# 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:** 99
**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:** [July 1, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1961 "2021-07-01T18:45:21Z")
Wouldn’t that require a separate Answers Only thread? ---
**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:** [July 1, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1962 "2021-07-01T18:56:03Z")
And is there not in fact a current thread by that very name? ---
**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:** [July 1, 2021, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1963 "2021-07-01T19:00:36Z")
I just answered **Q\_M** ’s, didn’t I, **Cardigan**? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1964 "2021-07-01T19:45:54Z")
Was that an answer or more of a guess? ---
**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:** [July 1, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1965 "2021-07-01T20:16:22Z")
Can’t a guess be a pretty good answer, especially if (a) it’s right and (b) no one else comes up with anything better? ---
**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:** [July 1, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1966 "2021-07-01T21:20:06Z")
Who said anything about _good_ answers? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2021, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1967 "2021-07-02T02:13:45Z")
Or better? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1968 "2021-07-02T03:05:41Z")
As Jimmy Carter wrote, _Why Not the Best?_ ---
**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:** [July 2, 2021, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1969 "2021-07-02T12:34:37Z")
Are we bringing Jimmy Carter into this to deflect attention away from the fact that ‘fourteen’ was really a guess rather than an actual answer? ---
**Author:** ![LegendHasit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/legendhasit/32/8246_2.png) [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1970 "2021-07-02T13:29:34Z")
And was it peanuts or jellybeans that Carter was so fond of? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1971 "2021-07-02T15:13:44Z")
**Cardigan** , no one came up with a better answer, did they? So wasn’t it a guess that functions as an answer, especially as **Q\_M** hasn’t returned to say I’m wrong? And **Legend** , don’t you remember that Carter was a peanut farmer (and presumably liked them), while his successor Ronald Reagan really liked jellybean (and even had jars of them in the Oval Office and on the Cabinet Room table)? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1972 "2021-07-02T15:43:50Z")
How many questions are we allowed per post? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1973 "2021-07-02T16:12:07Z")
Fourteen? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1974 "2021-07-02T17:03:24Z")
Again, how long are we going to allow this sort of flagrant violation of thread norms to go on? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1975 "2021-07-02T17:06:05Z")
I dunno, how much time you got? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1976 "2021-07-02T17:10:49Z")
How much do you need? ---
**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:** [July 2, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1977 "2021-07-02T21:26:20Z")
And speaking of Carter, what really happened with that rabbit? ---
**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:** [July 3, 2021, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1978 "2021-07-03T03:35:33Z")
Did you know that the President’s own staff initially didn’t believe him?: [Jimmy Carter rabbit incident - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_rabbit_incident) ---
**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:** [July 4, 2021, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1979 "2021-07-04T07:16:31Z")
Didn’t that rabbit previously appear in _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667/1980 "2021-07-04T14:04:36Z")
Or was that a stunt double? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=98) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only-thread/911667.md?page=100)