# 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:** ![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, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1481 "2013-05-09T14:42:59Z")

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Didn’t you just say that?

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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 9, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1482 "2013-05-09T14:45:15Z")

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Is there really such a thing as change?

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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 9, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1483 "2013-05-09T14:47:27Z")

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Why don’t you ask a baby with a dirty diaper?

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1484 "2013-05-09T14:55:59Z")

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Do you really think a baby with or without a dirty diaper will give a cognizant answer?

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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 9, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1485 "2013-05-09T14:58:02Z")

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What part of “Whaaaaa!” don’t you understand?

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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 9, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1486 "2013-05-09T15:03:26Z")

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Is the baby speaking English?

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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 9, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1487 "2013-05-09T15:05:41Z")

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Do prelinguistic infants not speak in a universal medium?

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**Author:** ![chowching](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@chowching](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowching)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1488 "2013-05-09T16:45:49Z")

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And what is that universal medium?

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1489 "2013-05-09T16:54:54Z")

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If you punch a jovial fortuneteller isn’t that striking a happy medium?

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1490 "2013-05-09T17:02:27Z")

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Is the pun truly mightier than the sword?

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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 9, 2013, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1491 "2013-05-09T17:04:33Z")

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Are you a punslinger?

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1492 "2013-05-09T17:06:19Z")

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Are you Peter Pun?

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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 9, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1493 "2013-05-09T17:08:03Z")

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Don’t you recognize a paronomasiac of the first water?

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1494 "2013-05-09T20:57:48Z")

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You like them big words, doncha, fancy boy?

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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 9, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1495 "2013-05-09T21:01:12Z")

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Why, an erudite facility to inveigle a precise sine qua non from… uh… y’gotta problem with that?

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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 10, 2013, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1496 "2013-05-10T03:37:51Z")

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Can’t you be more easygoing?

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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 10, 2013, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1497 "2013-05-10T11:57:33Z")

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Does the Dude abide?

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1498 "2013-05-10T12:59:38Z")

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Shouldn’t that be in that other thread?

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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 10, 2013, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1499 "2013-05-10T13:02:53Z")

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Is that the thread that must not be named?

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**Author:** ![chowching](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@chowching](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowching)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-only/643491/1500 "2013-05-10T13:30:44Z")

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Has anyone seen my rug?

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