# 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:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2013, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/701 "2013-02-19T21:35:03Z")

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Are you talkin’ to me?

Are… you… talkin’… _to me_?

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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:** [February 20, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/702 "2013-02-20T02:47:49Z")

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You see anyone else here?

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/703 "2013-02-21T03:21:16Z")

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Does anybody see what I see?

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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:** [February 21, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/704 "2013-02-21T03:27:43Z")

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What took you so long to answer?

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/705 "2013-02-21T04:11:39Z")

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You asked me to _see_, didn’t you, not _say_?

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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:** [February 21, 2013, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/706 "2013-02-21T04:20:58Z")

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Are you trying to be cute?

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2013, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/707 "2013-02-21T12:29:44Z")

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Am I succeeding?

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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:** [February 21, 2013, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/708 "2013-02-21T13:45:05Z")

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Why, who’s next in line for the throne?

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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:** [February 21, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/709 "2013-02-21T15:57:26Z")

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Well, jeez, it’s still the Prince of Wales, isn’t it?

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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:** [February 22, 2013, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/710 "2013-02-22T02:33:22Z")

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Why do the Welsh put all those silly consonants in their words?

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2013, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/711 "2013-02-22T03:09:09Z")

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Isn’t it obvious that they stole them from the Irish and haven’t learned how to use them properly yet?

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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:** [February 22, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/712 "2013-02-22T03:10:59Z")

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Why can’t they just speak English like civilized people?

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/713 "2013-02-23T17:43:51Z")

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Do you know any civilised people they could learn from?

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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:** [February 24, 2013, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/714 "2013-02-24T04:55:08Z")

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Why don’t the Welsh and Irish both just start a thread here?

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/715 "2013-02-24T05:29:27Z")

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Do you mean start a thread together, or separate threads?

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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:** [February 24, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/716 "2013-02-24T15:28:58Z")

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You think they could agree even on that?

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/717 "2013-02-24T16:50:40Z")

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Can’t we at least hope for a miracle?

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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:** [February 24, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/718 "2013-02-24T17:22:21Z")

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Wouldn’t a miracle be a Welshman passing by a sheep without trying to knock it up?

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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:** [February 24, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/719 "2013-02-24T18:22:52Z")

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Isn’t there a great **Hal Briston** joke somewhere in there?

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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:** [February 24, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/720 "2013-02-24T21:25:56Z")

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Haven’t we each already thought of one… or six?

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