# 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:** ![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:** [February 17, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5222 "2014-02-17T17:57:57Z")

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For which standard of normality, the Kruse-Altzenheim Paradigm or the Multiple Universe Diagnostic?

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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:** [February 17, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5223 "2014-02-17T18:09:43Z")

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Isn’t normal is as normal does?

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5224 "2014-02-17T18:14:26Z")

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Does anyone know what normal really is?

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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:** [February 17, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5225 "2014-02-17T18:17:17Z")

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Well, since the word’s derived from the Latin for a carpenter’s square, wouldn’t it be anything that’s upright and not off kilter?

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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:** [February 17, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5226 "2014-02-17T18:18:22Z")

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[Isn’t it a good place to leave?](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104697/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1)

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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:** [February 17, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5227 "2014-02-17T18:23:18Z")

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Once gone, can you ever really go back?

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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:** [February 17, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5228 "2014-02-17T18:24:29Z")

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Why would you want to? Or is that just my West Texas talking?

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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:** [February 17, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5229 "2014-02-17T18:53:06Z")

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Do you have Lubbock in your rear view mirror?

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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:** [February 17, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5230 "2014-02-17T19:24:14Z")

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Don’t objects in the rear view mirror appear larger than they are?

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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:** [February 17, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5231 "2014-02-17T19:38:26Z")

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Is that only true when you’re going like a Bat out of Hell?

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5232 "2014-02-17T20:14:41Z")

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It depends on whether or not you’re engaged in Paradise by the Dashboard Light.

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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:** [February 17, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5233 "2014-02-17T20:21:06Z")

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Buddha\_David, why do I feel compelled to channel Alex Trebek right now???

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5234 "2014-02-17T23:29:53Z")

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O snap, did I make a boo-boo? ☹

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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:** [February 18, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5235 "2014-02-18T01:01:07Z")

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Doesn’t everyone make that mistake sooner or later?

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5236 "2014-02-18T02:26:25Z")

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Shouldn’t he correct his mistake and then send the check to the Pepperwinkle-so-on-and-so-forth?

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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:** [February 18, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5237 "2014-02-18T02:28:06Z")

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Oh, didn’t I mention, the first one’s on the house?

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5238 "2014-02-18T02:42:37Z")

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Are the odds in the house’s favor?

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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:** [February 18, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5239 "2014-02-18T02:43:37Z")

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Why would it be otherwise?

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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:** [February 18, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5240 "2014-02-18T02:48:00Z")

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Maybe you have a card up your sleeve?

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5241 "2014-02-18T02:51:13Z")

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Did you say “cod” or “card”?

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