# 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:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2641 "2013-07-01T17:23:40Z")

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Isn’t that a hot potato you’ve brought up?

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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:** [July 1, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2642 "2013-07-01T17:28:16Z")

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Ah, but is it loaded?

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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:** [July 1, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2643 "2013-07-01T20:35:34Z")

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If not sour grapes, perhaps you have some sour cream?

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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:** [July 1, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2644 "2013-07-01T20:40:56Z")

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Are you saying this line of questioning is half-baked?

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**Author:** ![chowching](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@chowching](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowching)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2013, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2645 "2013-07-02T08:44:27Z")

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Isn’t half-baked a racial slur?

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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:** [July 2, 2013, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2646 "2013-07-02T10:50:16Z")

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Did you think I was referring to the potato’s skin?

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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:** [July 2, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2647 "2013-07-02T13:45:58Z")

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Nobody’s saying they’d prefer a lighter-skinned potato, 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:** [July 2, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2648 "2013-07-02T13:48:26Z")

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Are the fries up yet?

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**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:** [July 3, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2649 "2013-07-03T02:28:23Z")

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Aren’t friars generally early risers?

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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:** [July 3, 2013, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2650 "2013-07-03T12:00:59Z")

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Aren’t they usually up by the first Carmelite of day?

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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:** [July 3, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2651 "2013-07-03T12:08:05Z")

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If you wanted them to stop selling roses, could only you prevent florist friars?

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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:** [July 3, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2652 "2013-07-03T12:11:26Z")

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Well, now that you’re up and ready for breakfast, would you care for some eggs Benedictine?

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**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:** [July 3, 2013, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2653 "2013-07-03T15:31:56Z")

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Would he be nun too happy about that?

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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:** [July 3, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2654 "2013-07-03T15:39:28Z")

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If that company really screwed you over, would you talk to a lawyer and Jesuit?

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**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:** [July 3, 2013, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2655 "2013-07-03T15:52:34Z")

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Did you know the last time I tried to fetch a drink for a lawyer, he wanted just-ice?

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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:** [July 3, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2656 "2013-07-03T15:57:00Z")

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Did you know that I wanted to date a lady lawyer, but I was to em-barrister ask her out?

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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:** [July 3, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2657 "2013-07-03T23:23:13Z")

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Did you know that Dorothy Parker once joked that a slutty British actress must’ve broken her leg sliding down a barrister?

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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:** [July 4, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2658 "2013-07-04T01:04:14Z")

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Did you know that Dorothy Parker once joked upon being on the verge of having an abortion that “that’s what comes from putting all my eggs in one bastard”?

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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:** [July 4, 2013, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2659 "2013-07-04T01:50:51Z")

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Was Dorothy Parker the wittiest woman ever, or what?

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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:** [July 4, 2013, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2660 "2013-07-04T01:59:37Z")

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How many other women were quoted so often in FPA’s_The Conning Tower_?

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