# 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:** 328
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6542 "2014-04-10T01:41:52Z")
Well, why would they hire me to find stuff they already have? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6543 "2014-04-10T01:59:47Z")
It’s a smokescreen? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6544 "2014-04-10T02:33:31Z")
Pish-tush, can’t the Pepperdrones’ Hyperultrasuperscan ™ penetrate even the densest of smoke banks? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6545 "2014-04-10T02:48:38Z")
How many banks have you knocked over so far? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6546 "2014-04-10T03:18:29Z")
None. Don’t you know the Pepperwinkles have always been on the side of Truth, Justice and the American Way? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6547 "2014-04-10T03:48:09Z")
Doesn’t Wall Street claim that too? ---
**Author:** ![Waymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6548 "2014-04-10T11:49:03Z")
Since when do we pay mind to Wall Street? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6549 "2014-04-10T13:07:10Z")
Since they became corrupt and greedy…oh wait, they’ve always been like that, haven’t they? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6550 "2014-04-10T13:26:41Z")
Wasn’t it founded by 99 Luft Walloons? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6551 "2014-04-10T15:51:47Z")
Can you trust any agreements signed under the Buttonwood tree? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6552 "2014-04-10T16:06:46Z")
Did you know that the autograph of Button Gwinnett, second signer of the Declaration of Independence, is worth millions of dollars? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6553 "2014-04-10T18:20:23Z")
How do you tell a real one from a fake? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6554 "2014-04-10T18:31:23Z")
Did the Pepperdrones show each of us practicing our best Button Gwinnett signature? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6555 "2014-04-10T18:51:43Z")
Vita, do you know you’re crossing the T’s incorrectly? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6556 "2014-04-10T19:18:17Z")
Do you see that each set of T’s are crossed in an artistically different manner? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6557 "2014-04-10T20:02:04Z")
But do you see that isn’t consistent with Button Gwinnett’s holograph? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6558 "2014-04-10T20:21:21Z")
Must you dissuade me from my lucrative new career in forgery? ---
**Author:** ![Athabasca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6559 "2014-04-10T20:42:12Z")
That wouldn’t be necessary if you decided to fake Rembrandts instead of dead signers-of-the-Declaration, would 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:** [April 10, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6560 "2014-04-10T21:09:18Z")
Are you aware that all of Rembrandt’s works are known, accounted for, and have extensive paperwork documenting their history? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6561 "2014-04-10T21:48:03Z")
Now you cast doubt upon my abilities to reproduce both the paintings and the paperwork? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491.md?page=327) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491.md?page=329)