# 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:** 159
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3161 "2013-08-12T12:37:54Z")
Is “fap” an acronym for Fist Action Pumping? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3162 "2013-08-12T12:55:23Z")
How do I treat a hemlock overdose (need answer fast!)? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3163 "2013-08-12T13:01:11Z")
Uh, keep breathing and call 911? (Don’t see any quick answers on the Internet.) ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3164 "2013-08-12T13:28:26Z")
What if I have no phone? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3165 "2013-08-12T13:35:12Z")
Can you e-mail 911? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3166 "2013-08-12T15:26:01Z")
Or write a letter? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3167 "2013-08-12T15:27:28Z")
You mean: “My Dear 911, I am having an immediately urgent emergency and may die in moments. Please excuse the sloppy handwriting. Yours, sincerely…”? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3168 "2013-08-12T15:27:55Z")
Could it be a slow-acting poison? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3169 "2013-08-12T15:36:41Z")
You mean like nicotine? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3170 "2013-08-12T15:37:22Z")
Or Republicans? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3171 "2013-08-12T15:38:42Z")
Does GOP mean Gradually Operating Poison? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3172 "2013-08-12T15:43:10Z")
Didn’t you know the first reference was in the _Congressional Record_, as [Gallant Old Party](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gop#Name_and_symbols)? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3173 "2013-08-12T15:44:52Z")
Isn’t that what They’d like you to believe? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3174 "2013-08-12T15:57:06Z")
Just another example of The Man keepin’ us down, eh? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3175 "2013-08-12T15:58:43Z")
Aren’t we all under their big thumb? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3176 "2013-08-12T16:02:43Z")
Or some other digit? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3177 "2013-08-12T16:03:18Z")
Can you digit? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3178 "2013-08-12T16:07:04Z")
Did you know counting on one’s fingers was the original digit-al calculator? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3179 "2013-08-12T16:07:56Z")
I thought they used Mr. Magoo; or was that Jim Abacus? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3180 "2013-08-12T16:09:56Z")
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