# 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:** 97
**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:** [June 23, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1921 "2021-06-23T03:47:38Z")
Anything can be a question if you stick words like “can’t it” and a question mark at the end of it, can’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:** [June 23, 2021, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1922 "2021-06-23T06:22:34Z")
Is that any different than “Would you believe”? ---
**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 23, 2021, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1923 "2021-06-23T13:21:53Z")
Does it have to be? ---
**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 23, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1924 "2021-06-23T14:32:15Z")
If a person speaks with an upward inflection asks a question, would it become a statement? ---
**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 23, 2021, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1925 "2021-06-23T17:57:15Z")
Doesn’t that depend on other factors, as well? ---
**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 23, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1926 "2021-06-23T21:12:32Z")
Can you give examples of those factors? ---
**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 23, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1927 "2021-06-23T21:40:14Z")
I, too, would like to hear some examples, ok? ---
**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:** [June 24, 2021, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1928 "2021-06-24T06:59:22Z")
How about if he had an upward infection? ---
**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 24, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1929 "2021-06-24T13:32:28Z")
Is that an ailment of the rich and pampered, like gout? ---
**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:** [June 25, 2021, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1930 "2021-06-25T06:05:16Z")
So if you’re convinced you have a foot disease, is there not a gout in your 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:** [June 25, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1931 "2021-06-25T14:14:56Z")
If you had a rude drunk guy in the mineral-extraction dig behind your house, would you have a lout in your mine? ---
**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 25, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1932 "2021-06-25T19:32:48Z")
If you were thinking about Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield, would you have a bout in mind? ---
**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 25, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1933 "2021-06-25T19:34:04Z")
Do you think, without a doubt, there wouldn’t be a bout? ---
**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 25, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1934 "2021-06-25T20:24:45Z")
How 'bout Abbott? ---
**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 25, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1935 "2021-06-25T22:08:26Z")
Who’s on first? ---
**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 26, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1936 "2021-06-26T00:40:05Z")
What’s on second? ---
**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 26, 2021, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1937 "2021-06-26T14:49:31Z")
I suppose I should ask about third now? ---
**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 26, 2021, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1938 "2021-06-26T17:38:55Z")
Isn’t I don’t know on third? ---
**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 26, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1939 "2021-06-26T18:49:58Z")
Do you care who’s short stop? ---
**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 27, 2021, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1940 "2021-06-27T15:23:53Z")
Isn’t “shortstop” usually spelled as one word? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=96) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=98)