# 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:** 282
**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:** [March 6, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5622 "2014-03-06T19:49:35Z")
Wouldn’t that have been Miss Scarlet? ---
**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:** [March 6, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5623 "2014-03-06T19:51:20Z")
If Hester Prynne was blind, would she need to wear her scarlet letter in braille? ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5624 "2014-03-06T20:08:07Z")
Isn’t that a touchy subject? ---
**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:** [March 6, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5625 "2014-03-06T20:15:51Z")
Wouldn’t you think she could feel her way? ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5626 "2014-03-06T23:17:26Z")
Advocating gropage, are you? ---
**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:** [March 6, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5627 "2014-03-06T23:20:04Z")
Does The Advocate advocate that? ---
**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:** [March 6, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5628 "2014-03-06T23:22:52Z")
I love it, but when did gropage become a real word? ---
**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:** [March 6, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5629 "2014-03-06T23:48:45Z")
When did English become proscriptive? ---
**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:** [March 6, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5630 "2014-03-06T23:55:26Z")
Aren’t all prescriptions written in English? ---
**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:** [March 6, 2014, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5631 "2014-03-06T23:56:09Z")
You mean it’s not a made-up word like, “chestal” (Bart Simpson)? ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5632 "2014-03-07T00:22:53Z")
It’s a perfectly cromulent word, isn’t 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:** [March 7, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5633 "2014-03-07T00:25:35Z")
Is this hermiological suitness a criescence of pallities? ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5634 "2014-03-07T00:32:43Z")
Does this embiggen us all? ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5635 "2014-03-07T00:35:23Z")
Shouldn’t it maxifer the augmentalities of the macrobellum? ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5636 "2014-03-07T00:57:43Z")
Does it also exude pizmotality? ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5637 "2014-03-07T00:58:22Z")
Alas and alack, what fresh hell has the use of “gropage” wrought? ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5638 "2014-03-07T01:13:57Z")
How much a pound is fresh hell going for, nowadays? ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5639 "2014-03-07T01:14:41Z")
Are you asking _me_? ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5640 "2014-03-07T01:59:38Z")
Hell’s easy to reach, so it would be approx. $0.02 per kilogram, I think? ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/5641 "2014-03-07T02:28:54Z")
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