# 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:** 119
**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, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2361 "2013-06-20T19:11:31Z")
Would the line form a puntacle, a puntagram or a puntagon? ---
**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, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2362 "2013-06-20T19:12:05Z")
Well, if it did, it wouldn’t exactly be a line, now would it? ---
**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, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2363 "2013-06-20T19:15:35Z")
Well, wouldn’t it be a PUNchline? ---
**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 21, 2013, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2364 "2013-06-21T04:00:14Z")
Or a pun in the face? ---
**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 21, 2013, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2365 "2013-06-21T10:54:07Z")
And do you realize I have not yet begun to pun such lengths and breadths of literature as Peter Pun, Punocchio, Punrod & Sam, a Punnecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court and the Scarlet Punpernel? ---
**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 21, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2366 "2013-06-21T21:22:15Z")
And with this thrust of as yet unmatched repartee, do you end your end your refrain? ---
**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 21, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2367 "2013-06-21T22:28:23Z")
Uh… what? ---
**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 21, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2368 "2013-06-21T22:30:14Z")
It was a bit much to be a good reference to the Scarlet Pimpernel, wasn’t it? ---
**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 21, 2013, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2369 "2013-06-21T22:54:37Z")
Oh, should I have used the Crimson Pimpernel, then? ---
**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 21, 2013, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2370 "2013-06-21T22:55:36Z")
Why would you find a Crimson Pimple impressive? ---
**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 21, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2371 "2013-06-21T23:00:06Z")
Ok, why didn’t you want me to use the Scarlet one? Is it at the cleaners? ---
**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 21, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2372 "2013-06-21T23:02:18Z")
Am I drunk or is that two questions? ---
**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 21, 2013, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2373 "2013-06-21T23:06:42Z")
Is that an either/or question, or can they both be true? ---
**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 21, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2374 "2013-06-21T23:07:23Z")
That depends, how many caesium atoms have you got? ---
**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 21, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2375 "2013-06-21T23:09:57Z")
Regular or menthol? ---
**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 21, 2013, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2376 "2013-06-21T23:11:53Z")
Is that akin to being alive or dead? ---
**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 21, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2377 "2013-06-21T23:13:01Z")
Do you want our new filtered zombie caesium atoms, now in lemon-lime? ---
**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 21, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2378 "2013-06-21T23:15:17Z")
Am I the only one who prefers a simple craemium flavor? ---
**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 21, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2379 "2013-06-21T23:17:14Z")
And did you want that in a glass, a mug, or in the antigrav room? ---
**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 21, 2013, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2380 "2013-06-21T23:18:01Z")
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