# 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:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7082 "2014-05-11T12:49:24Z")

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Who are you again? 😉

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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:** [May 11, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7083 "2014-05-11T14:05:55Z")

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> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> So did anyone miss me _this_ time?

Should we re-load and try again? 🙂

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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:** [May 11, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7084 "2014-05-11T14:42:02Z")

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So, how’s the baby pigeon?

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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:** [May 11, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7085 "2014-05-11T14:52:25Z")

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Doncha know we removed the deceased one today but the living one’s doing fine?

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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:** [May 11, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7086 "2014-05-11T14:56:20Z")

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Do you name the pigeons?

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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:** [May 11, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7087 "2014-05-11T15:03:32Z")

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Would you believe we name every one and that [the new little guy is Billy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17367040&postcount=1728)?

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**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:** [May 11, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7088 "2014-05-11T15:38:36Z")

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:: Pictures or it didn’t happen.

[I saw this for the first time recently in reddit, I think. An Internet phrase?] ::

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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:** [May 11, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7089 "2014-05-11T15:41:20Z")

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Did you have a question?

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**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:** [May 11, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7090 "2014-05-11T17:31:32Z")

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If we don’t see pictures of “Billy” as a “new little guy,” how are we to believe he even exists, let alone with the name “Billy?”

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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:** [May 11, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7091 "2014-05-11T17:44:03Z")

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> [@Leo\_Bloom](#):
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> :: Pictures or it didn’t happen.
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> [I saw this for the first time recently in reddit, I think. An Internet phrase?] ::

Would you believe people have been saying that for years around here?

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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:** [May 11, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7092 "2014-05-11T17:56:31Z")

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Didn’t Kurt Vonnegut write about him: “Billy Pigeon has come unstuck in time”?

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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:** [May 11, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7093 "2014-05-11T22:30:14Z")

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Sam, did you read the previous page to see how we began with the fish tales?

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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:** [May 12, 2014, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7094 "2014-05-12T03:07:28Z")

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You mean there are previous pages in this thread? :smack:

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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:** [May 12, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7095 "2014-05-12T03:10:52Z")

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Does this thread even exist in a parallel universe?

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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:** [May 12, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7096 "2014-05-12T03:13:51Z")

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Or swing on parallel bars?

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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:** [May 12, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7097 "2014-05-12T03:17:24Z")

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Will we all swing if the pun police catch us?

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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:** [May 12, 2014, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7098 "2014-05-12T03:21:52Z")

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If you play around with a guillotine, will you beheaded for an accident?

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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:** [May 12, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7099 "2014-05-12T03:37:01Z")

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Who’s say it’s accidental?

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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:** [May 12, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7100 "2014-05-12T03:43:28Z")

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Being French, wouldn’t it be more Occidental?

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**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:** [May 12, 2014, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7101 "2014-05-12T06:53:17Z")

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Doesn’t it depend on whose ox is being gored? You did ask Tipper, right?

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