# 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:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2561 "2013-06-27T16:17:37Z")

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Do you think the SS Guppy was sea-worthy?

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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 27, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2562 "2013-06-27T16:24:08Z")

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Is there trouble afoot for the Captain with Jean LaFoote?

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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 27, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2563 "2013-06-27T16:30:34Z")

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Well, don’t you know that they say “Toucan Sam play that game”?

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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 27, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2564 "2013-06-27T16:31:42Z")

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Don’t you know Wheaties you only because we like you?

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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 27, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2565 "2013-06-27T16:34:49Z")

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Should I worry that the only meaning I derived from that was “Don’t you know **we eat** you only because we like you”?

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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 27, 2013, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2566 "2013-06-27T16:35:44Z")

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How’d you miss “we tease”?

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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 27, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2567 "2013-06-27T16:45:09Z")

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I uh…I’m not sure, empty stomach?

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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 27, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2568 "2013-06-27T16:48:58Z")

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Well, Maypo you should eat something?

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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 27, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2569 "2013-06-27T16:50:51Z")

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Well, after your threat of cereal cannibalism, you think I still have an appetite?

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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 27, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2570 "2013-06-27T16:54:55Z")

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So, fine, well, uh, hmm, huh, er, hah, what’s the weather like where you are?

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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 27, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2571 "2013-06-27T16:56:16Z")

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Is this part of your plan to track me down and consume me?

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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 27, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2572 "2013-06-27T17:00:46Z")

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Are the directions that difficult to deduce, Didact?

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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 27, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2573 "2013-06-27T17:01:20Z")

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Are they?

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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 27, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2574 "2013-06-27T17:02:17Z")

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Are you afraid I’m another Hannibal, Lectorem777?

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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 27, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2575 "2013-06-27T17:04:57Z")

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Would you be so kind as to attempt traversing the Alps?

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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 27, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2576 "2013-06-27T17:06:15Z")

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Now where did I put that elephant?

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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 27, 2013, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2577 "2013-06-27T17:27:09Z")

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Didn’t ‘elephant in the room’ used to mean it was extremely _obvious_?

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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 27, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2578 "2013-06-27T17:28:41Z")

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Are you going to stand there dickering or are you going to help me find the beast (I have to pack its trunk)?

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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 27, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2579 "2013-06-27T17:35:50Z")

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Should I google that alongside “Monty Python?”

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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 27, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2580 "2013-06-27T17:37:02Z")

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Oh, was that something completely different?

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