# 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:** [April 21, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6782 "2014-04-21T16:33:30Z")

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Do you know, I’ve never had that problem? Mrs. Fields are hard to resist, but Famous Amos?

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**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 21, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6783 "2014-04-21T16:38:09Z")

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Now must we field cookie queries while showing animosity to previously ignored Amos?

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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:** [April 21, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6784 "2014-04-21T16:52:36Z")

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Is it time to shout “Batter up!” for the next round of cookie jokes?

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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:** [April 21, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6785 "2014-04-21T17:25:26Z")

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Are you ready to let the chips fall where they may?

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**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 21, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6786 "2014-04-21T17:32:26Z")

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Will we at yeast be rising to the cookie pun challenge?

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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:** [April 21, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6787 "2014-04-21T18:41:19Z")

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Are we raisin our sights too high, and will we crumble?

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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:** [April 21, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6788 "2014-04-21T20:14:16Z")

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Can we snicker n’ doodle, oreo too mature for that?

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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:** [April 21, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6789 "2014-04-21T21:09:41Z")

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Oh, can’t we always make wafer jokes like that?

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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:** [April 21, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6790 "2014-04-21T21:14:55Z")

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Do vegetarians refuse to eat animal crackers?

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**Author:** ![Athabasca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6791 "2014-04-21T21:16:24Z")

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Is the Pillsbury Doughboy too fat to be enlisted?

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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:** [April 21, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6792 "2014-04-21T21:16:44Z")

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Madame Peppewinkle loves to bake, but sometimes she gets carried away, and an overabundance of some varieties is just a pfeffernuisance.

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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:** [April 21, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6793 "2014-04-21T21:18:39Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Madame Peppewinkle loves to bake, but sometimes she gets carried away, and an overabundance of some varieties is just a pfeffernuisance.

Professor, could you kindly rephrase that in the form of a question?

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**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:** [April 21, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6794 "2014-04-21T21:20:41Z")

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Are we channelling Art Fleming here?

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**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 21, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6795 "2014-04-21T21:22:26Z")

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Will Madame Pepperwinkle appreciate her cookie largess be referred to as a “pfeffernuisance”, or will she protest, “Donut disparage my baking, lest I tire of the hole thing?”

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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:** [April 22, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6796 "2014-04-22T00:55:46Z")

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Why would he fritter away her trust?

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**Author:** ![Athabasca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6797 "2014-04-22T03:25:53Z")

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Maybe we should have a separate thread for pun-only questions?

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**Author:** ![Waymore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Waymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waymore)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6798 "2014-04-22T03:29:14Z")

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Do you think that’s a wise use of bandwidth?

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**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 22, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6799 "2014-04-22T03:30:25Z")

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Since when has that stopped us?

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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:** [April 22, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6800 "2014-04-22T03:31:02Z")

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A particular parallel for paronomastic pundragons?

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**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 22, 2014, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/6801 "2014-04-22T12:20:20Z")

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Are we building a moat?

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