# 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:** 112
**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, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2221 "2013-06-19T01:28:27Z")
Isn’t there a ‘ncere’ in silly and a ‘lly’ in sincere? ---
**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, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2222 "2013-06-19T01:31:26Z")
How can there be any sin in sincere, and where is the good in goodbye? ---
**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, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2223 "2013-06-19T01:32:10Z")
Don’t we part only to meet again? ---
**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, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2224 "2013-06-19T01:45:35Z")
When shall we two meet again, in summer, shower or in rain? ---
**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, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2225 "2013-06-19T01:50:18Z")
You are aware that summer is not a weather, nor shower and rain season (and by the way, a shower and rain synonymous)? ---
**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, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2226 "2013-06-19T01:52:01Z")
Do you think Shakespeare picked sound over substance? ---
**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, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2227 "2013-06-19T01:53:47Z")
You would think that his tumorous expansion of the English language would imply so, right? ---
**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, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2228 "2013-06-19T01:56:06Z")
In what way was his expansion tumorous, prithee? ---
**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 19, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2229 "2013-06-19T01:59:57Z")
Would you not say we are ill-met by moonlight, proud Titania? My paraphrased-as-a-question first line as Oberon in a high school production of _A Midsummer Night’s Dream_. ---
**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, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2230 "2013-06-19T02:05:42Z")
Why did I just receive 4 emails concerning Elendil’s response? ---
**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, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2231 "2013-06-19T02:41:41Z")
Were the e-mails tumorous expansions? ---
**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, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2232 "2013-06-19T02:53:48Z")
Is that an insult hidden within a metaphor? ---
**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 19, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2233 "2013-06-19T03:06:36Z")
Or a riddle wrapped up in an enigma? ---
**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, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2234 "2013-06-19T03:07:17Z")
Inside a mystery? ---
**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 19, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2235 "2013-06-19T03:17:55Z")
Do you have a decoder ring? ---
**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, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2236 "2013-06-19T03:19:05Z")
Decode 'her, who can decode women? _rimshot_ ---
**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 19, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2237 "2013-06-19T03:21:20Z")
Is the old saying true that you can’t live with them and can’t kill them? ---
**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, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2238 "2013-06-19T03:22:24Z")
Valar morghulis? ---
**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 19, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2239 "2013-06-19T03:25:01Z")
Did you know I had to look that 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 19, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2240 "2013-06-19T03:41:40Z")
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