# Questions Only **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [December 9, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491 "2012-12-09T05:40:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 111
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2201 "2013-06-18T19:12:53Z")
Do you define a pun as a play on words wherein one word is replaced by another similar sounding word with a different meaning, or does the essence of punning include using the theme word (e.g. egg) in one of its standard alternate forms (e.g. egged on)? ---
**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2202 "2013-06-18T19:14:13Z")
Either? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2203 "2013-06-18T19:23:46Z")
Say, do you realize that in France recipes never call for more than one egg because in French one egg is un oeuf? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2204 "2013-06-18T20:01:13Z")
And when you use hamburger and egg, it’s boeuf and oeuf. ---
**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 18, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2205 "2013-06-18T20:35:33Z")
Uh, that wasn’t a question, was it, **Annie**? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2206 "2013-06-18T20:55:37Z")
Did I mess up? Maybe it should have been “If you use hamburg, is it boeuf and oeuf?” ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2207 "2013-06-18T21:03:10Z")
How could you not know that you messed up? ---
**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2208 "2013-06-18T21:13:25Z")
Why are you so judgmental? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2209 "2013-06-18T21:47:28Z")
Why can’t everybody just get along? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2210 "2013-06-18T21:47:53Z")
How are you ever going to improve if you won’t listen to healthy criticism? ---
**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2211 "2013-06-18T22:34:22Z")
What does sick criticism look like? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2212 "2013-06-19T00:09:13Z")
Is it in critical condition? ---
**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2213 "2013-06-19T00:37:26Z")
How many CCs of adrenaline do we need? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2214 "2013-06-19T00:44:25Z")
Well, can’t we just use all we have? ---
**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2215 "2013-06-19T00:46:16Z")
Between us we have, what, a quarter-ounce? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2216 "2013-06-19T00:50:09Z")
How many CCs in a quarter-ounce? ---
**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2217 "2013-06-19T01:03:59Z")
If CC stands for cubic centimeters (it does) and if that is the same as a milliliter (it is), then doesn’t 1 oz equal about 27 CCs? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2218 "2013-06-19T01:16:13Z")
Silly me, did you know I thought CC stood for Centrifuged Cryogens? ---
**Author:** ![Didact\_Lectorem777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f05b48/32.png) [@Didact\_Lectorem777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didact_Lectorem777)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2219 "2013-06-19T01:25:57Z")
Since sarcasm is difficult to transmit through the Internet, I must ask, were you sincere in that interrogative statement? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2220 "2013-06-19T01:27:33Z")
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