# 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:** 173
**Author:** ![chowching](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@chowching](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowching)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3441 "2013-08-25T15:27:25Z")
Are you using albatross as a metaphor or do you really mean that there is a bird around your neck? ---
**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 25, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3442 "2013-08-25T15:30:45Z")
Have you not been following my pigeon thread? ---
**Author:** ![chowching](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@chowching](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowching)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3443 "2013-08-25T15:48:38Z")
Why should I follow your tweets? ---
**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 25, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3444 "2013-08-25T15:48:56Z")
Don’t you think that one’s a bit hard to swallow? ---
**Author:** ![chowching](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@chowching](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowching)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3445 "2013-08-25T16:00:31Z")
Well isn’t this hawkward? ---
**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 25, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3446 "2013-08-25T16:09:29Z")
Getting back to post 3422, did you know it’s actually the USS _Constitution_? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS\_constitution](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_constitution) ---
**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 25, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3447 "2013-08-25T16:11:07Z")
Do you italicize ship names? ---
**Author:** ![chowching](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@chowching](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowching)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3448 "2013-08-25T16:12:34Z")
Don’t we just love going back in time? ---
**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 25, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3449 "2013-08-25T16:21:25Z")
Could we spend our vacation back in the days of _I Love Lucy_ on the ocean liner, the [S.S. Constitution](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Constitution)? ---
**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 25, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3450 "2013-08-25T16:28:59Z")
No love for the SS Minnow? ---
**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 25, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3451 "2013-08-25T16:49:20Z")
Wouldn’t that be a lost love? ---
**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 26, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3452 "2013-08-26T00:57:35Z")
Why didn’t I think of the ocean liner _Constitution_, rather than the sail frigate? ---
**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 26, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3453 "2013-08-26T02:39:44Z")
Are you thinking of 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:** [August 26, 2013, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3454 "2013-08-26T11:55:59Z")
Maybe you don’t watch many _I Love Lucy_ episodes these days? ---
**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 26, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3455 "2013-08-26T13:21:27Z")
Did you know that Desi Arnaz Jr. had an affair with Patty Duke when he was 17 and she was a 25 year old divorcee? ---
**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 26, 2013, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3456 "2013-08-26T13:25:54Z")
Did you know Sean Astin (son of Patty Duke and adopted son of John Astin) didn’t know who his biological father was until he was an adult? ---
**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 26, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3457 "2013-08-26T14:39:42Z")
Wouldn’t that be a kick in the head? ---
**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 26, 2013, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3458 "2013-08-26T15:34:16Z")
Would that be Mr. Ed? ---
**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 26, 2013, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3459 "2013-08-26T15:37:23Z")
Wouldn’t you love to have a share of Lucy & Desi’s estate? ---
**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 26, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/3460 "2013-08-26T15:38:00Z")
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