# 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:** 141
**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 14, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2801 "2013-07-14T16:54:29Z")
Isn’t that just an old wives’ - or husbands’ - tale? ---
**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 15, 2013, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2802 "2013-07-15T11:45:30Z")
Is it just another stupid-stition? ---
**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 15, 2013, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2803 "2013-07-15T14:17:34Z")
Would you be surprised if it were? ---
**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 15, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2804 "2013-07-15T14:22:44Z")
At my age? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2805 "2013-07-15T14:23:57Z")
What’s age got to do with 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:** [July 15, 2013, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2806 "2013-07-15T14:28:27Z")
Doesn’t life experience lead to a higher degree of skepticism? ---
**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 16, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2807 "2013-07-16T03:32:37Z")
Why am I dubious about that? ---
**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 16, 2013, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2808 "2013-07-16T11:45:33Z")
Aren’t you worldly wise? ---
**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 16, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2809 "2013-07-16T15:38:19Z")
Or wisely worldly? ---
**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 16, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2810 "2013-07-16T15:43:31Z")
Or wisely wordy? ---
**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 16, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2811 "2013-07-16T15:53:45Z")
Don’t you know that loose lips sink ships? ---
**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 16, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2812 "2013-07-16T15:57:34Z")
Even if they’re loaded with rubber baby buggy bumpers? ---
**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 16, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2813 "2013-07-16T16:09:19Z")
What are you, some kinda terribly tyrannical tongue-twister tycoon? ---
**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 16, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2814 "2013-07-16T16:13:31Z")
Have you heard that “The sixth sick sheik’s sixth sheep is sick” holds the Guinness record as the world’s hardest tongue twister? ---
**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 16, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2815 "2013-07-16T16:13:41Z")
Are you implying my sister sells seashells by the seashore or shomething? ---
**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 16, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2816 "2013-07-16T16:15:56Z")
Is that what they’re calling it now? ---
**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 16, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2817 "2013-07-16T16:18:46Z")
Isn’t it better than being a sheet-slitter? ---
**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 16, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2818 "2013-07-16T16:34:00Z")
You mean like Anthony Perkins in _Psycho_? :eek: ---
**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 16, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2819 "2013-07-16T16:40:57Z")
That reminds me: did you tip the maid? ---
**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 16, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/2820 "2013-07-16T16:44:02Z")
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