# 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:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3341 "2013-08-21T14:44:29Z")

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Did you deliberately use your screen name just now?

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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:** [August 21, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3342 "2013-08-21T14:52:24Z")

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Would it be warranted if I wielded my winkle?

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**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3343 "2013-08-21T16:07:43Z")

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What, pray tell, is a winkle?

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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:** [August 21, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3344 "2013-08-21T16:10:16Z")

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Ah, winkle, short for per·i·win·kle noun \ˈper-i-ˌwiŋ-kəl\ 1: any of several trailing or woody evergreen herbs of the dogbane family: as a (1) : a European creeper (Vinca minor) widely cultivated as a ground cover and for its blue or white flowers —called also myrtle (2) : a trailing plant (Vinca major) with large blue flowers that is used as a ground cover and in window boxes, (3) : a child’s term for a penis, or don’t you believe in Merriam-Webster?

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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:** [August 22, 2013, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3345 "2013-08-22T01:58:10Z")

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Er, what was the question?

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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:** [August 22, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3346 "2013-08-22T02:07:12Z")

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How ya doin’?

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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:** [August 22, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3347 "2013-08-22T02:09:59Z")

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How am I doing … _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:** [August 22, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3348 "2013-08-22T02:13:27Z")

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Okay… How ya doin’, sir?

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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:** [August 22, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3349 "2013-08-22T02:13:59Z")

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Don’t you know I only do madams?

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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:** [August 22, 2013, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3350 "2013-08-22T02:16:10Z")

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As in: “That Sam Madam, that Sam Madam, he only does that Sam Madam”?

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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:** [August 22, 2013, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3351 "2013-08-22T02:21:10Z")

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What can I say?

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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:** [August 22, 2013, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3352 "2013-08-22T02:26:43Z")

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And in how many languages?

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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:** [August 22, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3353 "2013-08-22T02:49:03Z")

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Isn’t cunnilinguality the language of the universe?

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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:** [August 22, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3354 "2013-08-22T12:09:59Z")

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Isn’t that the original tongue twister?

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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:** [August 22, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3355 "2013-08-22T14:45:23Z")

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Can you believe this is the 3355th post in this thread, for chrissakes?

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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:** [August 22, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3356 "2013-08-22T14:52:57Z")

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Since some threads are getting close to 1,000,000 views, is there room in the menu fields for numbers that high?

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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:** [August 22, 2013, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3357 "2013-08-22T14:53:35Z")

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Is this gonna be like Y2K all over again?

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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:** [August 22, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3358 "2013-08-22T14:55:45Z")

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You mean all worry and no wow?

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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:** [August 23, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3359 "2013-08-23T02:09:53Z")

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You mean like herpes?

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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:** [August 23, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3360 "2013-08-23T02:12:22Z")

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Or even hispes?

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