# 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:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7242 "2014-05-19T03:40:03Z")

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Wouldn’t it be better if you cleaned the place up and posted something beautiful and poetic?

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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 19, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7243 "2014-05-19T04:01:06Z")

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Wouldst perchance the arcadian muse gift us with expressions bardic and sweet, that we might enrich, nay, ennoble our fragile existences with odes of intangible joy?

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**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7244 "2014-05-19T14:05:29Z")

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Am I falling for the pseudo-flowery Arcadian utterances of a little goat boy?

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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 19, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7245 "2014-05-19T14:11:37Z")

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Who died and made **Prof. Pepperwinkle** Shakespeare?

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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 19, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7246 "2014-05-19T15:32:39Z")

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Didn’t Shakespeare actually pen the first fart joke?

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**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7247 "2014-05-19T15:34:09Z")

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Yes, and didn’t some irate woman pierce his tongue with a hot skewer?

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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 19, 2014, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7248 "2014-05-19T15:35:40Z")

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Are you saying WS had the first tongue stud?

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**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7249 "2014-05-19T16:26:37Z")

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Despite your valiant effort to enunciate properly, was there a hint of a lisp in that statement?

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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 19, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7250 "2014-05-19T18:27:43Z")

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Are you inthinuating thomething, thweetheart?

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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 19, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7251 "2014-05-19T22:03:48Z")

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Can you say “Sufferin’ Succotash”?

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**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7252 "2014-05-19T22:13:09Z")

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Do I have to put a canary in my mouth first?

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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 19, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7253 "2014-05-19T22:29:22Z")

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Aww, did you tink you taw a puddy-tat? Or are you drawing a Blanc?

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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 20, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7254 "2014-05-20T00:46:50Z")

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If I can’t draw a Blanc, should I wash my hands in LaFontaine instead?

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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 20, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7255 "2014-05-20T02:15:08Z")

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Since I just heard Thailand’s army declared martial law, no joke, should I be worried about Siam Sam?

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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 20, 2014, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7256 "2014-05-20T04:32:31Z")

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Doncha know they’ll never take me alive?

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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 20, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7257 "2014-05-20T12:14:53Z")

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Are your carrier pigeons all trained and ready to post messages?

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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 20, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7258 "2014-05-20T13:15:51Z")

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What kind of pigeon can cross the Pacific?

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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 20, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7259 "2014-05-20T13:42:28Z")

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[Did you know it’s happened before?](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2349135/Miracle-pigeon-makes-trans-Pacific-trip-Japan-Vancouver-Island.html)

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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 20, 2014, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7260 "2014-05-20T13:47:25Z")

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Did you know I was actually expecting a classic Monty Python comeback question?

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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 20, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/7261 "2014-05-20T13:49:05Z")

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Is the Professor disparaging the athletic ability of Sam’s pigeons?

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