# 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:** 337
**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 18, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6722 "2014-04-18T13:10:25Z")
Am I seeing that you were only hesitant, and the aversion to ant puns was not permanant? ---
**Author:** ![Athabasca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6723 "2014-04-18T14:04:34Z")
If we pursue this thread of ants, are we now condemned to the hellfires of misspellings? ---
**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 18, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6724 "2014-04-18T14:24:21Z")
Must you show blatant concern over hellfires since we’re protected with fire retardants? ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6725 "2014-04-18T15:19:51Z")
Getting rid of the ants isn’t a big problem; don’tcha know a little aardvark never hurt anyone? ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6726 "2014-04-18T15:52:05Z")
What happens when there’s all aardvark and Yoplait? ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6727 "2014-04-18T15:59:57Z")
Doesn’t that take back a dull joy? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6728 "2014-04-18T16:17:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Doesn’t that take back a dull joy? Was there a pun or joke in this post? Is it I am so depressed that when I play a questions-only game when my mind is in such a state of “whatever,” I’ll read some letters in a row and at least let a trickle of conscious enjoyment, in its own small way, be released, before I take another shallow breath with near affect-less engagement with the outside world, and wonder if I am not getting the pun or joke because my emotions and cognitive engagement are in below-idle, demonstrating that yes, indeed, I’m depressed, because every one else playing this game is not so encumbered? ---
**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 18, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6729 "2014-04-18T16:18:16Z")
> [@Vita\_Beata](#): > > What happens when there’s all aardvark and Yoplait? Haven’t you heard that a woman’s aardvark is never Dannon? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6730 "2014-04-18T16:19:15Z")
… ---
**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 18, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6731 "2014-04-18T16:32:13Z")
Cat got your tongue? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6732 "2014-04-18T16:36:02Z")
Don’t you hate it when people throw wet blankets of their hopefully temporary personal mishegas on a perfectly fun and benign activity? ---
**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 18, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6733 "2014-04-18T16:37:01Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Haven’t you heard that a woman’s aardvark is never Dannon? May I award Buddha David a prize for punful excellence? 😃 May I say to Leo Bloom, “Please relax and join in the random questioning banter”? and may I also post a “Have a great weekend all”, waving my arms like Richard Nixon and say, " You don’t have Vita Beata to kick around any more, because, gentlemen and ladies, this is my last question for the weekend, and I hope that what I have said today will at least make this game not drop to the bottom of the page."?? ---
**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 18, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6734 "2014-04-18T16:41:00Z")
Geez, how many questions ya gonna ask? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6735 "2014-04-18T16:41:25Z")
Sheesh, what fearful journey could **Vita Beata** be on this weekend? ---
**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 18, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6736 "2014-04-18T16:49:09Z")
Don’t we hope Vita Beata has a Via Beata? ---
**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 18, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6737 "2014-04-18T16:55:02Z")
Have a fun weekend **V.B.** – and will you be sending us postcards from Vanuatu, Barbados, or both? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Athabasca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6738 "2014-04-19T01:10:56Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Was there a pun or joke in this post? Is it I am so depressed that when I play a questions-only game when my mind is in such a state of “whatever,” I’ll read some letters in a row and at least let a trickle of conscious enjoyment, in its own small way, be released, before I take another shallow breath with near affect-less engagement with the outside world, and wonder if I am not getting the pun or joke because my emotions and cognitive engagement are in below-idle, demonstrating that yes, indeed, I’m depressed, because every one else playing this game is not so encumbered? Must you assume you are the only one so encumbered? Also in play: Viaduct? Vy not a chicken? (See, that wasn’t so hard, was it?) ---
**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 19, 2014, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6739 "2014-04-19T01:33:44Z")
Viaduct? Because roasted duck is tasty, isn’t it? By the way, what’s the best substitute condiment for take-out duck when the delivery guy forgets to include the duck sauce? :mad: ---
**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:** [April 19, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6740 "2014-04-19T02:04:44Z")
Perhaps you’d rather have some Venezuelan beaver cheese? ---
**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 19, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6741 "2014-04-19T02:20:26Z")
If the beaver’s full of cheese, doesn’t that imply sloppy seconds? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491.md?page=336) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491.md?page=338)