# 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:** ![FallingLeaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@FallingLeaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallingLeaves)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/13543 "2015-12-27T16:39:33Z")

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Isn’t it odd that he’s a songwriter who is well known for a song he didn’t write?

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/13544 "2015-12-27T19:15:19Z")

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Well? Who _did_ write it?

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/13545 "2015-12-27T20:57:49Z")

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> [@Spiderman](#):
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> Well? Who _did_ write it?

I haven’t (until now), but have you ever heard of [Bruce Johnston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Johnston)?

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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:** [December 27, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/13546 "2015-12-27T21:54:42Z")

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Has he ever heard of you?

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/13547 "2015-12-27T22:16:09Z")

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You think I’m famous?

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**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/13548 "2015-12-28T04:02:57Z")

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Is that why they say “Nobody knows”?

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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:** [December 28, 2015, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/13549 "2015-12-28T04:10:07Z")

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The trouble you’ve seen?

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**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/13550 "2015-12-28T18:37:40Z")

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Haven’t you seen enough?

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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:** [December 28, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/13551 "2015-12-28T18:40:48Z")

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Doesn’t Nobody have Enough?

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/13552 "2015-12-28T19:15:55Z")

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Enough _what_?

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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:** [December 28, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/13553 "2015-12-28T19:27:19Z")

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Is enough ever enough?

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/13554 "2015-12-28T21:15:30Z")

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Am I the only one who’s seen the word “enough” so many times that it’s lost all meaning?

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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:** [December 28, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/13555 "2015-12-28T21:18:41Z")

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Have you tried rhyming it with bough in your head to see if that helps?

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/13556 "2015-12-28T21:53:59Z")

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Those words don’t rhyme to me. Do they rhyme to you?

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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:** [December 28, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/13557 "2015-12-28T22:15:37Z")

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Did the tough cough when he ploughed the dough?

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/13558 "2015-12-28T22:18:04Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Did the tough cough when he ploughed the dough?

The tough what?

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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:** [December 28, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/13559 "2015-12-28T23:23:54Z")

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Are you not aware that a thug, bounder or common criminal is sometimes referred to as a tough?

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/13560 "2015-12-28T23:29:53Z")

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> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
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> Are you not aware that a thug, bounder or common criminal is sometimes referred to as a tough?

Is this slang used in modern times?

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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:** [December 30, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/13561 "2015-12-30T01:42:01Z")

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You mean the Charlie Chaplin film?

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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:** [December 30, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/13562 "2015-12-30T01:48:21Z")

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Is that your idea of modern?!?

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