huh???

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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:** [June 2, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1843 "2021-06-02T20:58:00Z")

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Eh?  
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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:** [June 3, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1844 "2021-06-03T13:24:01Z")

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Whozzat?

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2021, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1845 "2021-06-03T13:27:27Z")

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Who farted?

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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:** [June 3, 2021, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1846 "2021-06-03T13:31:40Z")

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Do you subscribe to the doctrine, “He who smelt it, dealt 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:** [June 6, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1847 "2021-06-06T16:59:23Z")

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Ever know a crop duster?

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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:** [June 6, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1848 "2021-06-06T17:39:28Z")

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Would you believe (it’s true!) that my mother once introduced herself to two total strangers as a “retired crop-duster” (which she wasn’t) who knew how awful pesticides were, in order to persuade them to wash some store-bought grapes before eating?

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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:** [June 6, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1849 "2021-06-06T20:05:52Z")

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Would you believe that, when I was a kid back in the '50s, my father used to dust our backyard garden with DDT, and we ate those veggies all year? Does that explain some things about me?

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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:** [June 6, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1850 "2021-06-06T23:13:21Z")

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What’s it worth to you to find out?

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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:** [June 7, 2021, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1851 "2021-06-07T02:49:37Z")

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So does this mean that you’re out of Rachel Carson’s will?

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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:** [June 7, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1852 "2021-06-07T04:56:44Z")

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Or does it mean she could have written a sequel about my family?

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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:** [June 7, 2021, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1853 "2021-06-07T05:21:16Z")

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Isn’t Rachel Carson the type that, upon hearing that you had ingested veggies contaminated with DDT, would doubt that there would be a sequel to your family?

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1854 "2021-06-07T13:13:47Z")

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Isn’t DDT much more harmful to other animals than humans?

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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:** [June 7, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1855 "2021-06-07T13:37:06Z")

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Would it help if I told you that I’m the only person in my family still alive?

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2021, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1856 "2021-06-07T13:41:44Z")

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If the answers you’re hearing are that disturbing, shouldn’t you cease asking me scary questions?

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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:** [June 7, 2021, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1857 "2021-06-07T16:37:45Z")

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Would a link to an article about Keira Knightley perhaps be a nice change of pace?: [The real reason Keira Knightley wore that hat in ‘Love Actually’ | Page Six](https://pagesix.com/2018/11/09/the-real-reason-keira-knightley-wore-that-hat-in-love-actually/)

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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:** [June 7, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1858 "2021-06-07T19:47:50Z")

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Who’s she when she’s up and dressed?

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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:** [June 7, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1859 "2021-06-07T19:59:12Z")

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Uh… still Keira Knightley?

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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:** [June 7, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1860 "2021-06-07T22:08:12Z")

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But I’m guessing you’re not picturing her dressed, right?

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