# 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:** 595
**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 7, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11883 "2015-05-07T00:40:51Z")
So who _is_ lyin’ anyway? ---
**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 7, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11884 "2015-05-07T01:46:01Z")
You’re not pointing fingers, are you? ---
**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 7, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11885 "2015-05-07T01:54:59Z")
Wouldn’t that mean three fingers pointing back at me? ---
**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 7, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11886 "2015-05-07T14:32:18Z")
What about your thumb? ---
**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:** [May 7, 2015, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11887 "2015-05-07T15:01:37Z")
Doesn’t your thumb end up pointing at the cat? ---
**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 7, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11888 "2015-05-07T19:04:19Z")
Would the cat object to being pointed at? ---
**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 7, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11889 "2015-05-07T20:08:25Z")
What cat ever notices? ---
**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 9, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11890 "2015-05-09T02:50:54Z")
Is that the cat you can’t swing around by the tail without hitting someone? ---
**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 9, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11891 "2015-05-09T03:05:08Z")
It’s certainly not the cat people are always talking about _skinning_, is it? ---
**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 9, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11892 "2015-05-09T03:19:56Z")
Did you know that to reverse the bad-luck curse of a black cat crossing your path, first you walk in a circle, then go backward across the spot where it happened and count to 13? ---
**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 9, 2015, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11893 "2015-05-09T11:58:57Z")
Doesn’t that confuse the hell out of the cat? ---
**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 9, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11894 "2015-05-09T19:38:46Z")
Have you seen the Monty Python skit? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/B2Je1CEPkUM/hqdefault.jpg "Monty Python - Confuse-A-Cat") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Je1CEPkUM) ---
**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 10, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11895 "2015-05-10T03:28:57Z")
Isn’t it a shame that Graham Chapman didn’t have nine lives? ---
**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:** [May 10, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11896 "2015-05-10T03:44:32Z")
Who’s he when he’s up and dressed? ---
**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 10, 2015, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11897 "2015-05-10T04:46:38Z")
Now that he’s bleedin’ demised and gone to join the Choir Invisible, won’t he always be down and dressed? ---
**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 10, 2015, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11898 "2015-05-10T06:53:26Z")
Could they do a sketch where he’s nailed to a perch? ---
**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 10, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11899 "2015-05-10T14:07:24Z")
Have you seen the [eulogy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkxCHybM6Ek)? ---
**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 10, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11900 "2015-05-10T17:20:16Z")
Even the naughty bits? ---
**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 10, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11901 "2015-05-10T17:24:49Z")
How much did I love that? Thanks, Prof ---
**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, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/11902 "2015-05-12T01:56:12Z")
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