# 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:** 579
**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:** [March 16, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11563 "2015-03-16T19:15:12Z")
Is my cloaking device bigger than yours? ---
**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:** [March 16, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11564 "2015-03-16T19:29:10Z")
Did you forget to put on your reading glasses? ---
**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:** [March 16, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11565 "2015-03-16T19:47:17Z")
**Is it time for a colorful metaphor?** ---
**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:** [March 16, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11566 "2015-03-16T23:42:59Z")
What’s a metaphor? ---
**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:** [March 16, 2015, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11567 "2015-03-16T23:50:41Z")
Isn’t it one less than a metaphive? ---
**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:** [March 17, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11568 "2015-03-17T00:45:29Z")
Isn’t it to keep cows in? ---
**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:** [March 17, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11569 "2015-03-17T00:56:53Z")
Aren’t cows always “in,” or is that just my Texas background talking? ---
**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:** [March 17, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11570 "2015-03-17T01:24:24Z")
Is that because they are often polled? ---
**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:** [March 17, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11571 "2015-03-17T01:33:12Z")
Isn’t that why in Texas, the men are men and the cows are scared? ---
**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:** [March 17, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11572 "2015-03-17T16:19:43Z")
If the dogs are dazed in Dallas, what are the hounds of Houston? ---
**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:** [March 17, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11573 "2015-03-17T16:22:33Z")
Humidified? ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11574 "2015-03-17T20:24:55Z")
For that matter what about the Parrots in Plano? ---
**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:** [March 17, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11575 "2015-03-17T21:06:11Z")
What about the toucans of Tuscon? ---
**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:** [March 18, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11576 "2015-03-18T03:16:44Z")
What about the Golden Mallard of Yawannabaya? ---
**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:** [March 18, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11577 "2015-03-18T03:43:24Z")
Yawannabaya wild duck? ---
**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:** [March 18, 2015, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11578 "2015-03-18T04:28:14Z")
Are they all they’re quacked up to be? ---
**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:** [March 18, 2015, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11579 "2015-03-18T10:18:25Z")
Is this your idea of some kind of Web feat? ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11580 "2015-03-18T22:19:43Z")
Isn’t that a bit of a canard , **Siam**? ---
**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:** [March 18, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11581 "2015-03-18T22:42:53Z")
Is that a shotgun? Should we duck? ---
**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:** [March 18, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11582 "2015-03-18T22:52:13Z")
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