# Questions Only

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491>\
**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\
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**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 20, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2341 "2013-06-20T18:29:46Z")

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Not that I’m aTasha’d to her, but was Denise Crosby a yachtswoman on the ship, since she was Yar?

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**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 20, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2342 "2013-06-20T18:31:01Z")

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Eutychus, are you willing to bet on its effectiveness?

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**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 20, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2343 "2013-06-20T18:33:33Z")

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Oh, did the final frontier line of questioning get trekked down and beamed away?

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**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 20, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2344 "2013-06-20T18:35:08Z")

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How long can you keep up this line questioning?

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**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 20, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2345 "2013-06-20T18:37:29Z")

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Did I mention I won pun contests at Star Trek conventions?

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2346 "2013-06-20T18:37:53Z")

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That’s rather personal. When was the last time someone asked you how long you could keep it up?

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**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 20, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2347 "2013-06-20T18:40:27Z")

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Could this thread ever have been anything but a series of puns?

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**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 20, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2348 "2013-06-20T18:42:21Z")

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Have you checked the posts from before I arrived in March?

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**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 20, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2349 "2013-06-20T18:42:58Z")

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How far in until it devolves into puns?

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2350 "2013-06-20T18:45:29Z")

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You arrived in March? Was that when it became o-pun season?

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**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 20, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2351 "2013-06-20T18:47:10Z")

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What’s the punalty for bein’ a punslinger in these here parts of speech, hombre?

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**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 20, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2352 "2013-06-20T18:47:19Z")

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Does it not clearly say in each post he joined Mar 2013?

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**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 20, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2353 "2013-06-20T18:49:35Z")

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'Pun my word, do you think there’s been a punishable error?

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**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 20, 2013, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2354 "2013-06-20T18:51:05Z")

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A single Freudian quip and your doomed to…oh, what? No punishment?

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**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 20, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2355 "2013-06-20T18:52:35Z")

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What punance must I make?

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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 20, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2356 "2013-06-20T19:01:21Z")

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Just what kind of a can of worms have you opuned?

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**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 20, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2357 "2013-06-20T19:05:32Z")

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What kind of punographic punorama of paronomastic parables have we spun, and is this the punultimate one?

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**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 20, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2358 "2013-06-20T19:08:26Z")

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Puntentially, but isn’t there always hope?

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**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 20, 2013, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2359 "2013-06-20T19:09:39Z")

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Didn’t Emily Dickenpun call Hope the thing with feathers?

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**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 20, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2360 "2013-06-20T19:10:30Z")

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Don’t you think we should draw a line at ‘Dickenpun’?

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